Top news stories provide timely information on emerging ideas and trends, ground-breaking research, and important events as they occur at many of America's leading liberal arts colleges. Whether you are a journalist, student or prospective student, parent or advisor, researcher or other interested party, these top news stories reveal both the depth and range of educational disciplines and extracurricular activities at America's best residential liberal arts colleges. They also highlight contributions made by faculty members, within their academic and scientific disciplines, in the larger communities, and on the national stage.
A Biologist Looks at Intelligent Design
Students Find Classical Studies Illuminating
Howard Dean and Karl Rove to Debate Issues at DePauw's Ubben Lecture
The President's Forum at Goucher College Presents Karl Rove
European Tour Examines Role of International Law
Furman Univesity Ranks First Among South Carolina Colleges in State University.com Evaluation
Southwestern University student makes a major musical discovery
National Technology Initiative Serving Liberal Arts Colleges Moves to Southwestern University
"Wingspan" of Social Networking Connects Ladan Nekoomaram '09 to Relatives in Iran
Trinity Students Receive Grant to Provide Health Education in Zambia
Alma College President Saundra Tracy Announces Retirement Plans
Saint Benedict's/Saint John's theology professor nominated to be U.S. ambassador to the Holy See
Illinois Wesleyan Students Join Global Medical Brigade to Honduras
Robert Koopmann named president of Saint John’s University, Minn.
Furman University President David Shi Announces Retirement
Ohio Wesleyan Breaks Ground on New Aquatics Recreation Center
CNN's Christiane Amanpour to Give Dickinson College Commencement Address
DePauw Students Take First Runner-Up Prize at Microsoft's Imagine Cup Finals
Swarthmore College Microbiologist Discusses Keys to Swine Flu Response
President Joan Develin Coley announces 2010 retirement
Bowdoin College Alum Christopher Hill '74 Confirmed as U.S. Ambassador to Iraq
St. Olaf alumnus, author David Oppegaard talks about first novel, 'Suicide Collectors'
Bowdoin College's Polar Explorer Robert Peary, Stuffed and on a Pole
Furman University Offers Tuition-Free Benefits to Eligible Post-9/11 Veterans
Mike Segawa Assumes Presidency of National Higher Education Association
Lori Bettison-Varga Elected Scripps College President
U.S. Attorney Patrick J. Fitzgerald to deliver Knox College Commencement address
Hamilton College Geoscientist and Student Leave on NSF-funded Antarctic Expedition
'Global Nomads' Find a Home at Lewis & Clark
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. brings activist spirit to Willamette University
Mount Holyoke's Demas Pens One-Woman Play
April 17 Celebration Will Mark 100th Anniversary of SPJ's Founding at DePauw
Mount Holyoke's Joanne Creighton to Step Down
Davidson Men's Basketball Event Collects More Than 10,000 Pairs of Shoes for Children in Nigeria
DePauw Media Ethicist Weighs in on 'Chimpgate'
Swarthmore College Names New President
Washington College Announces $50,000 George Washington Book Prize Finalists
New Generation Encounters Vietnam Through Lewis & Clark Program
Lewis & Clark poet earns national acclaim
Furman University Receives $60,000 Grant for Undergraduate Research in Sciences
Grant Will Improve Diversity Initiatives on Five Campuses
Washington & Jefferson College Named to Presidential Honor Roll For Community Service
Ohio Wesleyan University Named to Presidential Honor Roll
Gettysburg College Trustees Unanimously Name Alumna 14th President
'Bailout not adequate,' says Nobel Prize Winner at Willamette
Grinnell College Awarded Mellon Grant to Encourage Academic Careers Among Diverse Students
Bowdoin College Alum Sen. George Mitchell '54 Named Middle East Envoy
Knights Give $5 Million to Willamette University College of Law
Three Furman University Seniors Receive Rotary Scholarships to Study Abroad
Indianapolis Star: 'DePauw Students on Hand for Hudson River Rescue'
Lewis & Clark's Anne Bentley Rising Star in World of 'Nano'
King to Obama and Beyond: Bowdoin's Legacy of Inclusion
Scripps College Looks at the Mystery of Sleep
Four Golden Globes for Bowdoin Alum Kary Antholis '84 Project
Furman University Ranked Among 2009 Best Values by Two Publications
Author, Presidential Expert to Speak at Ohio Wesleyan University
McDaniel College to offer new Master's of Science degree in Gerontology