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2024

Students, Internships

Hearing stories of others helps one student overcome her fear

An artist-in-residence program with a retirement community leads Velvet Sellers ’25 to new friendships and life-changing experiences.

Date: November 21, 2024

2022

Students

Pregnant and scared, Ukrainian woman tries to leave Dnipro

Denison students report on Alina Lyman, a US citizen in Ukraine trying to get back to Columbus with her husband and unborn child.

Date: March 13, 2022

Students

DU students report on Intel plan ripple effect on Central Ohio

Denison journalism students: The buzz about Intel coming to rural Licking County: Even the bees are affected.

Date: March 10, 2022

Spotlights

It’s a small world for Denison Disney intern

Alexandra Redrick ’25 landed a dream internship at Disney through her ambition and help from the Denison alumni network.

‘You’ll never guess what I did today’

Dancer Grace Lukens ’26 never imagined herself a fencer. But that’s the kind of thing that happens at Denison.

Denison Magazine

Denisonians give life to fallen friend’s final work

Kirsten Edwards ’77 didn’t live long enough to see her novel published. So her friends stepped in.

PBS taps professor emeritus to discuss a giant of American poetry

David Baker, who has taught Wallace Stevens to generations of Denison students, appeared in a recent Poetry in America episode.

Denison Magazine

Keeping the public informed

Journalism chose these Denison graduates — and they're chasing it from Ohio to Africa.

4 questions with English professor Diana Mafe

Mafe talks about her research, teaching practices, and how The Legend of Zelda connects to the liberal arts.

Denison Magazine

To go proudly and boldly into the world

For these high-achieving ’90s graduates, an education on The Hill was about exploring, stumbling, adapting — and thriving.

Fred Porcheddu-Engel has brought the Middle Ages into the digital age with his research of manuscripts.

4 questions with English Professor Fred Porcheddu-Engel

As he celebrates his 30th year as part of the Denison faculty, Porcheddu-Engel remains as enthusiastic as the day he arrived as a student.

24 hours of improv and 4 years with a new ‘family’

This 24-hour improv show is an extreme bonding experience, a great way to get close to your friends, and a big opportunity to work toward a common goal

Denison Magazine

Dream job is all downhill

Samuel Taggart ’14 mixes business, pleasure as ski magazine editor

Denison Magazine

Telling “The Telling”

Emeritus Professor of English David Baker provides the backstory of his poem featured in Denison Magazine.

Illustration of a person spying with toilet paper rolls

Denison Magazine

Hunkering Down

Why we use the language of war, even in the absence of a battle.

Denison Magazine

The ON Switch

Conversations with faculty about what it means to teach — and to trigger those amazing moments of illumination

Denison Magazine

Unlocking Potential: Bridget Welch '22

Learning comedy cross-training at Second City in Chicago

An aerial view of north quad and the IM field

Denison Magazine

On Resilience

Poetry by Riley Halpern '22

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Denison launches the most ambitious campaign in its history

Announcing Knobel Hall and the King Center for Data and Innovation

AI in academia: Denison’s AI progress attracts higher education peers

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2024

2022

Spotlights

It’s a small world for Denison Disney intern

‘You’ll never guess what I did today’

Denisonians give life to fallen friend’s final work

PBS taps professor emeritus to discuss a giant of American poetry

Keeping the public informed

4 questions with English professor Diana Mafe

To go proudly and boldly into the world

4 questions with English Professor Fred Porcheddu-Engel

24 hours of improv and 4 years with a new ‘family’

Dream job is all downhill

Telling “The Telling”

Hunkering Down

The ON Switch

Unlocking Potential: Bridget Welch '22

On Resilience

What's Happening

Acclaimed novelist to visit Denison Sept. 17-18

Professor Margot Singer on writing “Secret Agent Man”

Professor Margot Singer explores layered identities in new book