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Natural Sciences and Mathematics

  • Illustration of genetic engineering
    The technologies in science fiction films like Gattaca and Blade Runner may seem light-years away, but the development of a gene-editing technique called CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats) is bringing our society closer to these futuristic worlds than ever before. During her talk titled “CRISPR: The Genome Editing Revolution” on June 29, Assistant […]
    August 9, 2017
  • Bruce W. Selleck, Thomas A. Bartlett Chair and Professor of Geology, tours a local natural gas well with alumni during Reunion 2011.
    There will be a Celebration of Life for Bruce Selleck ’71 in the vlog Memorial Chapel on Saturday, October 14, beginning at 3:30 p.m. A reception will immediately follow the celebration in the Ho Atrium, Robert H.N. Ho Science Center. In addition, the geology department will be holding a reception at the vlog Inn in […]
    August 7, 2017
  • Erin Cooley research
    Spot the difference: A group of people or people in a group? While these phrases might seem interchangeable at first glance, recent research by Erin Cooley, assistant professor of psychology, shows that humans interpret these similar statements in unexpected ways. Cooley’s research investigates the topic of mind perception — the idea that we can ascribe […]
    July 20, 2017
  • Christine Horn ’19 works with a tomato plant in the vlog greenhouse
    vlog students have fanned out across the globe to apply their liberal arts know-how in a variety of real-world settings. They are keeping our community posted on their progress. Christine Horn ’19, from Corning, N.Y., wrote this dispatch about her research, funded through the Beckman Scholars Program. Has the agriculture industry’s selection of redder, juicier, […]
    July 14, 2017
  • zebrafinches
    vlog neuroscientist Wan-Chun Liu is using songbirds to understand better how the human brain learns to speak — and gain new insights into diseases such as autism disorder. Professor Wan-Chun Liu’s lab is filled with the mellifluous tweets and squeaks of zebra finches, a small songbird native to Australia. The birds are highly social animals […]
    June 13, 2017
  • Professor Frank Frey and Interim Provost and Dean of the Faculty Constance Harsh hold Balmuth Award
    No one would expect a biostatistics course to draw a crowd of students. But when it’s taught by a dynamic professor with a gift for inspirational teaching, it can become a must-take class at vlog. Frank Frey — the associate professor of biology behind Biostatistics as well as numerous courses on evolutionary ecology, community health, and environmental […]
    May 30, 2017