This article by Colleen Langham originally published in The Gannon Knight on Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012. Gannon University students competed for first place awards Thursday and Friday at the eighth Annual Research Symposium. The Symposium, which took place at the Tom Ridge Environmental Center in Erie, was hosted by the Regional Science Consortium. The consortium is a conference for […]
I’m halfway through my first semester as a psychology major and things are going really well. I’m getting all A’s and loving my classes, teachers and classmates. And at this point, most people are aware of my switch, so I’m no longer being asked, “Wait, aren’t you a biology major?” But that question’s been replaced […]
At the end of the last year, I wrote a blog post about being halfway through college. I discussed how unusual the feeling was and my amazement at the changes it had brought about, especially in my academic and career plans. I also said this, “But if the change in my previous plans is any […]
As the name of my blog may suggest, one of the topics I like to discuss is faith. While I normally like to place an importance on faith in terms of religion, I’d like to take a step back from that and talk about another kind of faith– faith in yourself. It was at this […]
Thomas Edison is most famous for the invention of the lightbulb. And while the attribution isn’t exactly correct – Edison didn’t create the lightbulb, but rather designed a long-lasting, usable filament – his contributions are no less significant. Commenting on his pursuit of a working filament, which required the testing of many different materials, Edison […]
Graduated cylinders and volumetric flasks line the shelves of the chemistry department. Gannon’s Zurn Science Center is home to many programs — including chemistry, biology and engineering.
Summer is finally here, which means, as an old school rhyme goes, “No more pencils, no more books, no more teachers’ dirty looks.” Well, at least there’s no more dirty looks for me this summer. The books and pencils, however, are in abundance.
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Gannon students love clubs. We’re not talking night clubs. We’re talking “Knight Clubs,” our new feature devoted to Gannon’s 60+ student clubs and organizations. According to campus legend, if you say the Greek letter beta in an empty lab three times at night, Charles Darwin will appear. OK, that’s a lie. But if you do […]
Public speaking: Those two words strike fear in many a student. According to About.com, as much as 75% of the population is in some way afraid of public speaking. Some people have nightmares about it, in which they find themselves standing in front of a huge crowd, often in their underwear. There’s even a name […]
