Brothers Robert and Benjamin Philips were teenagers during WWI. Courtesy | Tracy Wilson When I found my 92-year-old grandmother’s high school yearbook picture online, she was taken aback—she said she thought it was one of the worst pictures ever taken of her. As it turns out, Hillsdale students have full access to records on Ancestry.com—...
Category: Science & Tech
Big Tech, big potential problems: campus reacts to developing Supreme Court case
Google Headquarters | Courtesy Getty Images The United States Supreme Court recently heard a case that could allow technology companies like Google to be sued for content their algorithms recommend to users. Family members of Nohemi Gonzalez, who was one of the 100 victims in the 2015 ISIS attack in Paris, are bringing the suit...
Research Spotlight: Mark Sprague
Sprague, his adviser Frank Steiner, and research partners conduct their research in a Strosacker lab. Courtesy | Mark Sprague Senior Mark Sprague recently conducted his own research: “Surface Effects on Staphylococcus aureus Biofilm Formation” using a dynamic flow growth model. Sprague did this on campus last summer for six weeks. Can you describe your research?...
Professor feature: David C. Houghton, Biology Chairman
David Houghton and students at a bridge over Mountain Stream in the Huron Mountains. Courtesy | David Houghton Among biology circles, Hillsdale College is known for its caddisfly collection of over 300,000 specimens and the stream ecology expertise of the G. H. Gordon Biostation, both led by Professor and Chairman of Biology, David C. Houghton....
Three physics students earn honorable mention award at national research conference
Three students and their advisor, Stephanie Lauback, presented their research in January. Courtesy | Stephanie Lauback Three Hillsdale students won an honorable mention for their research in biophysics at the Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics at Argonne National Laboratory on Jan. 21. Sophomore Abigail (Abby) Gilreath and seniors Linnea Larson and Khadija Hamisi presented...




