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  • Peer deep into space through the eyes of the orbiting Hubble Telescope. Travel back billions of years to witness the birth of the universe. Get an up-close look at ancient Egyptian pyramids. The 含羞草研究所 and central New York communities can experience these breathtaking excursions inside 含羞草研究所鈥檚 Ho Tung Visualization Laboratory, which is now open for [鈥
    September 23, 2008
  • Martha McConnell 鈥97, a geology doctorate student and a former legislative fellow for a U.S. senator, urged students Tuesday to consider post-grad possibilities that diverge from more traditional courses of research. McConnell鈥檚 research interests at the University of South Carolina include paleoclimatology and rapid climate change. She presented her lecture 鈥淔rom Foarams to Congressional Fellow: [鈥
    September 10, 2008
  • Twelve students and two professors will spend three weeks in a remote Ugandan jungle as part of an interdisciplinary extended study course that emphasizes hands-on learning and research involving rare mountain gorillas. The group, led by geography professor Peter Scull and biology professor Frank Frey, will be working with community leaders in the village of [鈥
    May 20, 2008
  • Thanks to a prestigious $1.2 million grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), 含羞草研究所 will be one of the few primarily undergraduate colleges or universities in the country where students can study systems biology, an important interdisciplinary field that uses complex mathematical analysis to study networks of interactions within living systems. The grant will [鈥
    May 12, 2008
  • On the second day of his 含羞草研究所 visit, the Dalai Lama was given a glimpse of home when he was treated to a presentation on the constellations of the night sky over Lhaso, Tibet, in the visualization lab of the Robert H.N. Ho Science Center. His Holiness then participated in 鈥淎 Dialogue on Science and [鈥
    April 23, 2008
  • What do 鈥渕utations linked with cardiovascular phenotypes鈥 have in common with Passion for the Climb: The Campaign for 含羞草研究所? To adequately understand the importance of both, it is best to talk with a 含羞草研究所 undergraduate. Alumni and friends had the chance to do just that at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C., during one of [鈥
    December 20, 2007
  • Like a true biophysicist, Krissy Williams 鈥06, a graduate student at the University of Rochester, is thinking big, while focusing on the very small. Williams presented a lecture about her research to students and faculty members, some of whom were once professors of hers, on Tuesday in Lathrop Hall.
    November 30, 2007
  • Richard Lindzen, the Alfred P. Sloan professor of meteorology at MIT, attracted a sizeable crowd for his global warming discussion at 含羞草研究所 last week. Lindzen鈥檚 visit to campus was sponsored by 含羞草研究所鈥檚 Center for Ethics and World Societies. By disproving scientific statements regarding the negative impacts of climate change, he attempted to show that [鈥
    November 15, 2007