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Mercyhurst intelligence team to brief U.S. State Department Wednesday, August 03, 2022 Student analysts identify most dangerous countries for U.S. diplomatic personnel, facilities Somalia, South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, and Chad: these are the top five most dangerous countries for U.S. diplomatic personnel and facilities, according to a new report by the Mercyhurst University Department of Intelligence Studies. At the behest of the U.S. Department of State, a team of…
Mercyhurst’s 501 Soirée welcomes Nick Adams, Eden Espinosa Monday, August 08, 2022 Broadway stars Nick Adams and Eden Espinosa headline the Mercyhurst Institute for Arts & Culture’s annual 501 Summer Soirée on Saturday, Aug. 13. Now in its sixth year, The 501 is a membership society for patrons who wish to enhance their performing arts experience while also supporting the arts at Mercyhurst. Members enjoy exclusive benefits, including first access to tickets, premium seats at star-studded…
Let the buses roll: Mercyhurst gears up for traditional Day of Service Wednesday, August 10, 2022 Mercyhurst President Kathleen A. Getz, Ph.D., will do the official send-off when the university’s newest students gather in the Mary Garden on Monday, Aug. 22, at 9:30 a.m. for the annual Day of Service. This traditional Welcome Week service project is for all first-year students, faculty/staff facilitators, and Laker Leaders. Participants gather for an opening ceremony before boarding 12 yellow…
Academic Affairs announces new faculty Thursday, August 11, 2022 With the approach of the 2022-2023 academic year, Mercyhurst University welcomes 9 new faculty to the ranks, according to the Office of Academic Affairs. "I am delighted to welcome these new faculty members to the university,” said Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Joanne Hosey-McGurk. “Their influence as talented educators, researchers, collaborators, and mentors will be felt across their respective disciplines and beyond…
Geology Professor Nick Lang ‘on loan’ to NASA Friday, August 12, 2022 For the next two years, Geology Professor Nicholas Lang is taking leave of his Mercyhurst University classroom to work for NASA. He won’t be doing the kind of research he has honed at Mercyhurst, but he will be exposed to the inner workings of NASA research operations and have a role in choosing what research projects get funded. The temporary assignment as a “discipline scientist” with the federal agency’s Planetary Science…
Mercyhurst Theatre Program stages madcap murder mystery Monday, August 15, 2022 (EDITOR’S NOTE: Due to illness, the original performances of "Lucky Stiff" are canceled. The new dates are Oct. 21-22 at 7:30 p.m. and Oct. 23 at 2 p.m. We regret any inconvenience.) The Mercyhurst Theatre Program opens its 2022-2023 season with the musical farce “Lucky Stiff,” running Sept. 8-11 in Taylor Little Theatre. Based on the novel “The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo” by Michael Butterworth, “Lucky…
World-class artist Betty Buckley in residence at Mercyhurst Tuesday, August 16, 2022 Emerging artists at Mercyhurst University will experience an exceptional opportunity to learn from a world-class performer when legendary actress and singer Betty Buckley conducts a weeklong acting workshop at Mercyhurst this fall. Buckley, whose career spans theatre, film, television, and concert halls around the world, will be in residence at Mercyhurst Monday-Friday, Sept. 19-23, and offer a public concert…
Bernadette’s back: to perform with Erie Phil on Mercyhurst stage Friday, August 19, 2022 The Mercyhurst Institute for Arts & Culture’s 2022-2023 season commences in grand fashion on Saturday, Sept. 17, when Tony Award-winning Broadway superstar Bernadette Peters returns to Mercyhurst University, joining the Erie Philharmonic for a special one-night-only concert in the Mary D’Angelo Performing Arts Center. Throughout her illustrious career, Bernadette Peters has dazzled audiences and critics…
Third female African American student steps into role as MSG president Friday, August 19, 2022 With the start of the 2022-2023 academic year, senior Lily Smith assumes her post as Mercyhurst Student Government (MSG) president. As such, she becomes the third female African American student to serve in the important role. Her predecessors are Emma (Newby) Mason ’59 and the late Rochelle George Wooding ’71. Just as Mercyhurst President Kathleen Getz, Ph.D., pledges a more inclusive community as…
NPR – Forensic Anthropology Monday, August 22, 2022 Erie native Elissa Nadworny, who has done several stories featuring Mercyhurst University in her career with NPR, writes about the skeletons found in many of today’s classrooms, including her former high school of Collegiate Academy, and her search for whose bones they are. That search led her to Mercyhurst University and its team of forensic anthropologists. Read Encore: Classroom skeleton — whose bones are these? | KUNC . … NPR – Forensic…