Not all sustainability initiatives come from the top down at 91短视频. Earthkeepers鈥� annual mini-grant competition fosters grass-roots innovation and ingenuity among the entire campus community, says club president ... read more about Earthkeepers sustainability mini-grant competition rewards grassroots innovation on campus
Jared Fernandez didn鈥檛 have to go far to find a research topic for his master鈥檚 in biomedicine thesis. Not only is 鈥渧aping鈥� with E-cigarettes, or E-cigs, a growing trend among ... read more about Master’s in biomedicine candidates defend research in e-cigs, health policy, athlete injury rates, ADHD, breast cancer education
Kaylee Ferguson, a junior biology major, and Jared Fernandez, a second year master鈥檚 in biomedicine graduate student, took top honors at 91短视频鈥檚 Annual STEM Student Research Symposium. Their ... read more about Student research on hypertension, caffeinated athletes and radio-tracked beetles rewarded at annual STEM symposium
Alumna Katherine Burling’s six-piece 鈥淐reation鈥� painting series was stashed carefully in storage while Suter Science Center renovations were completed. In the ensuing months, much has changed in Burling鈥檚 life. She鈥檚 ... read more about Alumna’s ‘Creation’ series of six vibrant, colorful paintings hangs in renovated Suter Science Center
Blake Rogers has been involved with the Shenandoah Valley Soil and Water Conservation District (SVSWCD) since his days representing Turner Ashby High School in Envirothon, an academic contest focused on ... read more about Environmental educator Blake Rogers helps residents learn and practice stewardship of Shenandoah Valley resources
Of all the possible suggestions that came to Common Read committee chair Tara Kishbaugh from the 91短视频 community, one topic bubbled to the surface. 鈥淩ace,鈥� said Kishbaugh, a ... read more about ‘Searching for Zion’ author visits campus to kick off 2015-16 Common Read focus on race, identity and culture
Does caffeine provide a benefit to athletes? This deceptively simple question guided Hannah Daley鈥檚 research this summer. Daley, who is planning a career in environmental chemistry, is a junior double ... read more about Junior Hannah Daley preps for grad school with NSF- sponsored summer lab research on caffeine and athletes
In conducting research, Sam Stoner says he鈥檚 learned diligence, time management, and patience 鈥� all qualities that the environmental sustainability major and business administration minor says will pay off as ... read more about Annual Spring STEM Celebration features pizza, posters and trivia with profs in the renovated Suter Science Center
The world is running out of petroleum. A dwindling supply of petroleum is troubling not only to automobile, plastic, and energy users, but also to organic chemists who heavily depend ... read more about Symposium highlights work of student researchers, including one funded by National Science Foundation
Senior Kara Lofton ponders the university’s Common Read program, now in Year 2, after reading the assigned book, The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains. I鈥檓 big ... read more about ‘Reading the same book brings people closer together as a community by creating common ground for discussion’