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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…
Mercyhurst’s political science honor society earns ‘best chapter award’ Friday, August 19, 2022 Of the 800 chapters of Pi Sigma Alpha, the National Political Science Honors Society, Mercyhurst University has earned a Best Chapter Award for 2021-2022. The university’s Chi Epsilon chapter will be awarded along with five other chapters from institutions of similar size. The awards are intended to recognize local chapters that are particularly active in their institutions and communities and embody…
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…
Four alumni pay tribute to program director Dennis Dirkmaat in journal article Wednesday, August 24, 2022 Four Mercyhurst University alumni, all working at different universities and companies as forensic anthropologists, have had an article accepted in the scientific journal, Forensic Anthropology, about their mentor, Dr. Dennis Dirkmaat, chair of Applied Forensic Sciences at Mercyhurst. “Forensic Anthropology is a scientific journal—the first one devoted exclusively to the field—and this kind…
Moog music: Albert Glinsky writes biography of trendsetter Bob Moog Thursday, August 25, 2022 What do The Beatles’ “Here Comes the Sun,” Stevie Wonder’s "Living for the City," and Nine Inch Nails’ “Head Like a Hole” have in common? How about the soundtracks of “A Clockwork Orange,” “The Shining,” and “Tron?” In each case, the recording artist embraced the electric sound of the Moog synthesizer, a technology invented by American engineer Bob Moog in 1964 that created a musical revolution. After…
Ethics Minor Undergraduate Undergraduate Required Courses Students seeking the Ethics minor will be required to take six courses (18 credits) including: Introduction to Ethics (PHIL 190). Two courses from a selection of second-level ethics courses offered by Philosophy, Religious Studies, Catholic Studies, or Anthropology. Three elective courses from an approved list, which come from a variety of departments. All students must take a minimum of one 300 or 400-level course. There is an…
Religion and Society Minor The Religion and Society minor and concentration are designed to complement programs throughout the university. In particular, those students will be working in medical or public health, public service, social work, politics, business, criminal justice, and intelligence fields. The courses provide both breadth in general understanding of the relationship between religion and social life and depth to explore issues of particular significance facing the contemporary…
Mercyhurst mourns passing of Brad McGarry, former AIM director and international advocate for people on the autism spectrum Monday, December 11, 2023 On Sunday, Dec. 10, Mercyhurst University lost one of its most beloved community members and the world lost a tireless advocate for children and adults on the autism spectrum. Brad McGarry, director of the Autism Initiative at Mercyhurst (AIM) for nearly a decade, died of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. He…
Mercyhurst students develop products to support MCRC mission as it approaches 50th anniversary Monday, December 11, 2023 Image Mercyhurst University students are pooling their creative resources to help the Multicultural Community Resource Center prepare for its 50th anniversary in 2025. The MCRC’s mission is to promote the development, empowerment, and advancement of all people while preserving their cultural identity. Toward that end, students in Dr. Benjamin Scharff's Introduction to Public…
Scientist spurs Mercyhurst designation as NASA-sponsored viewing site for eclipse Tuesday, December 12, 2023 Thanks to the efforts of Geology Professor Dr. Nick Lang, Mercyhurst University is among the nation’s leading NASA-sponsored SunSpots for viewing the total solar eclipse that will sweep across America on April 8, 2024. The designation means that NASA experts will be at Mercyhurst to engage with the public and share the ways NASA studies the sun and uses that information to understand…