Professor Basford presented school-to-prison-pipeline interruption research for the Minnesota Middle School Educator Association.

Political Science professor Alina Oxendine was selected for a research grant from the Centennial Center for Political Science and Public Affairs and the American Political Science Association (APSA), which will support her project “Race and the Income Gap: How Perceptions of Winners and Losers Help to Fuel Economic Inequality in the U.S.”

Lifeng Dong, Professor and the Emma K. and Carl R. N. Malmstrom Endowed Chair in Physics, was invited to give a virtual 3M Tech Forum Talk "Developing Carbon-Based Nanocomposites for Sustainable Energy and Clean Water" on July 30, 2020. The Tech Forum was co-sponsored by two chapters of the 3M Company: Applied Physics and Optics, Climate and Nanotechnology.

Professor Keefe presented collaborative research at SYNChronicity: The National Conference for HIV, STI and LGBTQ Health.

Work by assistant professor Curt Lund, faculty member in the department of Digital Media Arts, has been selected for an upcoming portraiture exhibition at the University of Alaska, Anchorage's Hugh McPeck Gallery.

Professor Baker's sculpture will be included in the inaugural exhibition at Franconia Commons, a new addition to Franconia Sculpture Park, on Saturday, September 26, 2020.

Craig Erickson, Visiting Lecturer in the Department of Mathematics, co-authored an article in the journal Graphs and Combinatorics.

Betsy Parrish, Professor in the School of Education, presented Optimizing Learner Success through Differentiation to an audience of over 2700 educators across the globe at the Cambridge Live Experience Conference on September 9, 2020. This event was hosted by Cambridge University Press in the UK.

Professor Jermaine Singleton’s essay titled “Beyond Shadow Boxing: Reflections on the Matrix of Race in the Post-Floyd Era of Racial Protest” recently appeared in Stillpoint Magazine.

Thirteen members of the Hamline University gymnastics team were named Women's Collegiate Gymnastics Association (WCGA) Academic All-Americans.

Psychology Professor Serena King published an article in the Journal of Public Health (international multi-disciplinary peer-reveiwed journal) with two Hamline undergraduate students, Angela Wollmuth and Sadie May Wasberg.

The City Pages recently wrote about a mutual aid project by Rachel Lawrence, a Hamline senior studying social studies and education, who has organized a mobile grass-roots effort to support her South Minneapolis community.

Kris Norman-Major, Professor and Director of Public Administration and Nonprofit Programs in the School of Business presented for the Florida International University School of Public Affairs 2020 Leadership Series.

Creative Writing adjunct faculty member Shannon Scott discussed horror fiction with Tara Lasowski.

HSE professors Joe Lewis and Letitia Basford examine how a charter high school is successfully serving students who have not succeeded in the traditional school system and are in danger of experiencing the school-to-prison pipeline.

Associate vice president and athletic director Jason Verdugo, one of only a handful of Latino athletic directors in the country, speaks about how his personal and professional journey informs his work on diversity and inclusion in athletics at Hamline.

Hamline University students and faculty have wrapped up their Summer Undergraduate Collaborative Research projects and students are preparing to present their findings at the annual September research symposium.

Professor Allison Baker, department of Studio Art and Art History, exhibits work in a show titled "Realities and Art" at ARC Gallery in Chicago, IL.

Hamline University School of Education recently secured a $250,000 Governor's Emergency Education Relief Fund (GEER Fund) grant from the Minnesota Office of Higher Education (OHE).

K. Moroz and C. Carlson's article was published in the August issue of American Middle Level Educators.

Hamline students featured in the American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology newsletter.

Professors Jen England and Susi Keefe present Food Access research with Feed Your Brain co-founders and Hamline Alum An Garagiola-Bernier and Emma Kiley at the Minnesota Department of Health Sexual Violence Prevention Taskforce. "Basic Needs Insecurity Among College Students: Implications of a Program of Action Research for Primary Prevention."

