YouTube Math Pioneer, Author to Speak at K
A YouTube math pioneer, author, pianist and scientist interviewed on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” and featured in the New York Times, Wired and the Wall Street Journal will deliver two lectures on Wednesday, May 1, 2019, at Kalamazoo College. Eugenia Cheng, Ph.D., the Scientist in Residence at the School of the Art Institute […]
Moritz Lecture Features Stanford Professor
An award-winning Stanford University professor known for his published writings in the Journal of Asian Studies, Aeon and Foreign Policy, and for being featured by The Atlantic, will visit Kalamazoo College to deliver the annual Moritz Lecture at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 2, 2019, at 103 Dewing Hall. Thomas S. Mullaney is a professor of […]
K Honors Outstanding Employees at Founders Day Event
Don Mack, Kalamazoo College director of technical and media services, is this year’s recipient of the Lux Esto Award of Excellence. The award, given Friday at the annual Founders Day Community Reflection marking the College’s 186th year, recognizes an employee who has served the institution for at least 26 years and has a record of […]
‘Ambassador of Science’ Earns NSF Graduate Fellowship
Each year, up to $100 billion worth of harvested food is lost worldwide to pests and microbes. A Kalamazoo College student’s research could hold part of the solution. Marco Ponce ’19, a biology major from San Diego, conducted his Senior Individualized Project (SIP) last summer under Rob Morrison, Ph.D., ’06, a research entomologist working for […]
Zhang Financial Contribution to Help Students
Zhang Financial, one of the nation’s top fee-only financial advisory firms, will help Kalamazoo College support key initiatives in its strategic plan, Advancing Kalamazoo College: A Strategic Vision for 2023. Their generous contribution will help to better position K students for their first jobs after graduation. Zhang Financial, based in Portage, Michigan, is establishing the […]
Winter 2019 Dean’s List
Congratulations to the following Kalamazoo College students, who achieved a grade-point average of 3.5 or better for a full-time course load of at least three units, without failing or withdrawing from any course, during the winter 2019 academic term. Students who elected to take a letter-graded course on a credit/no credit basis (CR/NC) are not […]
Career Summit 2019 Slated for April 12, 13
A distinguished group of Kalamazoo College alumni will provide students with two days of practical workforce preparation April 12 and 13 during Career Summit 2019. All students are welcome and encouraged to attend this special event targeting positive employment outcomes through the Center for Career and Professional Development. Through interactive break-out sessions, themed panel discussions […]
Influential Professor Noah Feldman to Deliver K’s Flesche Lecture
A respected law professor called “one of the stars of his generation” by Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan, and one of the “most influential people of the 21st century” by Esquire magazine will deliver the Donald C. Flesche Visiting Scholar Lecture at Kalamazoo College. Noah R. Feldman, the Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law at Harvard […]
Chemistry Symposium Bids Farewell to 40-Year Professor
UPDATE: The venue for the chemistry symposium has been changed to Dewing Hall, Room 103. Kalamazoo College department symposiums typically kick off student presentations of senior individualized projects. This year’s chemistry symposium has added significance, serving as the official sendoff for Dorothy H. Heyl Professor of Chemistry Tom Smith, who is retiring after 40 years […]
K Student’s Fellowship Targets Cyber Threats
As global cyber threats target U.S. businesses and the government, organizations such as the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace respond, and so will Natalie Thompson ’19. Thompson, a math and political science double major from West Olive, Michigan, is the first Kalamazoo College student to earn a James C. Gaither Junior Fellowship. Each year, Carnegie […]
Outdoor Leadership Conference Provides Adventure
Adventures are common for Kalamazoo College student organizations, and one February adventure was notable for stirring Outing Club’s devotions to pursuing outdoor activities and professions. The student group of 18 traveled to the eighth annual Midwest Outdoor Leadership Conference at Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana, where they affirmed K’s standing among its peers as a […]
Kalamazoo College Trustees Elect New Board Chair
KALAMAZOO, Mich. — The Kalamazoo College Board of Trustees has unanimously elected Si Johnson ’78 to become chair of the Board effective July 1, 2019. A retired Stryker executive, Johnson follows Charlotte Hall ’66 as chairperson. Johnson has served on Kalamazoo College’s Board of Trustees since 1996, and has been vice chair since 2010. Johnson […]