Wednesday, May 06, 2026 

Find this year’s Distinguished Faculty and Staff award winners; see who received IUP’s 78th employee Fulbright; and more.

Graduation ceremonies take place Saturday in the Kovalchick Complex. Learn about the student speakers, the 4.0 graduates, and how to livestream any of the three ceremonies.

FIND NEWS ABOUT THE OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE PROGRAM’S APPROVAL, A MAJOR GIFT TO THE CRIMSON SCHOLARS AND FOOD PANTRY, THURSDAY’S COUNCIL OF TRUSTEES MEETING, AND MORE ON THE IUP NOW WEBSITE.

The 2026 recipients of the Distinguished Faculty and Staff awards, IUP’s Ali-Zaidi Award nominee, new faculty emeriti, and faculty members with recent achievements in scholarship will be recognized this week. Find out who they are.

For his second Fulbright project, biology professor Josiah Townsend will work to resolve more than 70 years of taxonomic confusion surrounding the Costa Rican leopard frog. Learn more about his project.

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