Atlas Dwyer ’24 | Contributing Writer On Nov. 12, members of associate professor of biology Laura Sirot’s “Natural History of Invertebrates” class came together to open their new class exhibition, “Invertebrates in a Changing World,” presenting their research on how various invertebrates are adapting to …
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Celebrating wellness for World Diabetes Day
Zanna Anderson ’27 | Science Editor This year’s theme for World Diabetes Day on Nov. 14 is ‘Diabetes and Well-being.’ The 2024 theme aims to emphasize the importance of both the physical well-being and mental well-being of those impacted. Care for diabetes is oftentimes centered …
Chemistry students attend ACS meeting
Mukta Pillai ’27 | Science Editor This past weekend, five chemistry students attended the 54th ACS CERM meeting in Pittsburgh, PA. ACS is the American Chemical Society. Students attended lectures on current chemical research, presented summer research and met students and faculty from across the region.
Helen Murray Free Chemist talks stereochem and LGBT representation in STEM
Victoria Finizio ’27 | Contributing Writer For National Chemistry Week, the chemistry department hosted the Helen Murray Free Endowed Lecture on Oct. 24. According to the chemistry department website, this annual lecture series “brings a renowned chemical scientist to campus to interact with chemistry students …
Under the Microscope: I.S. Student Michalis Protopapadakis
By: Atlas Dwyer ’24 | Contributing Writer Michalis “Proto” Protopapadakis ’25, an archaeology and environmental geoscience double major, is combining their two majors into an Independent Study (I.S.), tentatively titled “An Osteological Investigation of the Middle Bronze Age Archaeological Pella Site in Jordan.” Protopapadakis is …
Aphantasic Minds Working Together
Rae Harris ’25 Editor-in-Chief Aristotle, often considered the “Father of Biology” for his extensive work on animal and plant physiology, wrote in his work De Anima that “the soul never thinks without a mental image.” This claim suggests that imagination, or the ability to produce images …