Summer 2023 Issue
Faculty and Staff
Committed to the Commonwealth
Bellisario College faculty members drive efforts to serve people across Pennsylvania
![Portrait of Christopher Ali](/assets/uploads/images/_1280x630_crop_center-center_80_none/ChristopherAli.jpg)
![Viv Bellisario stands for a portrait](/assets/uploads/images/_480x252_crop_center-center_80_none/VivBellisario-main.jpg)
![Boaz Dvir seated at a table](/assets/uploads/images/_480x252_crop_center-center_80_none/DvirBoaz-portrait.jpg)
The Interview
Boaz Dvir
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Faculty and Staff
Practical and Professional
Professors’ interests prompt real-life opportunities for students
![Portrait of Christopher Ali](/assets/uploads/images/_480x252_crop_center-center_80_none/ChristopherAli.jpg)
Faculty and Staff
Committed to the Commonwealth
Bellisario College faculty members drive efforts to serve people across Pennsylvania
![Carlee Weber and her service dog Magenta outside Old Main.](/assets/uploads/images/_480x252_crop_center-center_80_none/CarleeMagenta.jpeg)
Student
Combatting stigma through openness, persistence
Spinal muscular atrophy didn’t keep Carlee Weber from a college experience and it won’t stop her from working toward a career in the music industry
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Student
Recipe for Success
There are as many potential success stories in the Bellisario College as there are students — more than 2,600 — and there are some common ingredients: abundant opportunity, a pinch of encouragement and a strong helping of hard work.