Muhlenberg College

A team of Muhlenberg students worked with Professor Sherri Young to test how readily medications can cross the blood-brain barrier to gain a better understanding of how to treat Alzheimer's disease.

This year's inductees to the Muhlenberg chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the nation's most prestigious honor society for undergraduates in the liberal arts and sciences, were celebrated in a virtual event on Saturday, October 15.

Muhlenberg is pleased to welcome the newest members of our community, including first year students, new transfer students and new School of Continuing Studies students, for the 2021-2022 academic year.

Shivani Iyer '23 interviewed coaches, players, researchers and others to better understand the perspectives and experiences surrounding head injury and protection in the sport.

Benedict Kohler '23 used his computer science and mathematics majors in his summer software engineer internship.

Natalie David worked with Professor Jordanna Sprayberry on the effects of fungicidal odor-pollution on the bumblebee's ability to learn and recognize a floral scent.

Senior field hockey and softball player Sarah Raab researched ticks with Biology Professor Marten Edwards in the Lehigh Valley this summer.

Senior football player Kevin Olifiers invested his summertime in a valuable internship that allowed him to draw on his academic, athletic and extracurricular activities at Muhlenberg.

Senior softball player Genna Cicchetti studied environmental policies in Spain this summer.

Arianna Tilley '22 immersed herself in the arts in Ithaca, New York this summer.

Larissa Dowling '22, who has worked for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline for a year, is now training others to chat online with people experiencing mental health struggles.

Under the guidance of Professor Maura Finkelstein, she conducted summer research exploring Indigenous perspectives on the environment and how they might be better incorporated into the field of sustainability studies.

Ava Duskic '23 and Emma Muller '22 worked with Professor Gretchen Gotthard this summer to further understand the learning and memory capabilities of Physarum polycephalum, a slime mold known as "the blob."

A summer internship is preparing Emily Leandro `22 for a career in the arts.

Giovanni Merrifield is a sociology major and Africana studies minor from Standish, Maine.

Three Student Researchers Are Co-Authors of Recently Published Mindfulness Study

The College's Department of English Literatures & Writing celebrated the winners of The Edwin A. Miller Writing awards and The Muhlenberg Weekly Journalism awards.

Episode 28 of the Muhlenberg Mules Podcast talks mental health and body image with Muhlenberg senior Jill Lissner.

Ten Muhlenberg athletes were recognized for their behavior with their selection to the 2020 Spring All-Centennial Conference Sportsmanship Team.

Seventy-two Muhlenberg College student-athletes were named to the Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll for the spring 2021 season.

Marielle Avola and Maxwell Seeber, both Class of '22, were honored as Centennial Conference Scholar-Athletes of the Year in their respective sports.

Muhlenberg's 173rd Commencement celebrated the Class of 2021 in a pair of socially distanced ceremonies held in downtown Allentown. It was the College's first in-person commencement since the COVID-19 pandemic began.

Students with a term GPA of 3.5 or higher for the semester were recognized for this academic achievement.

Three-part comedic web series premiered April 15 as part of Muhlenberg College's Mnemonic Theatre Festival.

The ceremony, held virtually, recognized student academic and community accomplishments, faculty research and scholarship and staff contributions to the College.

Innovative outdoor dance performance marks one of the first live dance performances in over a year at Muhlenberg.

The Muhlenberg field hockey team was recognized for academic excellence.

Designed to encourage outstanding students to pursue research careers in the natural sciences, engineering and mathematics, the Goldwater Scholarship is the preeminent undergraduate award of its type in these fields.

In only its second year, Muhlenberg's squad advanced to the second round of the American Mock Trial Association's annual national tournament.

Muhlenberg inducted 43 student-athletes from the Class of 2021 into Chi Alpha Sigma.