Sara Moore Science Editor On Thursday, April 23, students gathered to hear about some of the STEM Zone Interns’ processes of completing an Independent Study (I.S.) in a STEM field (science, technology, engineering or math). The panel featured five senior STEM Zone interns from four …
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Seniors present I.S. projects at inaugural Computer Science Thesis Jam
Jonathan Rueffer Science Editor On Tuesday, April 21, the computer science department hosted its first Computer Science Thesis Jam. The event, held in Taylor Hall, brought together students and faculty for a rapid-fire senior Independent Study (I.S.) presentation competition. Participating seniors were given a strict …
Humanity returns to the moon for the first time in 50 years
Sara Moore Science Editor On Friday, April 10, the crew of Artemis II, aboard the Orion, splashed down off the coast of San Diego following their ten day journey in space. This historic trip began on April 1 and marked the first crewed mission to …
What does “accept all cookies” actually mean?
Jonathan Rueffer Science Editor When visiting a website, you have probably encountered a pop-up banner asking you to accept cookies. You have also likely clicked “accept all” or “accept necessary cookies only” just to make the notification disappear. But what are cookies, and what does …
MCS Colloquium explores how inflation “remembers the past”
Jonathan Rueffer Science Editor On Thursday, March 5, Assistant Professor of Statistical and Data Sciences Changzhi Ma presented her research in Taylor Hall as part of the Department of Mathematical & Computational Sciences (MCS) Colloquium series. Her talk, titled “How does inflation remember the past?” …
Osgood lecture: ancient ice sheets and the current climate
Sara Moore Science Editor The 44th annual Osgood Lecture was held on Thursday, Feb. 19 in Lean Lecture Hall. This lecture series, presented by the Department of Earth Sciences, welcomes well-known scholars in the fields of paleontology or stratigraphy to share their research with students …