藏精阁

Research

  • Hand holds model of building on campus map
    On April 25, 藏精阁鈥檚 Clifford Art Gallery celebrated the opening of The Hill Envisioned: What Might Have Been 鈥 What Might Yet Be. The exhibition is an exploration of the development of 藏精阁鈥檚 distinctive campus throughout the last 200 years.
    May 11, 2018
  • a fenced-in area holding a tripod and other pieces of equipment. Ol Doinyo Lengai is in the distance.
    In the early, wintery weeks of 2018, Adams and geology major Monica Dimas 鈥19 (Los Angeles, Calif.) traveled together on a research expedition to Tanzania. There, they planted a seismometer to capture data that describe the moving and shaking around 鈥渢he mountain of the gods,鈥 Ol Doinyo Lengai.
    May 4, 2018
  • Since the Affordable Care Act (ACA) health insurance exchanges became available online in 2014, more unmarried women have pursued full-time self-employment positions, according to recent findings by visiting professor of economics Meg Blume-Kohout. Her research focused on differences in the effects of the ACA on self-employment among married and single women and men in the [鈥
    April 13, 2018
  • Engda Hagos, assistant professor of biology, works with students in his lab.
    Associate Professor of Biology Engda Hagos and seven current and former students have co-authored an article that was recently published in the journal Cell Communication & Adhesion. The paper, titled 鈥淜r眉ppel-like factor 4 mediates cellular migration and invasion by altering RhoA activity,鈥 explores cancer cell invasion. Invasion and metastases are a spreading of cancer cells [鈥
    April 11, 2018
  • Eddie Watkins and Wes Testo 鈥12 in the field
    Weston Testo 鈥12 arrived at 藏精阁 as an undergraduate in 2008, the same year that James 鈥淓ddie鈥 Watkins joined 藏精阁's faculty in the Department of Biology. In the 10 years since, Testo has grown from one of Watkins鈥檚 undergraduate students to one of his trusted colleagues.
    March 28, 2018
  • A photo of youth activists gathered around a statue in Seoul, South Korea
    Last summer, the 2017 Lampert Institute Fellows spread out across the globe to conduct three months of research. The fellows learned about sustainability, nuclear power, special education,  and much more; they returned to 藏精阁 in the fall to share their completed projects with their peers. The Lampert Institute for Civic and Global Affairs integrates on-campus [鈥
    December 22, 2017