Hamline’s Food Resource Center (FRC) received $2,500 to be used for food offered at The Food Group. This will support food access for Hamline students. The FRC continues to work to provide nourishment for Hamline University’s students and we are thankful for receiving this grant!

Dr. Wallace Swan presented during "The Routledge Handbook of LGBTQIA Administration and Policy" virtual session at the Social Equity Leadership Conference, Minneapolis MN, United States.

Criminal Justice Professor Jillian Peterson spoke with Bloomberg News about the impact that COVID-19 is having on mass violence, and what we may see in the future as communities start to re-open.

Students Lue Her, Haileigh Lenz, Victor Tymecho, D'Angelo Perez and alumnus Tristan Contreras ‘20 worked with visiting faculty member Urvashi Gangal, Ph.D. to determine how to use cold plasma to inactivate pollutants in drinking water.

Jim Scheibel, a professor of practice and former mayor of St. Paul, lays out his hopes and sets goals for the coming year in his latest MinnPost essay.

Jeannie Fox, a professor of practice in the nonprofit management and public administration programs in the Hamline School of Business has been recognized by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs as an expert in her field.

Tom Schlick, Hamline School of Business adjunct faculty member, recently published a blog post titled, "Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt MBAs Reduce Costs & Waste."

Biology Department Laboratory Manager, Kathryn Malody, gave a presentation on "BioSafety: Beyond Blood Borne Pathogens" at the NAOSMM 2020 Virtual Conference.

What can be done about a widely used chemical that might be harmful to the environment? Dean Young learned there might be a bacterial solution to the problem!

Leif Hembre, Professor in the Department of Biology, and two of his former research students (Auggie Henneck and Gardea Simoke) co-authored a manuscript that has been accepted for publication in the journal BIOS.

Scientific research is more than dreaming up hypotheses and finding conclusions. For senior Caleb Rosenthal, it was about building a database tool for others to use.

As the pandemic shifted education online, students and faculty made the best of a difficult situation.

In addition to enjoying the summer, senior Ashley Robinson is trying to solve a biochemistry mystery

New data on victims, guns and mental health provides deeper insights and avenues for data-driven prevention.

Spencer Larson's biology research project on zooplankton has brought new meaning to the Minnesota term 'Lake Life'.

Professor Allison Baker is a finalist for the Prisma Art Prize at the Atelier Montez in Rome, Italy.

Associate Professor of Public Health Sciences and Sociology Susi Keefe published article in Hmong Studies Journal with Minnesota Department of Health Collaborators.

Professor Mark Berkson gave a talk for the Theological Discussion Group at the First Congregational Church of Palo Alto in California on July 10. The title of the talk was "Global and National Trends in Religion."

Political Science Professor Alina Oxendine presented her research “The Political Psychology of Inequality and Why It Matters for Populism” recently at the 2020 Annual Meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology (ISPP), which was conducted using a virtual conference platform.

Kyle Knapp, CJL research associate and CAS archaeology records specialist, was accepted into the Criminology and Criminal Justice Ph.D. program at Florida State University.

Hamline adjunct instructor is on the front lines to earn justice for George Floyd.

Read highlights from a recent Hamline University Leo Lecture titled “Working, Living and Coping in a World with COVID-19” with Jodi Metz, director of Health Services, and Hussein Rajput Ph.D., director of Counseling Services. During the live stream conversation, Hamline experts answered questions about health and wellness during the global pandemic.

Criminal Justice Professor Jillian Peterson spoke with Angela Davis on Minnesota Public Radio about what the research says about having police officers in schools.

A number of Hamline University students earned academic recognitions for work during the spring semester.

As a liberal arts institution that values civic engagement, Hamline University embraces a diversity of viewpoints and experiences among its students, faculty and alumni. In the wake of the Memorial Day officer-involved killing of George Floyd, Pipers donated, volunteered, marched, and protested. Some have also taken the lead in the media.

The U.S. Department of State announced the selection of Professor Betsy Parrish for a six-month virtual English Language Specialist project on developing handbooks for establishing Communities of Practice in Vietnam with the National Foreign Language Project of the Vietnamese Ministry of Education and Training.

