Hobart and William Smith Colleges

21 April 2004 Thirty-two from HWS installed in Sigma Xi

Sigma Xi, the international scientific research society for science and engineering, recently inducted one faculty member and 31 students from Hobart and William Smith Colleges.

Founded in 1886, Sigma Xi is one of the oldest and largest interdisciplinary scientific organizations in the world. Its goals are to foster worldwide interactions involving science, technology and society; to encourage support of original work in science and technology; and to honor scientific achievements.

The induction ceremony was held on campus on Wednesday, April 14, and concluded with a talk from Richard Meindl, professor of anthropology at Kent State University.

New members include Kristy Kenyon, assistant professor of biology who joined the Colleges in 2003. She received a B.A. from Colgate University and a Ph.D. in neuroscience at the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at George Washington University. She was also a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard Medical School before accepting the position at the Colleges. Kenyons research primarily focuses on the development of the visual system in multicellular organisms and she has frequently been published on this topic.

Biology department inductees include Sarah Calabrese 04, David Costello 04, Lisa DeLucia 04, Maggie Emma 05, Sarah Evans 05, Michael Fazio 04, Tana Hintz 04, Matthew Hoelzle 04, Matthew Kanellis 04, Claire MacNamara 04, Emily Rozak 04, Tamira Sanni-Sanoussi 04, Michelle Savoca 04 and Jessica Werder 04.

Chemistry department inductees are Aaron Coffin 04, Sarah Green 04, Evan Hurley 04, Julia James 04, Adam Lanious 04, Carmela Provenzano 04, Sarah Roberts 04, Michael Roussell 04, Zachary Schneider 04, Rebecca Splain 04, Jeffrey Sullivan 04, Elina Tserlin 04 and Matthew Yarger 04.

Geoscience department inductee is Andrew Baker 04.

Mathematics department inductees include Oscar Barney 04, Evan Hourigan 04 and Leya Tesmenitsky 04.