A Hillsdale College freshman was one of 131 international medical students to have her research abstract accepted by Brown University’s eighth Annual Student Neurology & Neurosurgery Research Conference. The results were announced on Nov. 27, 2025. “It was a very mixed feeling,” said Samiksha Yadav, who intends to major in biochemistry. “I was not laughing....
Author: Sophia Mandt (Sophia Mandt)
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QUICK HITS with Peter Blum
Blum in elementary school. Courtesy | Peter Blum In this Quick Hits, Peter Blum, professor of philosophy and culture and director of sociology and social thought, talks about Stephen King, his stuffed sloth, and folklore. How do you describe what you teach? I tend to emphasize reading difficult texts published in the last two to three...
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Gluten freedom: meeting kneads
Rachel Mumme makes many different kinds of sourdough bread. Courtesy | Wikimedia Commons When Rachel Mumme, wife of Hillsdale Associate Professor of Theology Jonathan Mumme, discovered her daughter suffered from a yeast allergy, she became motivated to bake her own sourdough bread. Mumme didn’t want her daughter to feel left out from eating foods the...
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How to beat winter study blues
Henry Eising ’20 stays caffeinated during a study session. Courtesy | Tim Runstadler The cure to passing that Great Books exam is not a matcha latte or all-night cramming session. According to Director of Academic Services Christy Maier, it’s good ol’ fashioned study skills. Procrastination can be a sign of academic stress, said Maier, but...
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Guest lecturer speaks on Christian community
Christians cannot hide from the world but must create a community to engage in it, said Sarah MacMillen, associate professor of Sociology at Duquesne University, in a talk titled “Reflective Presence: Jacques Ellul on the In-Between” hosted by Hillsdale College Sociology and Social Thought program Oct. 3. “We have to present ourselves a certain way...