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…
Psychology
Dec 14, 2017
Sway Hearts, Win Minds: The Boomerang Effect
By Katie Neitz The 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…
May 30, 2017
Teaching Girls That They Can Do Anything
The BBC honored Erin McKenney '20 for founding the Curiosity Science Program, which solicits letters from female scientists. Girls in the program gain…
May 15, 2017
Five Faculty Elected to Emeritus Status
Five faculty elected to emeritus status will be recognized at Commencement on Saturday: Donald Chambers, Walter E. Hanson/KPMG Peat Marwick Professor of…