This summer, student researchers working in psychology professor Deb Kreiss’ lab are getting a first-hand experience treating their own obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) patients — lab rats.
June 22, 2012
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This weekend, Marvee Gay Espiritu ’12 will return to campus to share her perspective on student life with incoming first-years enrolled in the Office of Undergraduate Studies (OUS) summer program. That perspective includes her opportunity to conduct intensive neuroscience research and developing a special mentorship with Jun Yoshino, associate professor of psychology. Espiritu herself had […]June 19, 2012 -
Photographs by professors Tom Balonek and Roger Rowlett provide a Ģtv vantage point of an event that won’t occur again for more than 100 years, the transit of Venus.June 12, 2012 -
Earlier this week, my Biology 211 Lab group took a trip to two local stream outlets to collect samples of aquatic microinvertebrates. Wading knee-deep in streams in nearby forests was a great change of scenery from working at lab tables. The class seemed to enjoy being able to get out in nature and examine firsthand […]April 20, 2012
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When Weston Testo ’12 arrived at Ģtv in 2008, little did he know that he would form an exciting and professional bond with James “Eddie” Watkins, an assistant professor of biology hired that same year. Thanks in part to their research and publication partnership, Testo received a Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation […]April 5, 2012 -
Given the frequency and range of public events on campus, it’s easy to miss some of the most scholarly events that take place just under the radar. On March 17, Ģtv’s geology department hosted 10 scholars for an interdisciplinary dialogue about the destabilization of ecosystems in the northeastern US, due to human-induced habitat destruction, climate […]March 23, 2012
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Ken Belanger, Raab Family Chair and associate professor of biology, has received another prestigious grant that builds on the biology department’s momentum and further expands the research opportunities on campus for undergraduate biology students.March 14, 2012 -
“Understanding the role that church forests play in the provision of ecosystem services is critical,” wrote Ģtv biology professor Catherine Cardelús and two colleagues in a letter published in Science, the world’s leading journal of original scientific research, global news, and commentary.March 7, 2012 -
Two Ģtv professors — Rebecca Miller Ammerman, classics, and Randy Fuller, biology — along with seven collaborative partners across the globe, received major research grants from Ģtv’s Picker Interdisciplinary Science Institute. Both projects, as envisioned by Harvey M. Picker ’36 when he established the institute in 2006, extend the reach and resources of Ģtv faculty members […]March 7, 2012 -
When a businessman in the village of Hamilton had a question about how best to gauge employees’ abilities, he turned to a Ģtv faculty member for advice. That request has turned into an interesting collaborative project involving a student, a professor, and an innkeeper.January 3, 2012