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…
Psychology
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…
Feb 14, 2017
Alberto Luna ’08 Helps Patients Find Answers
Alberto Luna ’08 wanted to be a psychologist since age five. He remembers innocently aspiring to that career because “all I had to do was sit down…
Jan 30, 2017
Amanda Magadan ’17 Joins U.S. National Field Hockey Team
Amanda Magadan '17 has been added to the U.S. Women's Field Hockey National Team, the organization announced on Friday morning.