Category Archives: Student Research

Eastern Pennsylvania Regional Conference of Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society-Connor Waite

Connor Waite presented as part of 9:15 to 10:45 panel entitled Economic and Political Developments in US History His paper was on “Political and Social Battles at the 1924 Democratic National Convention”

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University of Scranton students attended the Eastern Pennsylvania Regional Conference of Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society

University of Scranton students attended the Eastern Pennsylvania Regional Conference of Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society, Saturday, April 22, 2023, at Marywood University. The following were students in the History of  Modern China: 245 (Fall 2022): Their professor- Father … Continue reading

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Student Research Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month

  Students in Dr. Aiala Levy’s Colonial Latin America course, in conjunction with the Multicultural Center, designed an exhibit to Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month.  The student research focused on the Aztecs and their environment, religion, and the Atlantic World.  The … Continue reading

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Senior History Major (and Future Dentist) Maura Burns Wins Library Research Prize

Charles E. Kratz, dean of the library and information fluency at The University of Scranton, awarded the 2018 Bonnie W. Oldham Library Research Prize in the Undergraduate Upper-level category to Maura C. Burns, a senior History major with minors in … Continue reading

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Senior History Major Maura Burns Wins Research Awards at Pennsylvania Historical Association Annual Conference

  Congratulations to Senior History Major Maura Burns for earning 2nd place in the poster competition at the Pennsylvania Historical Association Annual Conference which was held October 12-14 at the Radisson Lackawanna Station in Scranton. Maura’s poster was the result … Continue reading

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Student Presentations at Regional Phi Alpha Theta Conference

On April 1, 2017, Maura Burns and Megan Seton presented papers at the Phi Alpha Theta Eastern PA/DE/NJ/NY Regional Conference in Glassboro, New Jersey.  Seton presented “The Evolution of Women in Lackawanna County,” using newspaper and local resources to compare … Continue reading

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Royals “Scanathon”

As part of the City of Scranton’s yearlong 150th Anniversary celebration, the Royals Historical Society and Adam Pratt’s History 140 class participated in the Weinberg Memorial Library Scanathon in October. Along with community partners the Lackawanna Historical Society and the … Continue reading

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Applications for the 2016 Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program Now Open

Students interested in pursuing graduate work in History or International Studies are encouraged to look into the Smithsonian Fellowship Program.  Also as a reminder for those students applying to graduate programs most deadlines are less than two months away.  Feel … Continue reading

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History Major Wins Library Research Prize

Congratulations to History Major Christine Panzitta for winning the Weinberg Memorial Library’s 2013-2014 Undergraduate Research Prize. Her paper, “Desertion in the Union Army, 1861-1866” examines the ways in which the Union government and the home front defined and dealt with … Continue reading

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