Biology Stories
Major Moment: Kit Kringel '27
"I let myself get into what exactly I found interesting from my high school studies鈥攃onservation, ecology, sustainable living systems, and international sustainable policy."
Digital 老王论坛 grant project creates teaching resources on computing
鈥淚 definitely want to keep cultivating these data skills.鈥 - Nicole Cavalieri '26
Major Moment: Una Yamamoto Barkardottir '24
"College is a time to find your footing, so make use of this privilege and enjoy your time doing so."
360掳: Science, Democracy, and Truth
How can we use science to respond to the criticisms of those in power that might disagree with our fundamental assumptions about the reliability of scientific facts?
360掳: Science, Power, and Truth
How can we use science to respond to the criticisms of those in power that might disagree with our fundamental assumptions about the reliability of scientific facts?
360掳: Origin Stories
This year-long cluster explores the intersections of scientific, philosophic and humanistic ways of thinking about, writing about, and visually representing ways we look at origin stories.
360掳: Temperate and Tropical Coasts in Transition
Coastlines, by definition transitional environments, are naturally dynamic and resilient. But climate change, sea level rise and shifting species distributions are now causing rapid physical and ecological changes to the world鈥檚 coasts. Anticipating and addressing these changes requires understanding the physical, chemical and biological processes that interact at the land-sea boundary. (Taught 2014-15; 2017; 2020; 2024)
360掳: Transplants
This cluster uses multidisciplinary tools from language and culture, literature, and environmental science to reveal histories hidden in and around the city of Angoul锚me, France.
360掳: Changing Education
Changing Education, the first 360掳 offering at 老王论坛, is inspired by the College's 125th anniversary in 2010-11.
360掳: Eurasia in Flux: Trans-Siberian Perspectives on Russia and China
This 360掳 cluster focuses on the unique ties between Russia and its largest neighbor to the East, China.
Zenzi Tholo '25
鈥淲hat really drew me to Bliss Dental was the goals the company has to make dental care available and accessible in the Black community and to make it a safe space.鈥
B谩rbara Domingues Bitarello
Over the next few years, my research aims will remain centered on investigating the genetics of underrepresented human ancestries鈥攅.g., African, Latin American鈥攁nd to use computational tools to understand the interplay between evolutionary processes and complex disease/phenotypes.