NEWS

Amelia Kunko amkunko@ursinus.edu Ursinus’s UC Imagine Fest is quickly approaching. The theme for this year’s event is “Living with Tech: Tech-inspired ideas for solving today’s problems.” Students with any tech-related ideas are invited to register. This year’s UC Imagine Fest will be held on Friday, November 11 and Saturday, November...

Layla M. Halterman Dear Ursinus Family,  Our modern day associations with Thanksgiving center around stuffing our faces with traditional fare like turkey and pumpkin pie, watching football, and reuniting with our loved ones. And while that is all well-founded, we tend to unintentionally get distracted from the true meaning. The...

Amelia Kunko (amkunko@ursinus.edu) Ursinus’s annual Celebration of Lights, an event that allows the campus community to celebrate different traditions across cultures, is quickly approaching. Students Today, Alumni Tomorrow has organized the celebration, which was started by alumna Lizzy DeWitt ’19. This year, Celebration of Lights will be held on Monday...

Kate Horan (kahoran@ursinus.edu) With a new grant from the National Science Foundation, Ursinus College Professor of Physics, Lew Riley, and his research group of Ursinus students have earned funding to continue conducting their nuclear structure research. Describing the work performed by the group, Riley said, “My research group studies the...

Chase Portaro (chportaro@ursinus.edu)  The Ginkgo Biloba, steeped in Chinese as well as Philadelphian history, is considered to be one of the oldest species of tree on Earth, but for students at Ursinus College, it may be the stinkiest tree on Earth as well. The ten Ginkgo trees located along the...

Congratulations to seniors Addie Plummer and Joshua Bowman! Addie Plummer was nominated by the Field Hockey Team. Her chairty of choice is the American Cancer Society. Joshua Bowman was nominated by Phi Alpha Psi. His charity of choice is the National Alliance to End Homelessness...

Layla M. Halterman Dear Ursinus Family,  As a Jersey girl through and through, I’ve always looked forward to summers at the shore. There is something about the sea glass lining the sandy shores, salty air, warm climate, and endless fun that have me hooked.  So, year after year, the seasonal...

Marie Sykes (masykes@ursinus.edu) & Chase Portaro (chportaro@ursinus.edu) Five Wednesdays ago, on September 14th, The Grizzly news team had the pleasure of sitting down for a gourmet gold-table cloth meal in Upper Wismer, of all places. Carefully prepared by the Wismer Dining Staff, The 1869 Dining Experience consisted of three courses: an...

Erin Corcoran (ercorcoran@ursinus.edu) The start of the school year ushers in fresh changes, one of those being a new Student Government President.    At the end of last semester, Arthur Artene ’23 decided to run for the presidential position because he wanted to help the campus community and college as...