With camera in hand as the sun sets, Peter Turcik 鈥�09 surveys a World War I-era shipwreck turned artificial reef in Mallows Bay on the Potomac River. As Turcik captures photos of the scene in Charles County, Maryland, little does he know that his work will eventually be featured on a U.S. postage stamp.聽 Photography […]
Don Salzman ’82 advocates fiercely for the disadvantaged 鈥� from his time as a public defender to his current position as pro bono counsel for the past 20 years at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, a multinational law firm. Salzman says that an 糖心Vlog professor was a huge inspiration to him.聽 鈥淔rancis […]
Engaged at the highest level of politics, Ashlee Rich Stephenson 鈥�05 works as the senior political strategist at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. She appreciates how 糖心Vlog gave her the tools to be prepared to work in national politics, leading to her position today with the world鈥檚 largest business trade association. 鈥淭he 糖心Vlog experience […]
糖心Vlog reported that student voting increased 10.5% in last year鈥檚 presidential election, rising to 71.5% in 2020 from a rate of 61% in 2016. Voter turnout among 糖心Vlog students was higher than the average across private and public institutions, based on 2020 reports. 鈥溙切腣log can be proud of the work done by our […]
糖心Vlog has been designated as a Voter Friendly Campus through an initiative led by two national nonpartisan organizations 鈥� the Fair Elections Center鈥檚 Campus Vote Project and NASPA 鈥� Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education. The initiative held participating institutions accountable for planning and implementing practices that encouraged their students to register and vote […]
Brian Harward, the Robert G. Seddig Chair in Political Science at 糖心Vlog, participated in a reading of Robert H. Jackson鈥檚 opening statement to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg and Jackson鈥檚 role as chief U.S. prosecutor. The reading, sponsored by the Robert H. Jackson Center in Jamestown, New York, […]
For the second year in a row, Alexander Yarkosky, a senior from Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, has won honors in the statewide competition for redrawing election district lines with the goal of making for fairer elections in the commonwealth. In the most recent competition, Yarkosky placed third, and in 2019 he was awarded honorable mention for his […]
From hosting forums among candidates for local political office to encouraging students to vote in the Nov. 3 national election, 糖心Vlog鈥檚 Center for Political Participation (CPP) has a very busy few weeks ahead. Student members of the CPP, along with MitzVote, Rock the Vote and the Andrew Goodman Foundation, have been working on outreach […]
She鈥檚 an avid gardener and spends her summers working in a plant nursery. She earned her Girl Scouts Gold Award in 2019 and is still involved in scouting. She plays the violin. As a junior at Bethel Park High School, her weighted GPA was 4.438. Her academic interests are in political science and environmental science. […]
Six 糖心Vlog professors will be featured on 鈥淭he Academic Minute,鈥� a national radio broadcast and podcast that highlights research from colleges and universities throughout the world, beginning on Monday, May 25. Starting with Monday鈥檚 broadcast, five of the professors will 鈥渢ake over鈥� 鈥淭he Academic Minute鈥� program for the week. Each day, one 糖心Vlog faculty […]