Feb 17, 2018
The Academic Minute
Neha Vora (sociology), Sue Wenze (psychology), Brett Hendrickson (religious studies), Lisa Gabel (psychology), and Il Hyun Cho (government & law) each…
Psychology
Feb 7, 2018
The Future Is Now
Story and photos by Stephen Wilson What you see may vary as you walk along the shoulder of Bushkill Drive where it traces the creek near Cemetery Curve…
Jan 29, 2018
Educating Young Brains
Story and photos by Stephen Wilson Ask kindergartners where their brains are, and they will point to their heads. Ask them what it looks like, and they…
Dec 14, 2017
Sway Hearts, Win Minds: The Boomerang Effect
By Katie Neitz Experts: Angelika von Wahl Professor and head of international affairs Angela Bell Assistant professor of psychology Society functions…
Dec 4, 2017
Helping Moms of Multiples
By Katie Neitz Sue Wenze, assistant professor of psychology, has received a fellowship from the American Association of University Women (AAUW) to research…
Nov 30, 2017
Ending the Entrepreneurial Stigma
By Stephen Wilson It’s a common sight on a campus: a mentor with a whiteboard marker jotting down discussion ideas as students sit around a table with…
Nov 10, 2017
Positioning Students for Success
By Joseph McDermott As a West Coast native attending an East Coast college, Heidi Ludwick Hanson ’91 learned the challenges of being separated from family…
Oct 17, 2017
Hip-Hop Troubadour
By Bryan Hay Baba Brinkman describes himself as a hip-hop version of the troubadour, a latter-day practitioner of the oral art of the epic poets who uses…
Oct 6, 2017
Unlocking the Code for Early Detection of Dyslexia
By Katie Neitz Despite research suggesting that poor readers can be identified by the first grade, the rate of false negatives in testing them is as high…
Jun 20, 2017
Searching for Patterns in Chaos
By Mark Eyerly Noah Steinberg ’17 traces his fascination with the brain to a seventh-grade biology class, in which a substitute teacher showed a movie…