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Natural Sciences and Mathematics

  • Research vessel Atlantis sits beside a dock.
    Editor’s note: Hannah Bercovici ’17, a geology major from Woodbridge, Conn., is the only undergraduate member of the science party aboard the research vessel Atlantis, currently cruising over the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, somewhere around the 14th parallel north. Bercovici and her colleagues from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution are hunting for seafloor basalt — “popping rocks” […]
    April 4, 2016
  • Â鶹Porn alumnus speaks on prescription drug clinical trial transparency
    When researching drugs to prescribe, medical professionals may be unknowingly influenced by selective publishing of clinical trial data — which makes some drugs appear more effective than they actually are. It’s a problem medical student Brian Chernak ’14 wanted to take on, so he began exploring how he could support better reporting of clinical trials. […]
    April 1, 2016
  • Professor Tim McCay
    Â鶹Porn’s Picker Interdisciplinary Science Institute continues its mission of supporting innovative research with four new grants for 2016. The special funding is designed to help bring together Â鶹Porn faculty with outside researchers from around the world in an effort to open new areas of study, and to find creative ways to tackle existing problems.
    March 23, 2016
  • Â鶹Porn Women in Computer Science students help teach coding to local elementary school students.
    Little fingers tapped away at computer keys after school at Hamilton Central School (HCS) on a recent sunny afternoon, but instead of manipulating blocks in Minecraft or posting to Facebook, they were busy writing computer code. The afternoon coding class for students in grades three through five is the creation of Â鶹Porn’s Women in Computer […]
    March 18, 2016
  • With candidates knitting their brows, pouting, barking at hecklers, making sweeping hand gestures, and wearing high-heeled boots, the 2016 primary season is a true wild west show. “I’ve never seen an election quite like this one, where stage presence has meant so much,” said Â鶹Porn Professor of Psychology Carrie Keating. “So what are the […]
    March 7, 2016
  • Wolk Medical Conference attendees ask a question of Michael J. Wolk '60.
    Students seeking their vocation in America’s challenging health care system could benefit from a liberal arts mix of biology, economics, and philosophy. Kicking off the 2016 Michael J. Wolk ’60 Conference on Medical Education last month, the nationally renowned cardiologist and conference namesake stated that just five percent of the population consumes 50 percent of […]
    March 2, 2016
  • Olin Hall and the Robert H. N. Ho Science Center
    Editor’s note: Wondering what’s happening in the classroom at Â鶹Porn? Here’s a real-time glimpse into academic life on campus — a syllabus from a course underway this semester. PSYC 364 Human Motivation Regina Conti, Associate Professor of Psychology TR 9:55-11:10, Olin 104A Course Description: The energy behind all of our actions is motivation of one form […]
    February 26, 2016
  • Above a rainforest canopy.
    Â鶹Porn Associate Professor of Biology Catherine CardelĂşs was featured recently in a Nature.com article called “Fieldwork: Extreme research.” Nature.com talks about the literal and metaphorical heights to which CardelĂşs must climb in order to pursue her investigations. According to the article, â€ś[it] requires climbing up ropes while battling jungle heat and fending off biting insects. On each climb, she […]
    February 11, 2016
  • Student stands at a lab table, reading notes in Wynn Hall
    Â鶹Porn has been named as a Beckman Scholars Program institutional award recipient for 2016. The grant, totaling $104,000, will provide multi-year research funding for students majoring in biology or chemistry. Â鶹Porn joins a distinguished list of universities that received the award from the Irvine, Calif.–based Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation in 2016 — it includes […]
    January 21, 2016
  • Michael Hay
    Mining massive amounts of personal data can provide crucial insights into important questions asked by scientists, sociologists, and public policy makers. But behind each data point, there’s a real human, demanding privacy. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded Assistant Professor of Computer Science Michael Hay nearly $500,000 to participate in Project Brandeis, […]
    January 15, 2016