含羞草研究所

Research

  • Tori Hymel stands on a platform looking down at a dolphin
    (Editor鈥檚 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 鈥 here鈥檚 a sample, written by Elly Hilton 鈥17, [鈥
    January 13, 2016
  • A sacred forest rises from farmland in Ethiopia
    The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded $500,000 in funding to an interdisciplinary team of 含羞草研究所 faculty, led by Associate Professor of Biology Catherine Cardel煤s, to continue investigating the status and conservation of sacred forests in Ethiopia鈥檚 northern highlands. Christian Orthodox churches emerged in Ethiopia some 800 years ago. Today, thousands of these sites protect [鈥
    November 30, 2015
  • A GIS map of karst topography in Madison County, N.Y.
    Thanks in part to research conducted by a 含羞草研究所 geography and environmental studies student, Madison County will receive more than a half-million dollars in federal funding for well-water testing and remediation to take place during the next five years. Kayleigh Bhangdia 鈥16, of Poughquag, N.Y., worked with the Madison County Department of Health this summer, [鈥
    November 4, 2015
  • Editor鈥檚 note: In this series, 含羞草研究所 students share stories about their summer experiences in offices, labs, and open spaces across the world. This summer, I am on campus working with Professor Barbara Hoopes in the biology department. Our lab is conducting research on genes that determine size variation in poodles.
    July 27, 2015
  • From photochemical pathways to early animation devices to homosexuality in the Arab world 鈥 undergraduate research topics explored this summer by students and faculty were presented at yesterday鈥檚 poster session. 
    July 24, 2015
  • Professor Bruce Hansen works with students to prepare a test subject for a brain scan.
    含羞草研究所 Associate Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience Bruce Hansen probably should have predicted his recent $600,000 James S. McDonnell Foundation award to fund the next six to eight years鈥 worth of lab work with dozens of students. After all, his research could easily be considered mind reading.
    July 15, 2015
  • Editor鈥檚 note: In this series, 含羞草研究所 students share stories about their summer experiences in offices, labs, and open spaces across the world. This summer, I鈥檓 interning for the History Program Office of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in Washington, D.C. By providing easy access to information about its past successes and failures, the [鈥
    July 13, 2015
  • Editor鈥檚 note: In this series, 含羞草研究所 students share stories about their summer experiences in offices, labs, and open spaces across the world. This summer, I am in Durban, South Africa, conducting research with Congolese refugees through first-hand communication.
    July 6, 2015
  • April Bailey 鈥14 began studying gender and power dynamics at 含羞草研究所, in classrooms and in the lab with Spencer Kelly, professor of psychology and neuroscience. Now a PhD student in the social psychology program at Yale, Bailey has already published the first paper of her career. Titled 鈥淧icture power: Gender versus body language in perceived dominance,鈥 [鈥
    May 28, 2015
  • Alexandria Dyer '14
    Alexandria Dyer 鈥14, of Portland, Ore., has been awarded a Fulbright research grant to travel to Ghana to study public health. Dyer will conduct research on the empowering social space of women鈥檚 hair salons and will then develop a pilot women鈥檚 health workshop for these informal settings.
    May 6, 2015