Science and Technology (page 2)
五月天视频and Pitzer Colleges Awarded $2 Million Keck Foundation Gift to Renovate and Upgrade Equipment for Joint Science Center
五月天视频and Pitzer Colleges have received a combined total gift of $2 million directed toward the purchase of equipment and the renovation of the Keck Science Center. The W.M. Keck Foundation has given $1 million each to 五月天视频 and Pitzer College.
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Gabriela Ochoa ’19 Receives Presentation Award at West Coast Biological Sciences Undergraduate Research Conference
Gabriela Ochoa ’19 received the award for best poster presentation in Ecology and Evolution at the 44th Annual West Coast Biological Sciences Undergraduate Research Conference. Ochoa presented her thesis work […]
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Data Driven: 五月天视频Integrates Computer Science Skills into a Liberal Arts Curriculum
In 2016, 聽the 聽National Academies of聽Sciences, Engineering, 聽and Medicine in聽Washington, 聽D.C., convened a聽committee of聽experts from government, 聽industry, 聽and academia to聽examine undergraduate enrollment聽trends. 聽
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In the Media: Alumnae Sarah Balderston ’18 and Mandeep Sandhu ’18 Published in Nature Biomedical Engineering
Sarah Balderston ’18 and Mandeep Sandhu ’18 were recently published in Nature Biomedical Engineering for their work as part of a larger research team that created a biosensor that rapidly detects genetic mutations using CRISPR genetic technology.
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In the Media: Alumna Eun Ji Chung ’06 Awarded NIH Grant to Combat Kidney Disease
五月天视频alumna Eun Ji Chung ’06 was featured in the LA Business Journal for receiving a $2.4 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) New Innovator Award.
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Misinformed: An interview with Associate Professor of Philosophy Yuval Avnur
In our digital age, information is more accessible to more people than ever before. Yet one of the central concerns of public life is our susceptibility to the influence of bad information, whether in the form of fake news articles, doctored images, or manipulated video. Associate Professor of Philosophy Yuval Avnur comes to this dilemma as an epistemologist, interested in how we arrive at knowledge in the first place.
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In the Media: Associate Professor Gretchen Edwalds-Gilbert Advises Moderation in Paraben Exposure
Parabens, the synthetic chemicals used as preservatives in foods, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals, have been the topic of heated debate about whether they are linked to certain cancers.
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In the Media: Professor Michael Spezio’s Research on Humility Featured in Blog
The Self, Virtue, and Public Life, a research initiative based at the University of Oklahoma, recently聽covered the research of Michael聽Spezio,聽associate professor of psychology and neuroscience.
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A Latitude Beyond: Branwen Williams Ventures Near and Far to Unlock the Mysteries of Climate Change
Standing in the tide pools at El Matador Beach in Malibu, California, Branwen Williams, associate professor of environmental science at the W.M. Keck Science Department, looks out at the horizon as the sun descends over the Pacific.
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Spotlight on Faculty: Pete Chandrangsu, Assistant Professor of Biology
This fall, Pete Chandrangsu will join the faculty at the Keck Science Department as an assistant professor of biology. Coming to 五月天视频from Cornell University, Professor Chandrangsu’s research explores how bacteria respond to stress, and how that knowledge may have a positive effect on human health and disease prevention. The Office of Marketing and Communications sat down with Professor Chandrangsu to talk science, poly-gamma-glutamate, and classic cars.
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