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Sep 28, 2018

Beyond the Bean

Story by Bryan Hay; photos by Clay Wegrzynowicz Part professor, part barista, Joe Woo grinds and steeps chemistry, economics, and history from his coffee…

Oct 31, 2017

Class

1:15 p.m. Eighteen first-year students are gathered around four long tables configured into a square. A large screen is lowered, and a squirm-in-your-seat…

Feb 15, 2010

Students Explore the Effects of Drugs on the Body in First-Year Seminar

Interdisciplinary course is taught by James Dearworth, assistant professor of biology The members of the Class of 2013 weren’t even born when the anti-drug…

Jan 25, 2008

Nanotechnology: ‘The Biggest Wave of Technology in Human History’

Bryan Ertz ’11 writes about his experiences in his First-Year Seminar In the fall semester, Bryan Ertz ’11 (Yarmouth, Maine) took the First-Year Seminar…

Jan 9, 2008

The Evolution of an Island

Nancy Giang ’11 shares her experiences in her First-Year Seminar, ‘Islands and Isolation’ Last semester, Nancy Giang ’11 (North Wales, Pa.) took…

Jan 9, 2008

The Evolution of an Island

Nancy Giang ’11 shares her experiences in her First-Year Seminar, ‘Islands and Isolation’ Last semester, Nancy Giang ’11 (North Wales, Pa.) took…

Jan 8, 2008

A Look at Islands and Isolation

Professor David Sunderlin gives first-year students a dose of island culture David Sunderlin, assistant professor of geology and environmental geosciences…

Dec 18, 2007

Slideshow: Communicating through Fabric

Students find creative ways to express themselves in First-Year Seminar Students presented their final projects in the First-Year Seminar “Quilts: Fabric…

Dec 10, 2007

Exploring the World of Nanotechnology

Brittany Futterknecht ’11 writes about her First-Year Seminar Brittany Futterknecht ’11 (Demarest, N.J.) is taking the First-Year Seminar “Nanotechnology…

Nov 29, 2007

The Entrepreneurial Environment

Cody Sumpter ’11 writes about his experiences in his First-Year Seminar Cody Sumpter ’11 (Branchburg, N.J.) is currently taking the First-Year Seminar…

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