Read Dr. David Everett's invited commentary on "Higher Education’s Role in Promoting Racial Healing and the Power of Wonder" published by the American Association of Colleges and Universities.

Professor Mike Reynold offers his hot take on literature and crises. He also suggests a few pandemic-worthy books for our reading pleasure.

This spring Kaori Kenmotsu and the dance ensemble embraced the challenge of taking an embodied physical art form into a digital space. In collaboration with seniors Jackson Cobb and Helen Maclay, they created a piece called “In Transition” that is now available to view online.

Members of the Hamline Track and Field and Cross Country teams ran backward and uphill to raise over $600 for The Link, a shelter for youth run by alumna Beth Holger ‘98 Master of Nonprofit Management ‘04. 

This year, the “Honors Convocation” was renamed: “The Awards and Honors Ceremony.” Like other similar celebrations of students’ successes in the spring of 2020, it was online. It was recorded and is now available for viewing.

Hunter Holten, a rising junior majoring in Computational Data Science, is the first Hamline University student to receive a Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation (SMART) scholarship from the Department of Defense (DOD).

Molly Isaacson analyzes data for the Office of Institutional Effectiveness. During Minnesota’s Stay at Home Order, she’s been crunching numbers at home but has still found time to assist the Red Cross by donating blood.

Dealing with the impacts of COVID-19 is a marathon, not a sprint. And while it is important to practice the social distancing that will keep many more people safe and healthy, it is also important to realize the toll this situation places on our mental health.

Professor Serena King is teaching Hybrid General Psychology, Cross-Cultural Psychology and Applied Health Psychology this semester. She recently took time from her schedule to offer her take on the enormous impact that the COVID-19 pandemic is having on the field of psychology and people's mental health.

Sheila O'Connor was named the recipient of 2020 Minnesota Book Award in the Novel & Short Story category for her book Evidence of V: A Novel in Fragments, Facts, and Fictions. O'Connor also won the Minnesota Book Award in this category in 2004 for her novel Where No Gods Came. 

Sophie Warrick’s work for the New Student Programs (NSP) office earned her a professional leadership award from the regional chapter of the Association for Orientation, Transition, and Retention in Higher Education.

Kate Meyer of the Global Engagement Center turned her energy from keeping Pipers safe while abroad to sewing face masks that will keep communities safer during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Hamline School of Business’s Sonal Gerten offered a quick take on what marketers can expect moving forward.

Education Minnesota announced ten finalists for Minnesota Teacher of the Year and three are graduates of Hamline University.

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed all aspects of our community. Hamline University School of Business professor Jeannie Fox offered a quick take on what nonprofit professionals can expect moving forward.

First-year Hamline University student Emily Hilderbrand received the Presidents’ Student Leadership Award from Campus Compact. The award recognizes an individual student or a student organization that models a deep commitment to civic responsibility and leadership.

Leaders from Hamline’s Wesley Center offer words of wisdom and support as significant holidays are celebrated by those of the Christian, Jewish and Muslim religions this April.

Dieu Do, a junior, has been named a Newman Civic Fellow by Campus Compact, a Boston-based non-profit organization working to advance the public purposes of higher education.

While Pipers stay home to help slow the spread of COVID-19, Hamline Exercise Science professors Lisa Ferguson-Stegall and Jen Robb encourage physical exercise to boost immune function, improve cognition, maintain fitness and support mental health.

Hamline University has implemented two significant changes to its admissions policies. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Hamline University has moved the enrollment decision day from May 1, 2020 to June 1, 2020. The second change is that Hamline University will not require the ACT or SAT for admission.

On March 1, 2020, the Hamline University Board of Trustees unanimously passed a resolution officially welcoming people of all sexual orientations, gender identities, and gender expressions, formally affiliating the university with Reconciling Ministries Network (RMN).

The theatre department had a strong showing at the 2020 Region 5 Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival in January. Hamline students and recent alumni received seven honors for productions in the Anne Simely Theatre over the last year.

