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Research

  • The National Geographic Society’s Committee for Research and Exploration has awarded Assistant Professor of Geography Mike Loranty a grant for his project “Disentangling Tree and Shrub Phenology in Siberian Taiga Ecosystems.” The funding will cover Loranty’s travel to the Northeast Scientific Station in Chersky, Russia, where he will monitor the timing — or phenology — […]
    April 11, 2016
  • 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
  • Professor Chad Sparber sits at a table while giving testimony to the Senate Subcommittee on Immigration and the National Interest
    Chad Sparber, associate professor of economics, testified before the Senate Subcommittee on Immigration and the National Interest on Thursday, February 25. During the hearing, Sparber discussed the significance of foreign-born STEM workers on native-born job opportunities and the role that the H-1B Visa program has had on technology development and job creation in the United […]
    March 8, 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
  • Abandoned study spaces at Case Library
    Stress, sleep deprivation, and constant pressure can be a drain on even the most hardworking college student’s motivation. Last November, members of the first-year seminar (FSEM) Willpower: The Science of Self Control, studied ways in which students can manage their workload — and its fallout — by finding ways to motivate themselves. Then, they gave […]
    March 1, 2016
  • Researchers with packs walk across an open field.
    Together they will travel more than 500 miles, through forests, mountains, and desolate tundra. The entire forest, growing in a shallow layer of soil, sits on ice and frozen dirt that is tens of thousands of years old.
    March 1, 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
  • Tori Hymel stands on a platform looking down at a dolphin
    (Editor’s note: Fourteen students accompanied Associate Professor of Biology Krista Ingram on an extended study trip to the Florida Keys during winter break to study marine mammal cognition, behavior, and conservation at the Dolphin Research Center. They chronicled their full experience on the off-campus learning blog — here’s a sample, written by Elly Hilton ’17, […]
    January 13, 2016