This past summer, senior biology major Marina Bostelman conducted neurology research about neurofibromatosis during a ten-week research program for the Amgen Scholars Program at Washington University in St. Louis. Bostelman and her lab group’s summer research project focused on a tumor called optic pathway glioma, which develops in children with neurofibromatosis. It appears in...
Chemistry’s place in the liberal arts took center stage when Hillsdale hosted the 66th annual Midwestern Association of Chemistry Teachers in Liberal Arts Colleges conference over fall break. This was the first time Hillsdale hosted the conference. Associate Professor of Chemistry Matthew Young said the topic fit well with Hillsdale’s mission. “In the development of...
Science professors must equip their students to make ethical decisions and think about ethics in the context of their scientific research, said Brian Coppola, professor of chemistry at the University of Michigan, in a lecture on Saturday. Speaking to about 70 chemistry professors who gathered for the Midwestern Association of Chemistry Teachers in Liberal Arts...
Kids in costumes, babies bundled in strollers, and people of all ages with checklists in hand roamed the sidewalks of downtown Hillsdale on Tuesday evening for Hillsdale Business Association’s Awesome Autumn event. “We have five kids, and they’re all doing the scavenger hunts,” Joanna Young, Hillsdale Resident and mother of five, said. “It’s a nice...
Hillsdale College for Life has started a biweekly prayer ministry to bring awareness to the issue of abortion. Senior HCFL Presidet Kathleen Russo explained the addition to the club’s portfolio of activities as “a necessary part of HCFL’s work to promote the value of life.” By formally recognizing the faith-based aspect of the club in...