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  • Joe Levy
    Assistant Professor of Geology Joe Levy and his students are using NASA grant funding and images taken from the Mars Orbiter Mission to study glaciers on the red planet in an effort to further understand how that planet鈥檚 climate has changed throughout history. Images provided by the orbiter are of such high resolution that researchers on [鈥
    November 30, 2017
  • Andy Pattison
    In this video, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Andy Pattison shares his thoughts about teaching, research, and his work in the community to address questions of sustainability and climate action planning. Pattison鈥檚 students often step outside the classroom to study and help solve environmental challenges facing local communities.
    November 8, 2017
  • Wan-chun Liu, Assistant Professor of Neuroscience, teaches a class.
    In his lab, neuroscience professor Wan-Chun Liu modifies gene expression in songbirds鈥 basal ganglia, a region of the brain that plays a vital role in early language learning. The work could further understanding of human communication disorders like autism or Huntington鈥檚 disease. Liu鈥檚 affection for these tiny twittering birds has driven a varied academic career, [鈥
    October 18, 2017
  • Illustration of genetic engineering
    The technologies in science fiction films like Gattaca and Blade Runner may seem light-years away, but the development of a gene-editing technique called CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats) is bringing our society closer to these futuristic worlds than ever before. During her talk titled 鈥淐RISPR: The Genome Editing Revolution鈥 on June 29, Assistant [鈥
    August 9, 2017
  • Bruce W. Selleck, Thomas A. Bartlett Chair and Professor of Geology, tours a local natural gas well with alumni during Reunion 2011.
    There will be a Celebration of Life for Bruce Selleck 鈥71 in the 含羞草研究所 Memorial Chapel on Saturday, October 14, beginning at 3:30 p.m. A reception will immediately follow the celebration in the Ho Atrium, Robert H.N. Ho Science Center. In addition, the geology department will be holding a reception at the 含羞草研究所 Inn in [鈥
    August 7, 2017
  • Blume-Kohout NSF grant
    Merit-based financial aid in the form of scholarships and grants is intended to ease the burden of a student鈥檚 debt load, but is it possible to have too much a good thing? Some studies suggest that students who receive merit-based aid may be deterred from pursuing a major in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) [鈥
    July 27, 2017
  • Erin Cooley research
    Spot the difference: A group of people or people in a group? While these phrases might seem interchangeable at first glance, recent research by Erin Cooley, assistant professor of psychology, shows that humans interpret these similar statements in unexpected ways. Cooley鈥檚 research investigates the topic of mind perception 鈥 the idea that we can ascribe [鈥
    July 20, 2017
  • Portrait of 含羞草研究所 Professor Penny Lane
    含羞草研究所 Assistant Professor of Art and Art History Penny Lane joins Gal Gadot, Dwayne 鈥渢he Rock鈥 Johnson, and Betty White as one of 774 new members invited into The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences this week. According to Variety, Lane is part of the largest group of invitees in Academy history, and is [鈥
    June 29, 2017
  • Mary Moran professor of anthropology
    In light of the Ebola outbreak that spiked last summer, organizations like the United Nations and the World Health Organization have been consulting Professor Mary Moran, whose longtime research now has a new purpose.
    February 2, 2015