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Upcoming Events

October 3, 2025

Political Science Homecoming Reunion

Event Start Time: 4:00 pm
Event Location: Blackwell Hotel
Margaret Roberts
October 14, 2025

Good to Great Seminar Speaker Margaret Roberts

Event Start Time: 11:00 am
Event Location: 2130 Derby Hall
Carmen Pavel
October 27, 2025

Political Theory seminar with Carmen Pavel

Event Start Time: 1:00 pm
Event Location: 2130 Derby Hall

Recent News

Autumn 2025 Reception Award Winners

Political Science Department Hosts Annual Graduate Reception

The Department of Political Science kicked off the new academic year with its annual Graduate Reception on Monday, August 25, at The Faculty Club’s Grand Lounge. The event brought together faculty…

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Political Science Senior Wins National Thesis Award

The Department of Political Science is proud to announce that one of our students has received top national recognition for her outstanding undergraduate research.

Grace Orians was selected…

Spring 2025 Edition of Alger Published

The Spring 2025 edition of Alger Magazine was recently published on Substack.

Alger Magazine is the official undergraduate, international affairs magazine sponsored by the Department of…

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Department Hosts Spring Undergraduate Reception

The Political Science Department celebrated its graduating Class of 2025 and this year’s Pi Sigma Alpha inductees with a spring reception at the Fawcett Center on May 3. Family, friends, faculty,…

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