A journalist's source for ideas, experts, commentary & research from @DickinsonCol, a national liberal arts & science college
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"They (the government) rolled over and played dead... In this particular case, it was notable to the judge that they didn't even try," Fmr. Fed. Judge and @DickinsonCol Pres. John E. Jones III tells @NPRinskeep on @MorningEdition Listen: bit.ly/439oBIN
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"Will our lives retain meaning and purpose once the capabilities for reasoning, creativity and insight are no longer unique to humanity?" @DickinsonCol's John MacCormick points to history as a guide in this @PostOpinions piece: bit.ly/49qqLY4
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"We hate to see food waste going to the landfill," @DickinsonCol's Matt Steiman tells @fox43's @Snaumanews "Once it's mixed up with batteries & diapers & broken toys, you're not going to get that back. But food waste is very easily recyclable on a farm." dson.co/4dYfCjD
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Stress "can help us be productive or perform well, so it’s important to keep it in the zone where it’s helpful and doesn’t take a toll on your physical or mental health,” @DickinsonCol's Michele Patterson Ford tells @USNewsHealth dson.co/4f0HCEy
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"There'll be law firms at the ready...because you literally could have something develop on election day during the vote count," @DickinsonCol Pres. John E. Jones III tells @sarahdwire @USATODAY bit.ly/3Paq7XT
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Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA, held their 2026 Commencement Ceremony Sunday, May 17. We have a giant photo gallery up over at @cumberlink. @DsonMedia
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“Research suggests that Danish parents and American parents have distinct perceptions of risk–and different thresholds for what they consider dangerous,” @DickinsonCol's Marie Helweg-Larsen explains in this @Inc story. bit.ly/4tN8s6Q
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"All of these public infrastructures did so much for the citizenry & to reject them as people of color begin to access them, it's one of the great tragedies of the 20th century," @DickinsonCol's Cotten Seiler explains on @wunc bit.ly/4wHlRjx
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"The best way to understand him (Lincoln) is to recognize how commanding he was behind the scenes," @DickinsonCol Prof. and @House_Divided Director Matthew Pinsker explains on @PANewsmakers
On this week's Pennsylvania Newsmakers, host Gene Barr talks with Matt Pinsker, professor of history at Dickinson College, about Lincoln, wartime politics, and the meaning of the Gettysburg Address.
Airing Sunday at 11:30am on WGAL and right now at newsmakerstv.com/shows/pas-p…
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Local bands and farm-to-table food are ready to delight folks at the @DickinsonCol Farm Summer Music Series. More from @fox43 dson.co/4ncNOem
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"...studies have shown that unstructured, spontaneous play requires more compromise and creativity, since kids have the freedom to change or make up the rules," @DickinsonCol's Marie Helweg-Larsen writes for @ConversationUS dson.co/4cR8yoM
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Prof. Olivia Harper Wilkins of @DickinsonCol writes on the search for alien biosignatures in @AstronomyMag
Finding molecules in places people will likely never visit is no simple task, so vetting and sometimes correcting these observations is a continual process. vist.ly/42fvm
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Finding molecules in places people will likely never visit is no simple task, so vetting and sometimes correcting these observations is a continual process. vist.ly/42fvm
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Check out this AMA with @DickinsonCol's Cotten Seiler, discussing his new book, "White Care: The Impact of Race on American Infrastructure" on @raskhistorians bit.ly/4df22YM
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"Finding molecules in places people will likely never visit is no simple task, so vetting and sometimes correcting these observations is a continual process – especially for molecules whose signals aren’t as strong" - @DickinsonCol's Olivia Harper Wilkins dson.co/4ucpCet
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This Saturday at 9:31 a.m. ET, @House_Divided Director & @DickinsonCol Prof. Matthew Pinsker will be on @cspanhistory to discuss Pres. Lincoln's political career as outlined in Prof. Pinsker's new book, "Boss Lincoln." dson.co/42eq9AF
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Congratulations to @ayanaeliza, recipient of this year's Rose-Walters Prize for Environmental Activism at @DickinsonCol! Read more from @paenvirodigest dson.co/3Q6puyt
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"It is also easy to feel optimistically biased about one’s personal risk as a smoker and believe that others are more likely to become addicted or die prematurely," @DickinsonCol's Marie Helweg-Larsen writes for @ConversationUS dson.co/3Ohaq0s
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"Government lawyers across the board have lost their credibility because of repeated failure to tell the truth," former federal judge and @DickinsonCol President John E. Jones III tells @guardian dson.co/4u3RhOX
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Congratulations to @ayanaeliza, recipient of this year's Rose-Walters Prize for Environmental Activism. We're excited to see you at @DickinsonCol Commencement! dson.co/4tjQWqD
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