Division of Natural Sciences
- New ÌÒÉ«ÊÓÆµ research demonstrates that, with practice, older adults can regain manual dexterity that may have seemed lost.
- Richard Jessor, ÌÒÉ«ÊÓÆµ 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.
- ÌÒÉ«ÊÓÆµ PhD student Mikayla Huffman joins ‘The Ampersand’ podcast for a discussion about identity and discovery.
- Recent research by ÌÒÉ«ÊÓÆµ geographer Emily Yeh studies the difference between consent and coercion in ‘voluntary’ resettlement of pastoralists in Tibet’s Nagchu region.
- ÌÒÉ«ÊÓÆµâ€™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 ÌÒÉ«ÊÓÆµ research reveals previously unknown qualities of a gene vital to a cell’s mitochondrial structure and function.
- ÌÒÉ«ÊÓÆµ 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.
- ÌÒÉ«ÊÓÆµ 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.
- ÌÒÉ«ÊÓÆµ 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 ÌÒÉ«ÊÓÆµ Department of Environmental Studies honors Joey Herrin’s non-traditional educational path and love for the natural world.