June 10, 2024

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Neighborhood News

Explore the summer issue of West End Living for the latest updates on the College's neighborhood, including the addition of three new and upcoming dining and drinking establishments.

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Events & Activities

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College News

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Muhlenberg Bird/Glass Collision Research Featured in 'National Geographic'

Glass is even more deadly to birds than previously thought, according to a new peer-reviewed study led by Professor of Ornithology Daniel Klem. But, unlike many environmental problems, the solutions are simple.

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Director of Public Health Chrysan Cronin Retires

Cronin, who taught at the College for 30 years, will continue to practice public health as an emerita professor.

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Muhlenberg Offering Pathway for University of the Arts Students

The College is extending an invitation to UArts students to join the campus this fall. 

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Community-Engaged Course Brings Dance to Local Elementary Students

First- and second-grade students at Allentown’s Muhlenberg Elementary School participate in 45-minute classes during the school day taught by Annalise Christie ’26 and Riley Konstance ’26.

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Check out all the latest Muhlenberg news (plus videos, podcasts and more) as well as the Muhlenberg Magazine! 

 

Athletics

Athletics Plays of the Year

Relive the excitement with the Muhlenberg Athletics "Plays of the Year" videos! Parts 1 and 2 highlight the most thrilling moments and standout performances from our athletes over the past year.

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Visit muhlenbergsports.com for the latest scores, stats and stories about our Mules!

 

Muhlenberg in the Media

Broadway World
Muhlenberg College Commits to Helping Displaced UArts Students | Following the sudden closure of the University of the Arts in Philadelphia on Friday, Muhlenberg College is offering a pathway to welcome UArts students to their Allentown campus. 

The Morning Call
Lehigh Valley colleges among schools welcoming students from shuttering University of the Arts | Muhlenberg College said it will open 10 additional seats for first-year students in the fall and guarantee dance and theater scholarships for students originally accepted into the University of the Arts. 

National Geographic
This invisible killer takes out 3.5 billion U.S. birds a year | A new peer-reviewed study by Director of the Acopian Center for Ornithology Daniel Klem, Ornithological Specialist Peter G. Saenger and Brandon P. Brogle '20 shows bird deaths from window strikes are nearly double previous estimates. There are solutions.

WFMZ-TV
History's Headlines: Brubeck plays the 'Berg | On February 7, 1955, jazz fans lined up at Memorial Hall to hear the young rising progressive jazz pianist Dave Brubeck and his fellow musicians.

 

Around Town

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Within 2 miles of campus, enjoy great shopping and dining, concerts and events, exciting matchups on the ice and outfield, an art museum and amusement park.

Discover our West End neighborhood!

Discover Downtown Allentown!

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Berg+25

The Lehigh Valley is home to Allentown, Bethlehem and Easton, as well as dozens of picturesque small towns, all within 25 miles of campus and peppered with parks, restaurants and unique experiences ready for exploration.

Discover the Lehigh Valley!

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Notes of Distinction

Assistant Professor of Anthropology Casey James Miller gave an invited talk about his recently published book Inside the Circle: Queer Culture and Activism in Northwest China on May 11, 2024 at a conference hosted by Duke Kunshan University's Center for the Study of Contemporary China entitled "Disrepair and Repair: Politics of Care and Gender in Contemporary China."

Professor of Mathematics Mike Huber had a sabermetrical paper published in The 1939 Baltimore Elite Giants, edited by Frederick C. Bush, Thomas Kern and Bill Nowlin, Phoenix, AZ: Society for American Baseball Research, 2024. This history of the 1939 Baltimore Elite Giants is the seventh in a series of SABR books about the great Negro League teams of the first half of the twentieth century.

 

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