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.
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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 …
2024 Nobel Prizes in Physics, Medicine and Chemistry Announced
Victoria Finizio ’27 Every October, scientists worldwide look to the Nobel Foundation for their declaration of what physicists, chemists and biologists have achieved in their fields. The Prizes often recognize more than one scientist after they have completed many years of research with large implications …
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 …
C.O.W. celebrates sustainability at campus garden
Jensen Kugler Copy Editor On Friday, Sept. 13, the Office of Sustainability hosted its first Wooster Garden Party of the school year in the campus garden across the street from Williams Hall. The event encouraged the campus community to connect with nature in a fun …