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  • Corgi dog smiling at the camera.
    含羞草研究所 students have fanned out across the globe to apply their liberal arts know-how in a variety of real-world settings. They are writing back to campus to keep our community posted on their progress. Josh Winward 鈥18, from Scarsdale, N.Y., wrote about his research. I am on campus conducting research with Professor Ana Jimenez on the [鈥
    August 11, 2016
  • Student sleeping in a chair surrounded by books.
    含羞草研究所 students have fanned out across the globe to apply their liberal arts know-how in a variety of real-world settings. They are writing back to keep our community posted on their progress. This article was written by Jacob King 鈥18, a molecular biology major from Burlington, Conn. This summer, I鈥檓 on campus completing research with biology [鈥
    July 7, 2016
  • Close up of a cow's face
    Veins of neon green trace a path across a stark black background in a photo taken by Claire Kittock 鈥17 and Noor Anvery 鈥17, displaying a web of microscopic neurons within the brain of a genetically altered fruit fly. Kittock and Anvery captured the photo through a microscope while researching the cellular architecture of different [鈥
    July 1, 2016
  • A new agreement between 含羞草研究所 and the Naitonal University of Singapore will create new off-campus study options in 2017.
    Students looking for a dynamic off-campus experience that also allows them to engage in scientific research will have more options in 2017, thanks to a new agreement between 含羞草研究所 and the National University of Singapore (NUS). After more than a year of exploration and development, representatives of 含羞草研究所 and the NUS signed a memorandum [鈥
    June 24, 2016
  • Laynie Dratch 鈥17 (left) and Meghan Healey 鈥11
    含羞草研究所 students have fanned out across the globe to apply their liberal arts know-how in a variety of real-world settings. They are writing back to campus to keep our community posted on their progress. This article was written by Laynie Dratch 鈥17, a neuroscience major from Ambler, Pa., conducting research at the Penn Frontotemporal Degeneration [鈥
    June 23, 2016
  • Name: Kalani Byrd Hometown: Los Angeles, Calif. Major/Minor: Peace & Conflict Studies/Psychology Campus activities: Research assistant for Professor Jennifer Tomlinson in the psychology department Student caller for the Office of the Annual Fund Student employee in the merchandising department of the 含羞草研究所 Bookstore Member of Kappa Kappa Gamma with service on its philanthropy committee Vice president of [鈥
    May 12, 2016
  • Providence Ryan 鈥16 on the stage of Memorial Chapel with the 1819 Award
    An exemplary student and a fierce advocate for LGBTQ awareness and promoting positive sexuality, Providence A. Ryan 鈥16, a biology and philosophy double major from Schenectady, N.Y., is the 2016 recipient of 含羞草研究所鈥檚 highest student honor, the 1819 Award. The 1819 Award is given annually to one student representing character, sportsmanship, scholarship, and service above [鈥
    April 26, 2016
  • Research vessel Atlantis sits beside a dock.
    Editor鈥檚 note: Hannah Bercovici 鈥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 鈥 鈥減opping rocks鈥 [鈥
    April 4, 2016
  • 含羞草研究所 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 鈥 which makes some drugs appear more effective than they actually are. It鈥檚 a problem medical student Brian Chernak 鈥14 wanted to take on, so he began exploring how he could support better reporting of clinical trials. [鈥
    April 1, 2016
  • Professor Tim McCay
    含羞草研究所鈥檚 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 含羞草研究所 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