Hobart and William Smith Colleges - Biology

Sharing Summer Research

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

The 2009 Summer Science Research Program, just finishing its 21st year, placed more than 50 students from variety of majors in various research positions both on and off campus this summer. Students had the opportunity to show off their intensive projects on Friday, Oct. 23, sharing their work with classmates, professors, and visiting parents. "Every human being thinks about the universe, and t...

Kenyon Receives NIH Grant

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

As a developmental biologist, Assistant Professor of Biology Kristy Kenyon has spent years studying life in its most nascent forms. Her research efforts have focused on understanding the cellular mechanisms that drive embryonic cells to grow, divide, migrate, organize and differentiate into a vast number of cell types and tissues. Now, Kenyon continues those efforts, with a new emphasis: discover...

Writing a Water Textbook

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Brittany Flaherty '10 recently took a truly interdisciplinary approach to research, combining her studies of the sciences with her background in English by helping Assistant Professors of Environmental Studies Darrin Magee and Beth Kinne work on a manuscript for a water resources textbook. Their work will help future students learn more about what is "arguably the most important natural resource ...

"Science Friday" Features Deutschlander

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

WEOS, Hobart and William Smith Colleges' radio station, presented a national broadcast of National Public Radio's flagship call-in science program in front of a live audience in Cornell University's Bailey Hall. This broadcast of "Talk of the Nation: Science Friday," hosted by Ira Flatow and made possible by Hobart and William Smith Colleges and Cornell University, was held from 2 to 4 p.m., Frid...

Unique From All Sides

Mon, 07 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT

The sun is out, not a cloud in the sky, and The William Scandling research vessel is cruising out to the center of Seneca Lake. All in all, it's a beautiful day to pull up a few sediment traps-some of the scientific instruments purchased with a recent $418,430 grant from the National Science Foundation's Major Research Instrumentation Program. Underscoring the groundbreaking interdisciplinary ap...

First Steps into a College Career

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT

The First-Year experience would not be complete without its quintessential Seminar. Without regard for future major or minor choices, seminars were constructed around different faculty interests - from peace movements to ancient warfare, Mozart and rock-and-roll. Each seminar is designed to hone writing, speaking, critical thinking and other academic skills that students will draw upon throughout...

Growing Algae and a Career

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Over 10 weeks this summer, Katie Bus '11 is conducting intensive research at the University of Delaware's College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment. Her participation was made possible in part through support from Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU), a competitive program that allows undergraduates to conduct research in any area funded by the National Science Foundation. Bus is growing ...

Backus '10 Studies Plant Pathology

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Spores galore! Melissa Backus '10 is staying busy this summer, researching and analyzing plant pathogens-bacteria and fungi-that are destroying local crops. A double major in classics and Ancient Greek and a double minor in biology and health care professions, Backus is juggling several different projects at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station (NYSAES), a Geneva division of Cornel...

HWS Add Johns Lithograph to Collection

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

"Prolific." "A major force in the art world." "At the forefront of American art." Jasper Johns has been hailed as one of the 20th century's most important American artists. His work appears in the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, and in the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. From his early prodigious paintings, including "Flag," perhaps his be...

Alleles to Apples

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT

What's the genetic fingerprint of an apple? This summer Gillian Meade '11 is finding out. Supported by the Brenda and David Rickey Foundation, Meade is working at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station (NYSAES), a division of Cornell University, researching with the USDA Plant Genetic Resources Unit (PGRU). "I'm working with the PGRU on a genetic fingerprinting project for apple pop...