A new initiative has been funded as part of Hamline’s Take the Lead Campaign. The Hamline Leadership Scholars Program was created with the goal of increasing student retention and graduation outcomes.

Student leaders discussed the future of Hamline University with trustees at the “100 Who Influence” Luncheon, an event dedicated to giving students an opportunity to speak directly with institutional decision-makers.

For the second time in two years, a team of MBA students from the Hamline School of Business finished second in the Association for Corporate Growth regional competition for its prestigious ACG Cup. The event was held on Thursday, February 13 at the Carlson School of Management.

For the second consecutive year, and for the third time in the last four years, five writers connected to Hamline's creative writing programs have been named finalists for the Minnesota Book Awards.

Genesis Begins Again by Alicia D. Williams, MFAC alumna ‘16 receives a Newbery Honor, the Coretta Scott King Award, and is a finalist for the William C. Morris Award.

Kris Norman-Major, professor and director of public administration programs in the Hamline School of Business, has been awarded the Joan Fiss Bishop Award by the American Society for Public Administration, Section on Women in Public Administration.

Assistant Professor Valentine Cadieux, who also directs Environmental Studies and Sustainability at Hamline, is part of a team that created The Holding Shanty for the Art Shanty Projects, a three-week winter public art event that runs Saturdays and Sundays through February 9, 2020 on Bde Unma/Lake Harriet.

President Miller, Associate Vice President of Marketing and Communications Lynn Farmer and HUSC Vice President Dieu Do participated in Martin Luther King, Jr. Day programming that was broadcast nationally from the Minneapolis Television Network studios.

The Hamline Undergraduate Student Congress (HUSC) had a busy fall semester, making policy changes that will impact the campus community in many ways.

Hamline University’s School of Education Center for Excellence in Urban Teaching (CEUT) was one of five Minnesota institutions to receive a 2020 grant as part of Minnesota’s Collaborative Urban and Greater Minnesota Educators of Color (CUGMEC) program.

Spotlight story on Taylor Anderson, HSE alumna and recent graduate of the Administrative Licensure program.

Ten Pipers will be spending 3 weeks of J-Term in Thailand where they’ll report and produce environmental stories with the help of prominent and experienced journalism mentors.

Calonna Carlisle, Mariana Cervantes, and Evelyn Humphrey are the latest Pipers to be named to Minnesota Governor Walz’s Young Women’s Cabinet. Senior Raie Gessesse was previously appointed and remains a member. 

Associate Dean of Students Javier Gutierrez, Ed.D. recently received the Robert E. Mosier Professional Enrichment Award from the Upper Midwest Region Association of University Housing Officers (UMR-ACUHO).

Senior Nicholas Jenkins jump-started a career in community leadership with his recent appointment by Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan to the Governor’s Council on the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday for 2020.

“Humanize My Hoodie”, a movement led by Hamline University adjunct instructor Jason Sole and his collaborator Andre Wright, recently released their biggest project to date: The “Humanize My Hoodie Book” and the “Road to New York Fashion Week Documentary.”

Shadowrise, the debut poetry collection from MFA alum Mary Harpin, is out now from Dos Madres Press.

Hamline alumnus John A. Downing ‘73 has been elected a 2019 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science for his contributions to water health.

Hamline University’s Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation Campus Center (TRHT) took its unifying mission to Washington D.C. in October.

The Minnesota State Arts Board announced the winners of its 2020 Artist Initiative Grants and six of the grantees are part of the Hamline Creative Writing Programs.

Hamline alumnus Dr. Robert Mikulak ‘64 was one of three recipients of the Hague Award from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) during the first day of the Twenty-Fourth Conference of the States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention.

Hamline students were key team members on the publically released mass shooter database, the most comprehensive database of mass shooters in the United States.

On Saturday, November 9, Hamline juniors Andrew Argeros and Lindsey Hawk with their teammate Lindsay Steiger, a senior, successfully competed and won second place in the fourth-annual MinneMUDAC Student Data Science Challenge.

