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W&J Professor Jonathan Gottschall Speaks at Prestigious Writer’s Conference

Updated: September 3, 2014 | Tagged:

Gottschall is the author of The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human.

Civil Rights Activist Delivers Address at Keuka MLK Commemoration

Updated: April 16, 2014 | Tagged:

Walter Cooper ’50, a scientist, humanitarian, activist and educator, recently spoke on “Education Then and Now: How Historically Underrepresented Groups are Faring in the Current Climate” at Keuka College.

Energy Lecture Series to Take a Look at Nuclear

Updated: April 10, 2014 | Tagged: , , ,

WASHINGTON, PA (Oct. 18, 2013)—Washington & Jefferson College’s Energy Lecture Series continues with “Should We Rethink Nuclear?,” Wednesday, Oct. 23 at 6:30 p.m., in the Howard J. Burnett Center’s Yost Auditorium.
Presented by W&J’s Center for Energy Policy and Management and…

Holocaust Survivor Brings Story to W&J

Updated: April 10, 2014 | Tagged: ,

Garbage to Art: Philosopher, Artist Bob Johnson to Speak at W&J

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WASHINGTON, Pa. (Nov. 14, 2013)—Bob Johnson, philosopher and artist interested in human ecology and designer of “River Cubes,” will speak at Washington & Jefferson College (W&J) Nov. 18 at  6 p.m. in Room 103 of the Howard J. Burnett Center.
Johnson’s lecture, free and open…

Retired Sen. George Mitchell to Speak at W&J

Updated: April 10, 2014 | Tagged:

WASHINGTON, Pa. (Nov. 4, 2013)—Retired Sen. George Mitchell (D-Maine)—author, former U.S. special envoy for the Middle East, where he worked toward an end of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and lead investigator in Major League Baseball’s steroid scandal—will speak at Washington & Jefferson College (W&amp…

Retired Sen. George Mitchell Discusses Conflict Resolution

Updated: April 10, 2014 | Tagged: ,

WASHINGTON, Pa. (Nov. 8, 2013)—Retired Sen. George Mitchell (D-Maine)—former senate majority leader; U.S. special envoy for the Middle East; and lead investigator in Major League Baseball’s steroid scandal—addressed in a public lecture Thursday at Washington & Jefferson College (W&J) conflict resolution, particularly his…

Smithsonian Curator Michael Neufeld to Give Lecture on Wernher von Braun

Updated: April 10, 2014 | Tagged: , ,

WASHINGTON, PA (Nov. 14, 2013)—A pioneer of the space program. The Father of Rocket Science. This is how many describe aerospace engineer and scientist Wernher von Braun, who played an important role in building a space program for the United States.
But when Dr. Michael Newfeld, a curator in the history department…