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Genome-editing and jumping spiders at Sigma Zeta national convention

Six Hillsdale students and two faculty members from the math and science departments attended the national Sigma Zeta convention in Kentucky from March 26-28. The math and science honorary drew approximately 100 undergraduate chapter members from around the nation for their annual research convention. Senior Mitchell Irmer, president of the Sigma Zeta chapter on campus,...

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Wells of Coaching

Calling his point guard over, Timothy Wells took a knee. Keeping eye-to-eye contact with his player, he gestured toward the court. His intensity never let up despite a consistent lead throughout the game, giving the Hillsdale Academy Colts a 59-27 win Friday night. Last spring, Wells replaced Rick Milligan as the head coach of Hillsdale...

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Grads join Teach for America corps

“What can a white guy teach me about African American literature?” Josh Andrew ’14 faced this challenge when he walked into a class of fifteen African American high school seniors at Colby High School in Detroit. The seniors laughed when they saw that their teacher was a white man. Since September 2014, Andrew has taught...

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Dean of Faculty Nussbaum finishes term

In early May, dozens of seniors will leave a phone message for the dean of faculty. It’s important business for graduation day. This is the last spring that Professor of Chemistry Mark Nussbaum will listen to the voice recordings of seniors carefully pronouncing the last names, which he will announce at the commencement ceremony May...

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How ’bout them apples

One bite of a Michigan Honeycrisp. That’s all Damon Glei thinks it will take. Every week, trucks drive 10 minutes from Glei’s Orchards and Greenhouses to deliver more than 1,200 apples to Bon Appetit, Hillsdale College’s food service. Beginning with 50 trees and 40 acres, the Glei family has grown apples for nearly a century....