Neuroscience
Natalia Ibanez ’10 Receives Research Fellowship from National Institutes of Health
Natalia Ibanez ’10 has received a National Institutes of Health (NIH) post-baccalaureate Intramural Research Training Award, which provides the opportunity to spend two years performing full-time research at the NIH. It is designed for students who are interested in pursuing a Ph.D. in a scientific field or an [...]
Studying the Mind: Oechsle Hall Provides Top-Notch Facilities for Neuroscience and Psychology
Oechsle Hall is a state-of-the-art teaching and research facility for neuroscience and psychology. The building provides 45,000 square feet of space on four levels for students and faculty, including classrooms, teaching laboratories, faculty-student research laboratories, faculty offices, and student meeting areas. An animal research area, observation rooms, multimedia seminar rooms, a large lecture hall, computers, [...]
Biology Professor Elaine Reynolds Shows Students the Marvels of the Brain
Elaine Reynolds is known as the Flywoman on campus, a reference that applies to her winged subjects of choice for student research experiments. But it could just as well pertain to the appearance of perpetual motion this biology professor exudes both in and out of the classroom. Reynolds, who recently shaved her head to raise [...]
Jacobi Cunningham ’03 Explores Therapeutic Drugs as Post-Doctoral Fellow
Although the path at Lafayette was circuitous for Jacobi Cunningham ’03, it led him to just the spot where he wanted to be. After completing his Ph.D. in pharmacology at Boston University School of Medicine, he recently became a post-doctoral fellow with the life sciences department of Alkermes, a pharmaceutical company in Waltham, Mass. His [...]
Ryan Willen ’12 Receives Capital One Academic All-District II Basketball Honors
Starting forward Ryan Willen ’12 (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) has been named to the Capital One Academic All-District II men’s basketball team. A neuroscience major with a 3.30 GPA, Willen is averaging 10.5 points and 4.0 rebounds per game. Willen has 905 career points and 380 rebounds, looking to become the 37th player in Lafayette history [...]
Katie Schrack ’03 Is Chief Resident at Temple Ophthalmology Center
By Elena Gambino For Katie Schrack ’03, practicing medicine is all about being well-rounded. After graduating from Jefferson Medical College in 2007 and completing a residency at Crozer Chester Medical Center, she has been serving as chief resident in the department of ophthalmology, Temple University Hospital and School of Medicine in Philadelphia since June. And, [...]
Students Will Study Geological and Biological Evolution in Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands
In the space of about three weeks in January, a group of Lafayette students and faculty will climb volcanoes in the Andean highlands, snorkel with sea turtles and sharks in the Pacific Ocean, and explore the Galapagos archipelago aboard seafaring vessels. These South American adventures are part of an interim-abroad course, “Geological and Paleobiological Evolution [...]
Ashley Juavinett ’11 and Meredith Castor ’10 Named Finalists for Marshall Scholarships
Ashley Juavinett ’11 (Blackwood, N.J.) and Meredith Castor ’10 have been selected as finalists in the 2011 Marshall Scholarship competition. Marshall Scholarships finance young Americans of high ability to study for a degree in the United Kingdom. Up to 40 scholars are selected each year to study at the graduate level at a U.K. institution [...]
Research on Developmental Dyslexia by Ioana Marin ’11 Accepted for International Neuroscience Conference
Neuroscience major Ioana Marin ’11 (Galati, Romania) has had her research accepted for presentation at the 2010 Society for Neuroscience annual conference in San Diego. With more than 40,000 members, the Society for Neuroscience is the world’s largest organization of scientists and physicians devoted to advancing understanding of the brain and nervous system. Marin conducted [...]
Monica Manglani ’13 Starts Baking Business to Support Poor Children and Was Nominated for a Pepsi Refresh Grant
An eye-opening experience on a school break trip has inspired Monica Manglani ’13 to spend her other breaks from school raising funds to help children. In June, Manglani (Woodbury, N.Y.) went to the Dominican Republic on an Alternative School Break trip to work with a group called Orphanage Outreach. During her week there working with [...]
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