Dr. Shari Robertson, dean’s associate in the School of Graduate Studies and Research and professor of Speech-Language Pathology, and Brianna Robertson, a graduate of IUP’s Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology program, recently discussed their research on the Western Pennsylvania dialect on KDKA-AM (1020) radio morning news.

On November 5–7, 2010, Harrisburg will hold exhibitions and a reenactment of the 1865 grand review of black Civil War soldiers, which was a response to their not being invited to participate in the Grand Review of the Armies by Union soldiers following the end of the Civil War. Dr. Jim Dougherty, director of the IUP Center for Northern Appalachian Studies, will assist in the project by providing research on United States Colored Troops descendants, helping to locate soldiers’ graves, and training tour guides.