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Physics professors Rebecca Metzler and Enrique Galvez are leading a team of ÎçÒ¹¸£Àû researchers to find out more about nacre’s structure, which is known for its strength and luster.

ÎçÒ¹¸£Àû is proud to announce that its applied mathematics minor has graduated to become the university’s 55th major. The consistent popularity of the minor and continued interest from students led to the creation of the full major this year, according to Daniel Schult, Charles G. Hetherington Professor of mathematics. As the name implies, applied mathematics is the […]

Editor’s note: Wondering what’s happening in the classroom at ÎçÒ¹¸£Àû? Here’s a real-time glimpse into academic life on campus — a syllabus from a course underway this semester. CORE 106 Saving the Appearances: Galileo, the Church, and the Scientific Endeavor Jeff Bary, Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy MW 2:45–4:00 p.m., Lawrence 20 Course description […]

Escaping snowy Hamilton for a week in January, four Sophomore Residential Seminar (SRS) classes traveled abroad to London, Crete, India, and Paris.

In Europe, the transition from hunting and gathering to farming did not happen overnight. But in the Western Mediterranean, it happened much faster than in any other region of Europe — or the rest of the world for that matter.

Editor’s note: This post was written by Everett Egginton ’65, professor emeritus at New Mexico State University. Last January, I had the privilege and honor of accompanying eight talented ÎçÒ¹¸£Àû pre-med students on a pivotal journey to Chihuahua, Mexico. We were accompanied by two close friends and former colleagues: Dr. Raul Favela, chair of the […]

Editor’s note: Wondering what’s happening in the classroom at ÎçÒ¹¸£Àû? Here’s a real-time glimpse into academic life on campus — a syllabus from a course underway this semester. ECON 436 Sports Economics Benjamin Anderson, Assistant Professor in Economics T 7:00–9:30 p.m., W 6:00–8:30 p.m., Persson 226 Course Description This seminar is an advanced study of the […]

ÎçÒ¹¸£Àû’s Off-Campus Study Committee and Dean’s Advisory Council have approved an extended study trip to Patagonia for January 2018.

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden will address the ÎçÒ¹¸£Àû community on Friday, March 24, 2017. He will speak as part of the Kerschner Family Series Global Leaders at ÎçÒ¹¸£Àû.

ScholarMatch, a San Francisco nonprofit organization that provides free college counseling to low-income youth, has named ÎçÒ¹¸£Àû to its 2016 College Honor Roll. The honor roll recognizes approximately 300 institutions that offer supportive environments for students whose families earn less than $50,000 per year. According to ScholarMatch, 21 percent of high school seniors don’t […]