The Violence Project, a nonpartisan think tank led by Jillian Peterson of Hamline University and James Densley of Metropolitan State University, have publicly released the largest, most comprehensive database of mass shooters in the United States.

Hamline University named David Chun to the role of Chief Information Officer (CIO), a leadership position at the Associate Vice President level.

Hamline students' participation rate was 63.3 percent in the 2018 midterm election and as a result the the university was awarded a platinum seal for having the overall highest voting rate among peer institutions nationwide.

Hamline University School of Business has expanded the successful Master of Nonprofit Management (MNM) program by offering a new online hybrid option. The new program is currently enrolling and classes will begin in January 2020.

Two MFAC faculty’s middle grade novels and one MFAC alum young adult novel have been chosen as Publisher Weekly’s Best Books of 2019! 

Earlier this month, Hamline alumni Michael Abata ‘05 and Brent Reykdal ‘08 gathered with other Target representatives to officially unveil the new soccer mini-pitch constructed in Hamline Park.

During National Transfer Student Week from October 21-25, Hamline will celebrate the students who have chosen this institution to complete their college journey.

Each fall, the Hamline community comes together for Homecoming, a week packed with festivities and celebration. As midterms approach, here’s a recap of some of the fun on campus during the week of October 7.

The School of Business celebrated the new Wells Fargo Finance and Analytics Room with a ribbon cutting event.

MFAC faculty Laura Ruby takes her place on the 2019 National Book Awards Shortlist for Young People's Literature with her newest novel Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All. 

Events will be held to celebrate the release of Evidence of V: a Novel of Fragments, Facts, and Fictions by creative writing professor Sheila O'Connor on Oct. 26 and Nov. 3.

Four Alumni of Hamline's MFA in creative writing program earn fellowships in the prestigious Loft Mentor Series.

Hamline's Free Store was featured in the Star Tribune along with several students and VISTA staff person Emma Kiley. The newspaper's editorial board followed up with "kudos" to Hamline for the sustainability initiative.

Hamline's Muslim Student Association co-leader Halima Ahmed participated in a roundtable conversation broadcast on NPR via the program 1A.

Hamline’s Undergraduate Student Congress is coming up with new ways to engage students on and off campus for the 2019-2020 school year.

During Convocation in the Walker Fieldhouse on Thursday, September 5, 2019, President Fayneese Miller welcomed 109 transfer and 549 first-year students to the campus community.

Team members at the Hamline Elementary-Hamline University Collaborative Learning University School won a grant for a new makerspace.

Two Hamline students have received the Eddie Phillips Scholarship for African-American Men.

Over the summer, two Hamline students practiced ancient skills in a modern lab to better understand the past.

Teachers from all over the United States converged on the local waterways for a three-day education STEM intensive hosted by Hamline's Center for Global Environmental Education.

Mai Nhia Xiong Chan and the admission team have developed a winning approach to enrollment.

Research by a team of students led by Leif Hembre, Ph.D. a Hamline Biology professor, showed that a moratorium on trout stocking improved water quality in a local lake.

The Hamline men's basketball team has been named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Academic Team Excellence unit announced July 11. To qualify, a team must have a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 or higher for the 2018-19 season.

Quite a number, 58 to be exact, HU student-athletes have been named to the MIAC Winter-Spring Academic All-Conference team.

Women's basketball standout Reilly Geistfeld has been named to the roster of D-3 Team USA, which will play four games in Brazil next month.

Two teams from the School of Business upheld Hamline's track record of success in the Manhattan College Business Analytics Competition.

A record number of Hamline's lacrosse players (14) were named to the 2019 Midwest Women's Lacrosse Conference All-Academic Team (MWLC). To qualify, athletes must have a cumulative GPA of 3.30 or higher.

Hamline Elementary School has a new tagline -- Collaborative Learning University School -- that reflects a deepening educational partnership with Hamline University.

Hamline MFAC Alumna Blair Thornburgh Receives Multiple Starred Reviews for her new YA novel Ordinary Girls. 

