Field Notes: Semester Abroad
Fall 2019Conducting scientific research at sea is challenging—you’re isolated, subject to rough weather, and must rely...
Field Notes: Giving Back, Giving Thanks
Fall 2019Senior neuroscience major Deeya Bhattacharya propels herself into both academic and campus life.
Chaz Firestone
Fall 2019Chaz Firestone asks whether people can think like computers.
Works in Progress
Spring 2019A glimpse at ongoing faculty research.
Colorful Questions
Spring 2019Senior neuroscience major Brianna Aheimer researches how congenitally blind and sighted individuals learn about color.
Counting for a Cure
Spring 2019Junior Emnet Atlabachew investigates the mechanisms underlying epilepsy in neurological disorders.
Halting Epilepsy in Its Tracks
Spring 2019Alexander Rotenberg ’93, a neurologist at Boston Children’s Hospital, is working to prevent epilepsy after...
Man vs. Volcano
Fall 2018Don Swanson ’64 (PhD) is a volcanologist with the U.S. Geological Study, studying Hawaii’s erupting...
New Life for Old Drugs
Fall 2018Neuroscience major Michael Peters hopes to publish his research on an anti-viral drug that may...
Fly by Night Research
Fall 2018Sophomore Cameron Chenault, a Woodrow Wilson Fellow double-majoring in behavioral biology and film, studies whether...
Bridging the Divide
Spring 2018Senior Alizay Jalisi combined her interests in health care, Spanish, and the immigrant experience into...
Major Infatuation: Neuroscience
Fall 2017Students tell us why they love their major.