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Science Spotlight: Summer Research
Soon the campus will empty. Dorm rooms will be stripped down and cleared out, cars will be packed, Commencement caps will fly in the air[...]
Science Spotlight: Liberal Arts Lags in Science
I was browsing the Sites Dot Middlebury blog, “Core and Change in the Liberal Arts,” — an online hub for this conversation on campus —[...]
Science Spotlight: CS Majors Vie in Coding Contest
On Friday, April 12, Paul Donnelly ’15, Matei Epure ’16 and Chris Matteri ’13 travelled to Siena College in Loudonville, New York, to compete in[...]
Science Spotlight: Student Research
Walking out of Davis Family Library the other day, I overheard a professor consoling a frantic senior with the following: “What you’ve got to keep[...]
Science Spotlight: Tree Vandalism on Campus
It was almost comical. One of the custodial staff was in the Battell bathroom as I brushed my teeth early one morning during winter term.[...]
The Dangerous Parsnip
Creating a stimulating introductory-level science course is challenging. There’s a host of information thrown at students: terms to memorize, concepts to learn, lab techniques to[...]
Science Spotlight: Monsato’s Seeds
What does it mean to possess the genetic information of something or someone? Is the genetic code – the foundation of life from bacteria to[...]
Science Spotlight: Greenhouse Cultivates Plants, Curiousity
Trickling water echoes softly through the glass room overflowing with a riot of lush green vegetation. In one corner, potted orchids perch alongside an old[...]
Science Spotlight: Science Outside the Bubble
It’s a big week for science. The top New York Times headline Monday morning read: “Obama Seeking to Boost the Study of the Human Brain.”[...]
Exploring the Biochemistry of Love
Valenetine’s Day is here, and even over in McCardell Bicentennial Hall, talk has turned towards love. This past Tuesday, Philip Battell/Sarah Stewart Professor of Chemistry[...]
Science Spotlight: Trees and the Urban Forest
The class gathered outside of Voter, looking up at the wire strung between two diverging trunks of an elm. “You see that wire, the slack[...]
Science Spotlight: Methane Tractor
The garage sits on the edge of the fields to the west of campus along Rte. 125. “Henry” the tractor is parked inside.
Science Spotlight: Byers’ Nanowires
Scale is one of the miracles of modern technology. The earliest computers took up entire rooms and had less computing power than the smart phones[...]
Science Spotlight: Costanza-Robinson Lab
Environmental chemistry is broad field that spans the study of chemical processes in the atmosphere, earth, water and biological world. Associate Professor of Chemistry, Biochemistry[...]
Science Spotlight: Natural Language Processing
“I disdain green eggs and green ham.” Easy enough to simplify this sentence down to the classic Dr. Seuss: “I do not like green eggs[...]
Science Spotlight: Computer Vision
The hallway of the sixth floor of the McCardell Bicentennial Hall, home to the computer science department, is lined with posters with titles like “3D[...]
JusTalks Organizers Discuss Program
Listen to the Campus’ Will Henriques discuss JusTalks‘ with organizers Josh Swartz, Kate McCreary and Hudson Cavanagh. Alternatively, a video explanation from the group can be viewed above.
Environmental Studies Talks Promote Innovation
Standing in front of a crowd of some 50 faculty, students and community members during lunch last Thursday, Oct. 25, Executive Director of Équiterre and[...]
Science Spotlight: Psychology Department
Of any of the isolated silos in the world of academia disciplines that seem to have little overlap — the natural and physical sciences and[...]
Science Spotlight: Environmental Studies
In the environmental studies department, students and professors strive to research innovative solutions to environmental issues. Projects and interests range from building sustainable housing to[...]
Computer Science Faculty Seek Expansion
Interest in computer science has been trending upward over the past four years at Middlebury College, but in the past four semesters, the computer science[...]
Science Spotlight: Bunt Lab
The laboratory of Burr Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Chair of the Chemistry Department Rick Bunt is a small, unobtrusive room tucked about halfway[...]