Aug 17, 2015
Jolly Shi ’16 Explores Hectic World of Event Planning
Her summer internship with Christine Wheat Special Events was supported by the Robert Beane ’58 Intern Scholarship program.
American Studies
Jun 10, 2013
Actor Portraying James “Hap” Hairston ’71 in Lucky Guy Receives Tony
Unlike star reporters, newspaper editors toil behind the scenes, rarely commanding the spotlight. But for James “Hap” Hairston ’71 stardom has arrived—11…
Jun 3, 2013
Interdisciplinary Student Team Creates Light-Technology Product
Eight students representing four different majors came together to create a simulated startup company, UPower Technologies, integrating piezo-electric…
Oct 23, 2012
Interdisciplinary Course Allows Students to Look at Nature from Multiple Perspectives
By Michele Tallarita ’12 Sandy Ma ’13 (Nanjing, China) admits to being a little surprised when, for homework, she had to read about policy studies…
May 22, 2012
Kelly McNulty ’11 and Mathew Pezon ’10 Receive Fulbright Scholarships
Two alumni have won Fulbright Scholarships that will allow them to live, work, and study in foreign countries in 2013. Kelly McNulty ’11 received an…
Apr 2, 2012
Students Explore Inner Workings of New York Supreme Court
Prior to serving an externship at the New York County Supreme Court over the winter break, American studies major Megan Devlin ’12 (Pennington, N.J.)…
Feb 21, 2012
Prof. Chris Phillips Explores Reading Habits of 19th Century Eastonians, One of the First Studies of Its Kind in the Country
Until a year ago, the emerging research field of the history of reading was largely circumstantial, based on diaries or sales figures. A public database…
Jan 6, 2012
Technology Clinic Applies Interdisciplinary Approach to Local Fish Farming
A Technology Clinic class is using the wide-ranging expertise of its members to make a fish-farming operation more economically and environmentally efficient…
Dec 19, 2011
Global Banking: JJ Houldin ’12 and Michael Trejo ’12 Go Inside JPMorgan Chase
Joseph “JJ” Houldin ’12 (Philadelphia, Pa.) and Michael Trejo ’12 (Falls Church, Va.) spent the summer exploring the world of global banking as…
Nov 29, 2011
Professor D.C. Jackson Encourages Students to Think about Politics of Technology
D.C. Jackson likes to bring the unexpected into his classroom. Ask most people about their idea of technology, says the professor of history, and they’ll…