Division of Natural Sciences
- New 91¸£ÀûÉç research demonstrates that, with practice, older adults can regain manual dexterity that may have seemed lost.
- Richard Jessor, 91¸£ÀûÉç distinguished professor of behavioral science and co-founder of IBS, records an oral history with the National World War II Museum and will return to the island in March, on the 79th anniversary of the battle.
- 91¸£ÀûÉç PhD student Mikayla Huffman joins ‘The Ampersand’ podcast for a discussion about identity and discovery.
- Recent research by 91¸£ÀûÉç geographer Emily Yeh studies the difference between consent and coercion in ‘voluntary’ resettlement of pastoralists in Tibet’s Nagchu region.
- 91¸£ÀûÉç’s Bortz group, in applied math, wins $1.88 million National Institutes of Health grant to study methods for learning models directly from noisy data.
- Newly published 91¸£ÀûÉç research reveals previously unknown qualities of a gene vital to a cell’s mitochondrial structure and function.
- 91¸£ÀûÉç researchers Daniel Craighead, Douglas Seals and their team are studying the effects of a specialized breathing exercise on older adults’ blood pressure, brain health, cognition and fitness.
- 91¸£ÀûÉç researcher Aaron Whiteley is recognized by the American Society for Microbiology for his work exploring bacterial immune responses and how it translates to the human immune system.
- 91¸£ÀûÉç professors Noah Finkelstein of physics and Valerie Otero of education have won the 2023 Svend Pedersen Award and Lecture from Stockholm University.
- New scholarship in the 91¸£ÀûÉç Department of Environmental Studies honors Joey Herrin’s non-traditional educational path and love for the natural world.