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Nancy S.B. Williams and Allegra Liberman-Martin ’10 Co-Author Paper in Organometallics
Liberman-Martin, now an assistant professor of chemistry at Chapman University, was a thesis student of Williams during her senior year at Scripps.
Read MoreKatie Purvis-Roberts Co-Authors Dynamic Urban Emission Displacement Assessment
“In reality, fossil fuel divestment is impossible due to its reliability,” the co-authors write, “but renewable technology can improve the built environment and air quality management in the city.”
Read MoreSarah Budischak Co-Authors Paper on Parasite Life Stage Diversity
This data provide context for both host infection risk and the persistence of adult parasitic assemblages, two contexts that are useful in predicting and preventing infectious diseases.
Read MoreChemistry Students Come Together for Annual “Dot-Off” Competition
鈥淭he Dot-Off turns studying chemistry from an isolated activity to this community of groups that loudly cheer for each other,” says Mary Hatcher-Skeers.
Read MoreScripps Students Present Their Research at Organismal Biology Conference
Scripps students presented their own ongoing research鈥攁n opportunity for undergraduate students to participate in the broader scientific realm.
Read MoreNatalie Katz ’16 Pursues an International Veterinary Medicine Career
Katz is in her fourth year at the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, a path that started with her classes and experiences at Scripps.
Read MoreSpotlight on Alumnae: Susanna Barrett ’19 Seeks to Build More Inclusive STEM Environments
鈥淎aron鈥檚 lab was critical to my development as a scientist,鈥 says Susanna Barrett ’19, who majored in biochemistry. 鈥淣ot only was he a great mentor, I also had smart, thoughtful Scripps students going to grad school as my role models.”
Read MoreSpotlight on Alumnae: Kim Chan ’98 on the Road to Civil Engineering
Since 2017, Chan has been working to build Section 2 of the Purple (D) Line subway extension from Koreatown to the University of California, Los Angeles.
Read MoreEmpowering the Rising Generation of STEM Leaders
鈥淭he general population has these preconceived notions that leadership means 鈥楥EO, white, male, wealthy, and corporate.鈥 We鈥檙e trying to break down those notions and teach that leadership looks very different if we push down those barriers,鈥 says Vicki Klopsch, the executive director of the Laspa Center for Leadership, Scripps鈥 women鈥檚 leadership center, which has been bringing students to the PLEN seminar for three years running.
Read MoreFighting COVID-19 from Within: Cameron Statton 鈥16 Studies the Body鈥檚 Immune Response to the Coronavirus
As the coronavirus continues to spread in many US states, scientists the world over are feverishly searching for new ways to test, track, and treat patients with COVID-19. Cameron Statton 鈥16 is among those at the vanguard of these developing technologies, serving as the program manager for the Antigen Map Project within Microsoft Health聽NExT.
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