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Spring recognition chapel honors student leadership and achievement

April 24, 2017Last updated May 2, 2017 by Lauren Jefferson

“Everybody wants a revolution, but nobody wants to wash the dishes,” said Jim Smucker, vice president of enrollment and student life, to kick off the spring 2017 student recognition chapel

Our Royal Pride: Luke Mullet, musician, poet, weightlifter, mathematician … and more

April 20, 2017Last updated April 23, 2017 by Randi B. Hagi

“Our Royal Pride” is an occasional series celebrating Eastern Mennonite University’s undergraduate students who contribute to campus life in extraordinary ways in addition to their academic pursuits. These students enthusiastically create

Planetarium on Vesper Heights and in Suter Science Center exposes generations to starry skies

February 9, 2017Last updated June 12, 2017 by Randi B. Hagi

The planetarium at Eastern Mennonite University – for many of those whose history with the school predates 2007, the words bring up many emotions and fond memories, whether those memories

NASA scientist Russell De Young discusses advances in space exploration at next Suter Science Seminar

January 11, 2017Last updated January 16, 2017 by Lauren Jefferson

Russell De Young, a senior scientist at NASA’s Langley Research Center, returns to Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) Wednesday, Jan. 25, to present the first Suter Science Seminar of the spring

Future connections plotted for interdisciplinary curriculum ties to visionary scientist Nikola Tesla

November 10, 2016Last updated November 14, 2016 by Randi B. Hagi

Filmmaker and new visual and communication arts faculty member Zeljko Mirkovic brings myriad connections and a growing body of acclaimed work to Eastern Mennonite University (EMU). In 2015, Mirkovic won

Professors collaborate to improve instructional methods in STEM classes, thanks to NSF research grant

October 10, 2016Last updated November 7, 2016 by Andrew Jenner

In a 2014 Scientific American blog post championing greater diversity within the sciences, Dr. Kenneth Gibbs Jr. writes that “the large and persistent under-representation of certain social groups from the

EMU set to prepare engineers ‘with a heart’

June 13, 2016Last updated August 9, 2016 by Andrew Jenner

Overseeing construction of a footbridge connecting a rural Latin American village to the wider world, deepening our collective human understanding of bubble science, or helping design a new and improved

Spring STEM Celebration showcases forty individual and group research projects

April 27, 2016Last updated July 8, 2016 by Lauren Jefferson

Senior Derek Harnish and sophomore Braden Herman were upperclass and underclass division winners, respectively, at last week’s Spring STEM Celebration poster show. Harnish, who performed research under the supervision of

Join the ‘Suter West’ campaign: Phase II renovations will host lab spaces, new engineering program and updated museum

December 23, 2015Last updated October 21, 2021 by Lauren Jefferson

If a building could have a motto, Suter Science Center, named after longtime professor Dr. Daniel B. Suter, might have “Science, service, success” as its memorable catchphrase. Since its opening

EMU’s Hour of Code features fun with computational analytics, cupcakes for programmer Grace Hopper’s birthday

December 14, 2015Last updated July 19, 2016 by Lauren Jefferson

For one day each year, during the One Hour of Code worldwide celebration of computer science, Eastern Mennonite University professor Dee Weikle spends not just One Hour, but several in

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