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Pottery demands patience, resilience and a willingness to risk failure. This truth comes into sharp focus for students Ainslee Binkley ’26 and Emmalia Ciccarello ’27, who crouch beside a blazing fire on one of summer’s most sweltering days. As heat radiates from red-glowing coals, they keep a watchful eye on the pieces they crafted using Native American techniques — and wait for the results.  The pots, some plain and utilitarian, others etched with faint stripes and dots, are shaped from clay that Binkley and…

Launched by the Sigmund Weis School of Business in 2022–23, the mentorship program helps guide business students as they inch closer to affirming their academic and career goals. Every sophomore is paired with two to three mentors who offer an uncommon level of personal and professional support. The model fills a gap faculty and staff recognized: first-year business students benefit from the guidance of upper-level student coaches through Global Business Perspectives, and juniors often find clarity through study abroad…

Mark was on the final day of a solo cross-country bike journey in memory of his brother, Chris ’85. After cruising through a busy downtown Astoria, Oregon, Mark was making his way to the Astoria Riverwalk along the sparkling Columbia River. With just eight miles to reach the Pacific Ocean and be reunited with family and friends, his tire caught on a set of trolley tracks, hurtling him and his bike into the air.  Fortunately for…

“Climate change research is critical, but complex science can be hard to communicate, especially to children, which creates a gap that limits public understanding and action,” says Siobhan Fathel ’11, assistant professor of earth & environmental sciences. “We are experiencing a time in which science is under scrutiny, but I think talking about science and being able to make it accessible is what we have to focus on.” Students in Fathel’s Climate and Global Change course recently tackled…

Documentarians delve into discomfort to drive change. In the realm of visual storytelling, the documentaries of Fernando Ramirez ’82 and Baktash Ahadi ’05 converge, painting a vivid picture of the human experience in times of war and highlighting the transformative power of people and their stories. Both individuals, hailing from immigrant backgrounds and armed with a profound sense of purpose, are driven by a common goal: to effect positive change in the world by amplifying the…

What began in 1964 as an interest, a hobby or a passion among Susquehanna students set the wheels in motion for the creation of a degree program now nationally recognized for its excellence. Two years before the first creative writing course was approved for the curriculum, seven student editors and three faculty advisors published the university’s first student literary magazine, Focus. Described in the course catalog as “a means of communication for the best creative…