Alumni Insider web email November 2016

Record Crowds Enjoy Homecoming and Family Weekend

Alumni and families traveled from near and far to celebrate Homecoming and Family Weekend 2016. We cheered on Pioneer football and volleyball, dined on clam chowder at the tailgate, watched Bryan Sebok’s award-winning documentary, Food Truck: The Movie, and recognized the legacies of professors Peter Christenson and Herschel Snodgrass for their combined 61 years on Palatine Hill. Current faculty spoke at Pioneer Colleges, we celebrated the new Athletics Hall of Fame inductees, and welcomed three new members to the Board of Alumni. It was a busy, wonderful weekend. Enjoy these photos!

A Rediscovered Bible

Last month, curious student Sam Bussan BA ’18 investigated a box in the Watzek Library archives and unearthed a Geneva Bible, which may be more than 400 years old. The Washington Post tells the story .

Celebrate With Us!

Mark your calendars for a holiday reception on Saturday, December 3, 2016. Festivities begin at 6:30 p.m. with hot cider, wine, and desserts in Frank Manor House, with President Barry Glassner. Albany Society members can get a head start on the evening at 5:30 p.m. The annual Service of Sacred Song and Verse will begin in the chapel at 8 p.m. Details are available online.

Rhodes Scholar Takes on Climate Change in Top Science Journal

Rhodes Scholar Tamma Carleton BA ’09 has progressed from earning her bachelor’s degree in economics to publishing original research in the premiere global science weekly, Science. Her newest work connects climate change to societal impacts. Read more about how Tamma is shaping global policy development.

A Closer Look at Lewis & Clark’s Nature Science Shop

Science Shop Supervisor and Physics Lab Coordinator Stephan Attinasi takes us on a behind-the-scenes tour of the campus workshop where students can be found designing, building, and repairing research equipment and scientific apparatus.