Week of February 9, 2009

• PC Professor Earns First Collegium Fellowship
  Dr. Matthew Eriksen will spend a week with faculty members from 30 other Catholic schools this summer as PC's first Collegium Fellow. more
• PC Fulbright Scholar Documents Experience in Blog
  Dr. Margaret M. Manchester is posting written entries and photos during her time in Hungary. more
• Two PC Exhibits Spotlight African Americans, Research
  New exhibits highlighting the contributions of African Americans and faculty research at Providence College are on display in the College's Phillips Memorial Library through May 15. more
  
• Read more headlines in PC News.

• Psychology, Biology Students Earn Awards
  A psychology major has received a grant to conduct a campus study and three biology students recently took top honors at two major science conferences. more

• Rev. David L. Stokes, Jr., associate professor of theology, wrote an opinion piece that was printed in the January 30 edition of The Providence Journal. The perspective, "David Lewis Stokes, Jr.: Yank the invocators," outlined Father Stokes' view on the invocations given at President Barack Obama's inauguration.

• Men's Ice Hockey Player Named Semifinalist for Walter Brown Award
  This is the second consecutive year defenseman Matt Taormina '09 has been nominated for the award presented annually to the best American-born college hockey player in New England. more
• Laughlin Nominated for Humanitarian Award
  Kyle Laughlin '09, a center on the PC men's ice hockey team, was one of 21 nominees for the Bank of New York Mellon Hockey Humanitarian Award. more

Featured Events

• February 13, 7:00 p.m.
  Women's ice hockey vs. New Hampshire
• February 14, 2:00 p.m.
  Women's basketball vs. Georgetown
• February 14, 7:00 p.m.
  Men's ice hockey vs. New Hampshire
• February 14, 7:00 p.m.
  Men's basketball vs. Rutgers

• February 11, 12:15 p.m.
  Just Lunch: Peace and Nonviolence
• February 11, 4:00 p.m.
  Bishop Thomas Tobin, “Forgotten Teachings of the Council”
• February 12, 4:00 p.m.
  “Dominicans in 17th and 18th century Europe”
• February 13-15
  Upperclass Family Weekend
• Through May 15
  Exhibit: Celebrating Faculty Research at Providence College
• Through May 15
  Exhibit: African American Alumni of Providence College

View more events in PC's Event Calendar.

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Biology and Spanish Major
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Associate Professor of Surgery; Director of Heart and Heart/Lung Transplantation
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