Bryn Mawr College News

Allegheny College was one of eight Pennsylvania colleges awarded grants Thursday as part of a Maryland-based institute's $50 million national science initiative.

By Alex Goudreau Special To The Standard Whether it's running cross country or doing track and field, Woodstock Union High School Senior Alexandra Beda will be physically active when she starts attending Bryn Mawr College in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania this fall.

"I have been here 11 years," said the school's communications director Alana J. Mauger, "and every year I have said 'this' is our largest graduating class." It took more than 15 minutes for the Class of 2012 to file into the large tent where the commencement was held.

Biology Professor Carolyn Cohen, whose research explores protein structures using X-ray crystallography, has been a member of the faculty for 40 years.

Social justice is central to the mission of Dominican University , a small private Catholic college in suburban Chicago.

On Monday afternoon,A Lower Merion policeA reported to news media the following incidents from the past week in Bryn Mawr and Gladwyne: Public intoxication, underage drinking: Bryn Mawr College students reported to police about 1:45 a.m. Sunday that a woman was lying unconscious in the street on the 100 block of Morris Avenue, police said.

Jane McAuliffe, who became the president of Bryn Mawr College four years ago, said she would match class gift contributions from seniors now through commencement .

It's May Day 2012 - May 1 on the calendar - and my neighborhood has already had its annual huge May Day celebration, which includes wrapping ribbons around a Maypole.