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October 9, 2024

61´«Ã½Magazine Focus on the Faculty: Tessa Solomon-Lane

By Madeleine Nakamura Originally published in the spring 2024 issue of 61´«Ã½magazine For Tessa Solomon-Lane, assistant professor of neuroscience, her early-career realization that she could go into scientific research […]

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October 3, 2024

The John Stauffer Charitable Trust Commits $3 Million to Endow Professorship in Chemistry and Art Conservation

William F. Kruse, Amy Marcus-Newhall, and Michael Whalen at the grand opening of The Nucleus By Kendra Pintor 61´«Ã½ is excited to announce a generous $3 million gift commitment […]

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September 30, 2024

The Nucleus, 61´«Ã½and Pitzer’s State-of-the-Art Science Center, Officially Opens

By Emily Glory Peters After more than a decade of planning and two years of construction, the dust cleared this fall for the official opening of The Nucleus, a new […]

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November 15, 2023

Eun Ji Chung ’06 Named Biomedical Engineering Society Fellow

Chung’s areas of expertise include molecular design, nanomedicine, and tissue engineering. Her current research focuses on designing targeted treatments for cardiovascular disease, cancer, and kidney disease.

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November 13, 2023

Kate DeMarsh ’21 Named UCAR Next Generation Policy Fellow

DeMarsh is pursuing a PhD in environmental systems at the University of California, Merced, and is passionate about diversity in STEM.

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November 9, 2023

Ferrin Ruiz ’08 Balances Medicine and Dance

Ruiz credits her commitment to dance at 61´«Ã½for helping her stand out in a highly qualified pool of medical school applicants.

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October 27, 2023

Sarah Marzen Discusses the Physics of Opinions and Disinformation

“Chaos emerges when individuals actively work to fight their innate tendencies to favor information that confirms their original beliefs,” says Marzen.

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September 21, 2023

Stephanie Lim ’18 Studies Climate Change in the Alaskan Arctic

Her research focused on understanding the characteristics of algal blooms in order to clarify their role in the carbon cycle.

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September 20, 2023

Science Department Empowers Elle Desmarteau ’26 to Pursue International STEM Research Projects

Her observational study documenting various species of mushrooms and fungi on the reserve identified more than 50 different species and added key information to the reserve’s ongoing biodiversity research.

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August 31, 2023

61´«Ã½Faculty and Alums Coauthor Paper in Nature

Associate Professor of Biology Patrick Ferree, Emily Yuguchi ’19, Haena Lee ’18, and Salina Teklay ’22 coauthored a paper, published in Nature, on B chromosome behavior in the jewel wasp.

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