Biochemistry
Students Present Research at American Chemical Society National Conference
They worked in close concert with chemistry professors on numerous projects A total of 11 students presented research at the American Chemical Society’s national meeting and exposition in San Francisco, Calif. The society’s two annual national meetings each attract more than 11,000 chemists, chemical engineers, academicians, and graduate and undergraduate students.All of the students have [...]
James Vasta ’10 Has Published Eight Papers in Scholarly Journals
Biochemistry major has participated in ongoing EXCEL research with Joseph Sherma, Larkin Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, and Bernard Fried, Kreider Professor Emeritus of Biology Biochemistry major James Vasta ’10 (Ambler, Pa.) has taken full advantage of Lafayette’s focus on faculty-led undergraduate research. His ongoing work with Joseph Sherma, Larkin Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, and Bernard [...]
Success in Goldwater Scholarship Awards Reflects Lafayette’s Distinctive Attributes
It’s the nation’s premier undergraduate honor in math, science, and engineering With 16 Goldwater Scholarship recipients in the last eight years, Lafayette is unmatched by any other exclusively undergraduate liberal arts and engineering college. Awarded for academic merit, the Goldwater is the nation’s premier undergraduate award in the fields of mathematics, science, and engineering. The [...]
Sarah Sykes ’09 Explores Protein’s Role in Neurodegenerative Diseases
Biochemistry major and varsity tennis player writes about her honors thesis under the guidance of Yvonne Gindt, associate professor of chemistry Sarah Sykes ’09 (West Grove, Pa.) is working on an honors thesis examining a protein’s role in the possible causes and treatments for neurodegenerative diseases. Her adviser is Yvonne Gindt, associate professor of chemistry. [...]
Mark Brown ’10 Publishes Research in International Scientific Journal
A biochemistry major and member of the College’s NCAA Division I track and field team, he performed an independent study with biology and chemistry faculty By Courtney Morin ’10 Mark Brown ’10 (Wilmington, Del.) has published research in the international scientific journal The Veliger. A biochemistry major and member of the College’s NCAA Division I [...]
Prof. Emeritus Bernard Fried Edits New Book on Intestinal Parasites
Robert Peoples ’08, one of many students Fried has mentored in research, co-authored a chapter Bernard Fried, Kreider Professor Emeritus of Biology, is co-editor of a new book focusing on new possible avenues of medical research using intestinal parasites called echinostomes. The Biology of Echinostomes: From the Molecule to the Community was published in November [...]
Students Will Study Art and Literature of Medieval and Renaissance Italy
Professors Diane Cole Ahl and Rado Pribic will lead summer interim-session course From May 26 – June 14, Diane Cole Ahl, Rothkopf Professor of Art History, and Rado Pribic, Williams Professor of Foreign Languages and Literatures, will lead 26 students through Italy on a three-week, summer interim session course. The students will be studying the [...]
Meredith White ’06 Receives National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship
Lafayette is one of four exclusively undergraduate liberal arts and engineering colleges among the 108 institutions whose students were honored Meredith White ’06 was recently awarded the National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship. Run by the Department of Defense, the fellowship program is committed to increasing the number and quality of the nation’s [...]
Freedman Awarded NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship
Honor comes on the heels of being named 2008 Male Class of 1913 recipient yesterday Lafayette swimming senior Jaryd Freedman (Ambler, Pa./Upper Dublin) has been named one of 58 NCAA winter-sport student-athletes to be awarded an educational grant through the NCAA postgraduate scholarship program. Freedman receives a one-time, non-renewable grant of $7,500 from the NCAA. [...]
Christine Moore ’08 Awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Civil engineering major will pursue Ph.D. at Stanford, Berkeley, or Illinois Christine Moore ’08 has been awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. A civil engineering major from Fredericksburg, Va., she plans to pursue a Ph.D. in environmental fluid mechanics and hydrology at Stanford University, the University of California, Berkeley, or the University of [...]
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