Making "Move-Out Week" More Sustainable

May 21, 2013 - As Earlham students were packing up to leave for the summer, the Student Sustainability Corps organized multiple efforts to keep unwanted items out of the trash, and to put them into the hands of those who use them.

Student Sustainability Corps Wins National Award for Video

May 16, 2013 - The Earlham College Student Sustainability Corps has won a national award for a student-produced video about energy conservation.

Earlham Professor's Art Honored by South Korean Museum

May 15, 2013 - Assistant Professor of Art Sungyeoul Lee is one of three emerging artists featured in an exhibition entitled “Selected Craft Dream 2012” at the Chiwoo Craft Museum in Seoul, South Korea.

Commencement Honors Class of 2013

May 11, 2013 - Members of the Class of 2013 crossed Chase Stage and received their diplomas at Earlham's 166th Commencement Ceremonies on Saturday, May 11.

Making Commencement a Family Affair

May 09, 2013 - Earlham’s graduation ceremony on Saturday will have a familial feel. Three siblings will cross the Chase Stage with a closer relationship than they have ever had before, and a father will follow the same path his son crossed last year.

Eboo Patel’s Interfaith Youth Core to Bolster Interfaith Cooperation

May 07, 2013 - Earlham took a decisive step to advance its religious diversity efforts recently by contracting with Eboo Patel’s Interfaith Youth Core (IFYC). During the next academic year, the organization will help Earlham explore how to position religion as a bridge of cooperation rather than a barrier of division.

Senior Earns Fulbright to Teach in Spain

April 29, 2013 - Jared Patton ’13 is Earlham College’s latest recipient of a Fulbright grant. Patton, a Dayton, Ohio native with a double major in Spanish and Environmental Studies, will be teaching English for a year in a secondary school in Spain. He is the eighteenth Earlham student or recent graduate to earn a Fulbright in the last 10 years.

Earlham “Hackathon” to Address Climate Trends

April 26, 2013 - Computer science majors Ivan Babic ’13 and Elena Sergienko ’13 have organized a “Hackathon” that will bring together 25 computer hackers and environmental scientists from several colleges and universities to write computer code to study long-term climate trends. The project will use technology, the power of visualization and geo coding to meet its ends. It is emblematic of the interdisciplinary nature of many student research opportunities at Earlham.

“Pema Peace Project” Will Promote Active Nonviolence in Tibet

April 19, 2013 - The “Pema Peace Project” honors Pema Norbu ’12, who died in a car accident the summer before what would have been his senior year at Earlham.

Annual Research Conference Showcases Student Scholarship

April 19, 2013 - Nearly 100 Earlham students will deliver papers or present posters during the College’s 4th Annual Research Conference on April 22-24, 2013. The program includes students who have already shared their scholarship at such venues as the American Chemical Society, the Geological Society of America and the Butler University Undergraduate Research Conference.

Earlham Selected to The Princeton Review's 'Green College' List

April 18, 2013 - Earlham College is one of the most environmentally responsible colleges in the United States and Canada, according to "The Princeton Review's Guide to 322 Green Colleges: 2013 Edition." Released on April 16, a few days before the April 22 celebration of Earth Day, the 215-page guide is the only free comprehensive resource of its kind.

Student’s Peace Project will Empower Disabled People in Bosnia

April 17, 2013 - Ana Mihajlovic '14 is one of a select group of students nationally to receive funding from Davis Projects for Peace to support a summer peace initiative of her own design. Her project, "Stepping out from the Shadow," seeks to empower the handicapped population in the Northeast region of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Senior Chosen to Present Research at National Ethics Conference

April 15, 2013 - Abbe Miller ’13 presented her research at the DePauw University Undergraduate Ethics Symposium on April 11-13, 2013. Miller’s paper, “Nomadic Ethics: Addressing the For Profit Immigrant Prison System,” was chosen from submissions by students at leading colleges across the United States.

Alumni Earn National Science Foundation Fellowships

April 08, 2013 - Two recent Earlham graduates have earned prestigious graduate fellowships from the National Science Foundation. Chelsea Blake ’08 — a second year graduate student at Texas State University (San Marcos, Texas) — and Christopher “Topher” Weiss-Lehman ’10 — a second year graduate student at the University of Colorado at Boulder — will each receive funding for the next three years to support their research.

Joseph Moore Museum Displays New Permanent Exhibit at Annual Open House

March 29, 2013 - The unveiling of a newly redesigned insect exhibit highlights Joseph Moore Museum's annual Open House from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, April 6.