Welcome back to St. Petersburg, Professor Wiesel! The work of the late Nobel Laureate, esteemed writer, political activist and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel is headed to its new home at the Florida Holocaust Museum after the museum won a competitive grant spearheaded by an Eckerd College graduate.

Read and written by Grey Curcio '24. For the web version, and photos, visit https://www.eckerd.edu/news/blog/elie-wiesel-collection-florida-holocaust-museum/

Penicillin is one of the most well-known and well-used medications today.

Read and written by Claire Barnett '27. For the web version, and photos, visit https://www.eckerd.edu/news/blog/microbiology-class/

Eckerd College students filled the GO Pavilion on Feb. 23 to celebrate the Lunar New Year, enjoying many enchanting and colorful sights, intent on banishing the old and welcoming the new Year of the Dragon.

Read and written by Grey Curcio '24. For the web version, and photos, visit https://www.eckerd.edu/news/blog/cultural-clubs-lunar-new-year/

The Main, Elliott and Cobb galleries at Eckerd College will be full of student work this semester as senior thesis exhibitions begin for visual arts and interdisciplinary arts majors.

Read and written by Ashlyn Fransen '24. For the web version, and photos, visit https://www.eckerd.edu/news/blog/study-abroad-senior-art-exhibition/

The Eckerd College Ultimate Frisbee club brought home its first official win since before the pandemic. Seventeen players traveled to Florida Gulf Coast University on Feb. 10 and brought the “Eckerd vibe” with them.

Read and written by Ashlyn Fransen '24. For the web version, and photos, visit https://www.eckerd.edu/news/blog/ultimate-frisbee-club/

Snaps and cheers overpowered the pop music floating from behind the service counter at the Eckerd College Triton’s Pub.

Read and written by Ashlyn Fransen '24. For the web version, and photos, visit https://www.eckerd.edu/news/blog/black-history-month-slam-poetry-night/

Shoes squeak and a basketball thumps loudly on the McArthur Gymnasium floor at the Eckerd College women’s basketball game on Feb. 7. Chants ring out from the sidelines to attempt to pass on strength.

Read and written by Claire Barnett '27. For the web version, and photos, visit https://www.eckerd.edu/news/blog/national-girls-women-sports-day/

Anna Kohler Smith ’06 stood before Professor of Political Science Mary Meyer McAleese’s International Political Economy class with questions.

Read and written by Grey Curcio '24. For the web version, and photos, visit https://www.eckerd.edu/news/blog/alumna-overseas-public-health-work/

The teal dorm-room doors typical of traditional housing at Eckerd College are adorned with notes written on colorful index cards for the week of Valentine’s Day. They say things like “You are strong,” “Your smile is beautiful,” or “The world needs your creativity.”

Read and written by Ashlyn Fransen '24. For the web version, and photos, visit https://www.eckerd.edu/news/blog/active-minds-random-acts-of-kindness/

This Winter Term, Associate Professor of History Adam Guerin, Ph.D., led 17 Eckerd College students across the Atlantic to Paris, where they immersed themselves in French culture and studied travel writing. They focused on the work of Eckerd grad and travel writer Linda Lappin ’75, with whom they met during their time abroad.

Read and written by Grey Curcio '24. For the web version, and photos, visit https://www.eckerd.edu/news/blog/alumna-parisian-winter-term-class/