Families and friends gathered in locations throughout campus to celebrate the 2019 Hamline University graduates.

Jessica Davis had planned to pursue an MD. Instead, she opted for an MAT at Hamline after deciding to be a high school math teacher.

Honor societies are part of the Hamline experience. Phi Beta Kappa inducts members with a ceremony steeped in history that venerates scholarship and friendship.

 MFA Alum Joe Horton and CWP Faculty Richard Pelster-Wiebe have been selected for the Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship Program. The Jerome Foundation seeks to contribute to a dynamic and evolving culture by supporting the creation, development, and production of new works by early career/emerging artists.

The end of the spring semester is a time to recognize student accomplishments. On Monday, April 29, twenty-two seniors who completed the Hamline University Honors program received their due.

The new anthology Under Purple Skies: The Minneapolis Anthology, edited by Frank Burnes from Belt Publishing features short stories by six Hamline University affiliated writers.

Raie Gessesse is Hamline’s first woman of color and first first-generation student to be named a Truman Scholar. She was one of 62 outstanding students chosen from an application pool of 840 from across the United States.

A team of Hamline MBA students came in second in the regional Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) Cup competition held at the University of St. Thomas’ Minneapolis campus in February.

MFA Faculty Angela Pelster-Weibe will moderate a reading and interview hosted by Coffee House Press The reading will be at the American Swedish Institute in the Folke Bernadotte Conference Room on Wednesday, April 24 at 7:00 p.m.

Hamline community members headed to the capitol on Thursday, March 14 in their work to end hunger in Minnesota.

MFA alum Rosemary Ann Davis was featured in a recent article by the Pioneer Press.

Jeff Fink, a Lecturer in the School of Education, has published a book titled,"Responding to Student Behavior: Preparing for Teaching."

Hamline student and advocate “takes the lead” in more ways than one.

BFA/MFA faculty member Angela Pelster-Wiebe's essay “The Trial” has been published in the 2018/19 Winter Edition of Ploughshares.

If My Body Could Speak, the second poetry collection from Blythe Baird (BFA ‘18), is out this month from Button Poetry.

Homecoming, the podcast that inspired the hit Amazon Prime Original TV show, has a companion novella with its second season––written by BFA/MFA faculty member John Brandon.

Three Hamline University Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing for Children and Young Adults (MFAC) faculty members won national book awards for their works of fiction at the recent American Library Association (ALA) Midwinter Conference in Seattle.

Twenty-seven Hamline scholar athletes named to MIAC All-Conference team.

Angela Conley’s approach to public service makes her a new voice on the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners for more reasons than one.

Hamline’s Better Together (Interfaith Action Group) has been working on a project with NCJW (National Council for Jewish Women) and Reimagining (Women’s Christian Group) on a Multifaith Menstrual Justice Project since July 2018.

CWP faculty member John Brandon’s novel Arkansas has been adapted into a film of the same name, directed by Clark Duke and filmed in Alabama.

Gymnast Meghan Webb garnered conference honors after the season-opening meet.

What's that tune? Kelly Krebs' song, played by Kathy Thomsen, won second place in the 2019 Song Slam.

Members of the Mock Trial program affirmed the benefits of strong arguments, preparation and teamwork when they shared their knowledge and experience with deaf and hearing impaired high school students.

Professor of Public Health Sciences Susi Keefe and six graduated Seniors will have their article "Hmong College Student Perceptions and Experiences with Mercury Containing Skin Lightening Products in St. Paul Minnesota" published in the Spring 2019 issue of the Hmong Studies Journal.

Wallace Swan, an adjunct instructor at Hamline, edited and wrote a significant part of the new “Routledge Handbook of LGBTQIA Administration and Policy.”

Assistant Professor in the School of Education Patty Born will travel to New York City to support teachers in understanding and implementing national science education standards.

Dr. Suda Ishida, professor of Communication Studies, has been awarded a grant of $2,000 from the Mansergh-Stuessey Fund of The Saint Paul Foundation to support a speakers' series focused on immigrant and refugee populations in the Twin Cities.