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Moravian College Biochemistry Program Awarded Prestigious PITTCON Grant

The Award from PITTCON Will Positively Impact Student Research

BETHLEHEM, PA., March 6, 2017- Today, Moravian College announced the Biochemistry program has been awarded a grant from the Pittsburgh Conference Memorial National College Grants (PCMNCG) Program for the purchase of a NanoDrop spectrophotometer—the gold standard instrument of microscale spectrophotometry.

James Scifers wins NATA 2017 Professional Development Excellence Award
Moravian College announced that Dr. James (Jay) Scifers, Chair, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences has been named the recipient of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association’s (NATA) 2017 Professional Development Excellence Award.
Two Local Professors to Present “Paths to Sustainability” at Moravian College
Dr. Tom Egan from Moravian College and Dr. Christopher Borick from Muhlenberg College will present “Paths to Sustainability: The Tellus Institute’s Scenarios” on Tuesday, February 21, 2017 at 7:00 pm in the Haupert Union Building, UBC room, on Moravian College’s Main Street Campus.
Moravian College Names Students to Dean’s Honor List for Fall 2016

Bethlehem, Pa., February 7, 2017: Moravian College named 610 students to the Dean’s Honor List for the Fall 2016 semester. Students who carry three or more course units during the fall or spring term and attain a GPA for the term of 3.50 or higher are placed on the Dean’s Honor List. Below is a listing of students on the Dean’s Honor List for Fall 2016 by hometown, state, and country.

Moravian College Writers’ Conference to be held February 3-4, 2017
The Moravian College Writers' Conference will return in February 2017 with writing workshops, craft talks, readings, and a keynote address by poet and essayist Alison Hawthorne Deming titled “Coming Home to Earth: What Purse Seines, Pumpjacks and a Twitter Feed from Space Taught One Worried Citizen About the Beauty of Climate Change."
Moravian College Attending UN Conference On Climate Change in Morocco
Faculty and alumni from Moravian College are attending the 22nd United Nations Framework Conference on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which runs from November 7-17, in Marrakech, Morocco.
5th Annual Jazz Series to be Held at Moravian College
The Moravian College Music Department in partnership with the Pennsylvania Jazz Collective presents the 5th Annual Jazz Series at Moravian College, Wednesday through Friday, November 16-18, 2016.
Professor of Green Chemistry to Discuss New Approach to Purifying Water of Endocrine Disrupters at Moravian College
Terrence J. Collins, Teresa Heinz Professor of Green Chemistry and Director of the Institute for Green Science at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh will present “Purifying Water of Endocrine-Disrupting Micropollutants” at Moravian College on Tuesday November 15 at 7:00 p.m.in Dana Lecture Hall in the Collier Hall of Science.
Jeffrey Toobin, Senior Legal Analyst For CNN, To Speak At Moravian College On How the Election Will Shape the Supreme Court
Jeffrey Toobin, senior legal analyst for CNN Worldwide, will present “The Supreme Court in the Post-Obama Age” at Moravian College on Wednesday, October 26, at 8:00 p.m. in Johnston Hall as part of the 2016 Cohen Arts and Lectures Series.
Laros Foundation Grant Brings Community Health Room to Moravian College’s Center for Health Sciences
Moravian College was recently awarded a $35,000 grant from the R.K. Laros Foundation, Inc. to support a community health room in the College’s new Sally Breidegam Miksiewicz Center for Health Sciences.