Dec 8, 2014
Prof. Megan Rothenberger Coaches Students through Course-Based Research
For Megan Rothenberger, the best way to coach students as they put the scientific method into action is through course-based research. The students in…
Health and Life Sciences
Sep 12, 2014
Student Team Studies Neurodevelopmental Disorders
By Sean Grim ’14 Imagine yourself lying in bed, hearing and feeling sensations, but unable to move a muscle beyond blinking. This is a constant reality…
Jul 8, 2014
Prof. Lindsay Soh Receives NSF Grant for Biodiesel Research
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Lindsay Soh a three-year, $100,710 grant as part of a collaboration with Yale University and University…
May 13, 2014
Learning From Hands That Heal
Student externs go inside the operating room with Dr. Kenneth Chavin ’83. By Kevin Gray “As a parent, the transplants that involve children really…
Dec 5, 2013
Students Explore Healthcare by Living and Working in London
The United States and the United Kingdom have very different cultural attitudes and approaches to funding healthcare. For students who are interested in…
Dec 5, 2013
Biology Infusion Initiative Provides Interdisciplinary Solutions
Students in Megan Rothenberger’s Environmental Issues in Aquatic Ecosystems class are tackling problems using expertise and resources from biology and…
Sep 20, 2013
Cancer Research is Personal for Kyle Tucker ’14
For Kyle Tucker ’14 (Los Angeles, Calif.), cancer research allows him to explore multiple fields of science, but it also touches him on a personal level…
Sep 20, 2013
All the World is a Lab (and a Stage) for Ecologist Nancy Waters
Nancy Waters shares three things with all of her students. One, energy flows and nutrients cycle. (“Energy is always one direction, but it moves by virtue…
Aug 29, 2013
First Class of Students Earns Health and Life Sciences Minor
“It may sound cliché, but I believe the health and life sciences minor chose me and not the other way around,” says Alec Eidelman ’13 (B.S. biochemistry)…
Jul 12, 2013
Tiffany Phuong ’16 and Kofi Boateng ’16 Combine Biology and Computer Science in Cancer Research
Research by Tiffany Phuong ’16 (Aldan, Pa.) and Kofi Boateng ’16 (Bronx, N.Y.) this summer is contributing to their goals of becoming doctors and…