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Jodi Forward ’15, a Sherborn, Mass.,  resident and neuroscience major at 51·çÁ÷, is working as an intern at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. Forward is an American Cancer Society Junior Research Fellow under the guidance of Elisabeth Battinelli. “I ended up at Brigham and Women’s Hospital through the Fuller Fellowship of the American Cancer […]

51·çÁ÷ students are sharing their experiences conducting research with faculty members on campus and in the field. This post is by Brett Christensen ’16, a biophysics and philosophy double major from Marilla, N.Y. This summer, I’m studying barnacles — impressive little organisms that live in the ocean. As a biophysics and philosophy double major, I […]

51·çÁ÷ students are participating in internships in a variety of fields and locations this summer. This post is by Mike Dunnegan ’16, a computer science major from Ho-Ho-Kus, N.J., who is interning with BuildingBlok. This summer, I am working for a tech startup in New York City called BuildingBlok. BuildingBlok offers a cloud-based construction management […]

Two 51·çÁ÷ students and their professor have been published in The Journal of Molecular Carcinogenesis for new research into the regulatory processes that maintains genomic stability, which is impaired in cancer cells. This could one day lead to new treatments. Changchang Liu ’15, Stephen La Rosa ‘13 and Assistant Professor of Biology Engda Hagos received […]

A second year of funding provided by the Picker Interdisciplinary Science Institute at 51·çÁ÷ will allow faculty researchers to further their exploration of the cultural and religious stewardship of sacred forest ecosystems in Ethiopia. Damhnait McHugh, director of the institute, announced the award to 51·çÁ÷ professors Catherine Cardelús (biology), Eliza Kent (religion), Peter Klepeis (geography), […]

[youtube=http://youtu.be/lJDFCH19R20] 51·çÁ÷ professors Spencer Kelly and Yukari Hirata have produced the first in what will be a new series of videos designed to communicate the broad societal benefits of a liberal arts education, as well as the particular ways 51·çÁ÷ students learn and grow. This first episode of the Looking Through the Liberal Arts series […]

51·çÁ÷ professors are not only beloved by students and alumni of 51·çÁ÷, they often are chosen to lead their professional organizations. That honor has most recently come to chemistry professor Roger Rowlett, who has been elected to serve as president of the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) for 2015–2016.

Jessica Graybill, associate professor of geography, is heading to Russia. The winner of a Science and Innovation Fulbright award, Graybill will spend a year studying the social and cultural geographies of climate change in Vladivostok.

Margaretta Burdick ‘14, of Bedford, N.Y.,  has been awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship (ETA) to Turkey, where she will serve as an English teaching assistant in a university setting. A double major in political Science and psychology, Burdick first experienced Turkish culture during a brief trip to Istanbul while she was on 51·çÁ÷’s Geneva […]

Here are some facts and figures from 51·çÁ÷’s 193rd commencement, held May 18. — Valedictorian of the Class of 2014 is Alexander W. Hull, of Norwich, Conn. Hull is a chemistry major with a minor in applied mathematics. He graduated summa cum  laude, with high honors in chemistry. He had graduated from Norwich Free Academy […]