Topic: natural sciences

Field Notes: Fluid Movement

Spring 2020

Valerie Gomez ’21, has contributed to pivotal research on multiciliated cells with the Holland Lab.

Field Notes: Semester Abroad

Fall 2019

Conducting scientific research at sea is challenging—you’re isolated, subject to rough weather, and must rely...

Chaz Firestone

Fall 2019

Chaz Firestone asks whether people can think like computers.

Counting for a Cure

Spring 2019

Junior Emnet Atlabachew investigates the mechanisms underlying epilepsy in neurological disorders.

Halting Epilepsy in Its Tracks

Spring 2019

Alexander Rotenberg ’93, a neurologist at Boston Children’s Hospital, is working to prevent epilepsy after...

Colorful Questions

Spring 2019

Senior neuroscience major Brianna Aheimer researches how congenitally blind and sighted individuals learn about color.

Man vs. Volcano

Fall 2018

Don Swanson ’64 (PhD) is a volcanologist with the U.S. Geological Study, studying Hawaii’s erupting...

New Life for Old Drugs

Fall 2018

Neuroscience major Michael Peters hopes to publish his research on an anti-viral drug that may...

Fly by Night Research

Fall 2018

Sophomore Cameron Chenault, a Woodrow Wilson Fellow double-majoring in behavioral biology and film, studies whether...