Beth did her research at the G.H. Gordon Biological Station and on campus. Courtesy | Beth Potwardowski What was your research project? My research was on stream ecology— I was specifically continuing the work that a couple of other graduates had done where they were testing the relative abundance and the other physical composition of...
Michigan’s pride in being a “Great Lakes state” may provide fun summers, but Michigan’s winters lead to a host of difficulties for its residents in the form of Seasonal Affective Disorder, or “SAD.” “I feel trapped in Hillsdale under a permacloud in the winter,” said Hillsdale resident Jessica Franklin, wife of associate professor of English...
When Associate Professor of Politics Khalil Habib saw the writing of artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT, he removed all his essay assignments for his courses. “I decided to do in-class exams this semester until I get more of a handle on this new technology and how to work around it,” Habib said. Available for free online,...
My research project is on the thermal tolerance of a specific type of caddis fly in North America; Pycnopsyche guttifera trichoptera is the scientific name. It’s essentially about the differences in survivability between flies that are exposed to oxygen from their environment, as opposed to those not exposed to oxygen from their environment, in a...
Assistant Professor of Physics Michael Tripepi took 10 Hillsdale College students on a field trip to Thorlabs Ultrafast Optoelectronics facility in Ann Arbor last weekend. Thorlabs, Inc. produces photonics equipment used in research and biomedicine, with this Michigan facility specializing in high-speed optoelectronic products. Freshman Henry Lennington said the tour made concepts about lasers easy...