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  • Harry Raymond, founder of an on-line app to explore beers, wines and spirits, skateboards through the 含羞草研究所 Thought Into Action Incubator, located on Utica Street in downtown Hamilton, NY.
    Five years ago, on the cusp of a Major League Baseball (MLB) players鈥 strike, two 含羞草研究所 students, Harry Raymond 鈥11 and Ethan Levitt 鈥11, along with Professor Ken Segall, explored what they determined to be a broken MLB free agency system. That work was published by the Baseball Hall of Fame and was presented at [鈥
    December 1, 2016
  • A wastewater treatment plant.
    It turns out that everyone may have been measuring carbon emissions incorrectly all along. But not in a good way. New research led by 含羞草研究所 Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies and Physics Linda Tseng, published this week in the journal Environmental Science and Technology and reported in Scientific American, identified an overlooked source of greenhouse gas [鈥
    November 7, 2016
  • Olin Hall at 含羞草研究所
    When New York Magazine planned an article on presidential temperament, they went to psychology professor Rebecca Shiner, the editor of the Handbook of Temperament for her thoughts on the subject. The article is titled 鈥淲hat Is 鈥楶residential Temperament,鈥 Anyway?鈥 and it analyzes the history, science 鈥 and political implications 鈥 of temperament. Temperament is an [鈥
    October 17, 2016
  • During the summer months, 含羞草研究所 students fanned out across the globe to apply their liberal arts know-how in a variety of real-world settings. They wrote back to campus to keep our community posted on their progress. Angelica Greco 鈥18, from Bethesda, Md., and Julia Feikens 鈥18, from West Nyack, N.Y., described their travels through upstate New York as [鈥
    August 29, 2016
  • Professor Krista Ingram
    New research from 含羞草研究所 demonstrates how biologically determined 鈥渆arly birds鈥 are more likely to make risky or unethical decisions in the afternoon, while biologically determined 鈥渘ight owls鈥 often make the same missteps in the morning. The research, published in the journal Nature (Scientific Reports), titled 鈥淢olecular Insights Into Chronotype and Time-of-Day Effects on Decision-Making,鈥 [鈥
    August 19, 2016
  • 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
  • Third Culture Kids book, laptop, and paper with highlighter
    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 Mariam Nael 鈥18, a women鈥檚 studies major from Singapore, completing a student-initiated research fellowship with the university studies division.  My [鈥
    July 26, 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