The 2009 Summer Science Research Program, just finishing its 21st year, placed more than 50 students from variety of majors in various research positions both on and off campus this summer. Students had the opportunity to show off their intensive projects on Friday, Oct. 23, sharing their work with classmates, professors, and visiting parents.
"Every human being thinks about the universe, and t... More >>
As a developmental biologist, Assistant Professor of Biology Kristy Kenyon has spent years studying life in its most nascent forms. Her research efforts have focused on understanding the cellular mechanisms that drive embryonic cells to grow, divide, migrate, organize and differentiate into a vast number of cell types and tissues.
Now, Kenyon continues those efforts, with a new emphasis: discover... More >>
Brittany Flaherty '10 recently took a truly interdisciplinary approach to research, combining her studies of the sciences with her background in English by helping Assistant Professors of Environmental Studies Darrin Magee and Beth Kinne work on a manuscript for a water resources textbook. Their work will help future students learn more about what is "arguably the most important natural resource ... More >>
