Ship’s efforts to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 and keep campus open were featured in a September 13 article in The Sentinel. The article discusses the challenges universities across the state face during the COVID-19 pandemic. Ship’s increased enrollment and retention numbers are highlighted as well. Read the full article.
Jane Cowden’s master’s thesis was mention in a York Daily Record article. The article discusses a visit to Charles Dickens to the York area. Read the full article.
Dr. Alison Dagnes, professor of political science, was quoted in a recent PennLive article about expected delayed results on election night. Dagnes explained delayed results should reassure voters that the election officials are aiming to get an accurate count. Read the full article.
Ahmed Rashed, physics, has been made an affiliate with the Large Hadron Electron Collider (LHeC) at the High Luminosity Large Hadron Collider (HL-LHC), a multi-billion dollar facility in high energy physics and one of the largest in the world. The membership of any professor to LHeC extends to their home institution. Thus putting Shippensburg on…
Alice James, professor emeritus of Anthropology, and co-author David James, professor emeritus of mathematics, at the University of Michigan, Dearborn, published an article, “Symmetry in European Regional Folk Dress: A Multidisciplinary Analysis,” in Leonardo, Vol. 53, No. 2 (April 2020). This article is a continuation of their research on Ethnomathematics, Symmetry, Classification of Patterns, and…
David Wildermuth presented a paper via zoom on June 2 entitled “‘Dieser Krieg hier im Osten hat uns Soldaten alle zu anderen Menschen geformt.‘ Wie die 35. Infanteriedivision den Krieg gegen die U.d.S.S.R. führte und erlebte, 1941-42.“ Wildermuth gave this paper to a colloquium of professors and graduate students of the University of Freiburg’s Contemporary East European…
On September 2, Luis Melara, mathematics, had the paper “Resource Allocation in Two-Patch Epidemic Model with State-Dependent Dispersal Behaviors Using Optimal Control” published in journal Processes as part of the Special Issue Numerical Simulation and Control for Disease. The paper can be found at: https://www.mdpi.com/815702
Dr. Alison Dagnes, professor of political science, appeared in another TribLive article covering the upcoming presidential election. Dagnes weighed in on the importance of Pennsylvania for the Trump campaign. Read the full article.
Dr. Tim Hawkins, professor of geography/earth science, hopes to head to Barbados this spring as Shippensburg University’s newest Fulbright Scholar. He is the twentieth Fulbright Scholar from Shippensburg University, the leader in Fulbrights in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. Hawkins plans to investigate the atmospheric climatic drivers of the ocean dynamics in Barbados…
Students celebrated Labor Day weekend with a variety of outdoor socially distanced events including live music, comedians, games and prizes. Friday evening students joined the downtown community for Trailfest, featuring a race along the rail trail, food trucks and live music. The evening ended with live music and a comedian. Saturday students competed in live…