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    Students break barriers in First Year Seminar about pop culture

    First-year students in Senior Lecturer in Arabic Carol Zaru’s First Year Seminar, Breaking Barriers: Pop Culture in the Arab World, are exploring the power of pop culture through the history of the Arab Spring and in their own experiences.
  • Model UN 2023

    McDaniel College students participate in Model European Union 2023

    McDaniel College students participated in the Model European Union 2023 Simulation in Washington, D.C., Nov. 9-11. A delegation of seven students represented Sweden and were accompanied by Christianna N. Leahy, chair of the Political Science and International Studies department at McDaniel.
  • Senior Kinesiology and Psychology major Katie Klein attended the 36th Annual Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP) Conference to present her research, titled "Exploring the Psychosocial Factors Associated with Returning to Basketball after Multiple Lower Extremity Injuries to the Same Leg: A Case Study."

    Psychology and Kinesiology senior presents research at Applied Sport Psychology Conference

    Katie Klein, a senior Psychology and Kinesiology major, recently presented research findings at the Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP) Conference in Orlando, Florida. Klein was joined at the conference by two recent 2023 alums, Madalyn Bigley and Evan Darr, along with Assistant Professor of Kinesiology Jessica Ford. Jessica Wolverton, Student-athlete Wellbeing Coordinator, also had research included in the conference.
  • McDaniel College Student Performance

    McDaniel College students perform in annual fall music concerts

    November and December are jam-packed with musical performances featuring McDaniel students, which are free and open to the public. Check out the full schedule of upcoming concerts at McDaniel College.
  • A spotted lanternfly next to a nymph lanternfly on a tree branch.

    McDaniel research: Invasive spotted lanternflies may be on these trees in your backyard

    In a 2023 study published in Florida Entomologist, McDaniel College researchers identify three new tree species not previously recorded as hosts for invasive spotted lanternfly nymphs. Back in 2019, two students and Associate Professor Holly Martinson surveyed the insect's nymphs and egg masses in Pennsylvania, as well as plants at the McDaniel campus and McDaniel Environmental Center, with support from the Student-Faculty Collaborative Summer Research Program.
  • Five women stand together for a photo in front of a white wall with bird decals.

    McDaniel College introduces new Carroll County Scholars

    All 8th and 10th grade students in Carroll County are invited to enroll to participate in receiving college search support and a $100,000 scholarship to McDaniel College through Carroll County Scholars, a new program providing assistance to Carroll County students as they navigate the college search process.
  • Urinetown Cast

    Theatre Arts department presents Tony Award-winning “Urinetown, The Musical”

    McDaniel College Theatre Arts department presents Tony Award-winning “Urinetown, The Musical.” Performances are Thursday, Nov. 16-Saturday, Nov. 18, at 7:30 p.m. in WMC Alumni Hall. Note: the show contains adult material and is intended for mature audiences.
  • Undergraduate Awards

    Current seniors, juniors, and sophomores honored with academic and leadership awards

    Current seniors, juniors, and sophomores were recognized at the Undergraduate Awards Ceremony for earning awards for academic achievement and leadership during the 2022-23 academic year. Students were also named to prestigious academic and leadership honor societies, including Alpha Lambda Delta, Phi Beta Kappa, Omicron Delta Kappa, and Trumpeters.
  • Painting of a metal bridge over a river.

    Student-faculty summer research inspires landscape painting exhibition on view in Rice Gallery

    “Light and Color, Space and Place: Landscape Painting on Site and in the Studio” runs Tuesday, Nov. 7-Friday, Dec. 8, with an opening reception on Thursday, Nov. 9, in the college’s Esther Prangley Rice Gallery.
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    James Beard Award-winning author and professor delivers Ridington Lecture

    Psyche Williams-Forson, a culinary historian and author of “Eating While Black: Food Shaming and Race in America,” winner of the 2023 James Beard Foundation Book Award, speaks at McDaniel College’s annual Ridington Lecture on Tuesday, Nov. 7, at 7:30 p.m., in McDaniel Hall's Coley Rice Lounge. The lecture, titled “Food, Food Everywhere – From Vexed Conversations to Food Shaming,” is free and open to the public.