Although a telescope was necessary to see some of the celestial bodies in the sky during Friday’s telescope viewing, anyone on campus could see the first and only supermoon of 2017 Sunday night. Supermoons occur when a full moon appears larger and brighter than normal. This phenomenon occurs because of the moon’s elliptical orbit around the...
Senior Michaela Miller spent her summer researching biofilm growth of Rhodobacter sphaeroides — an environmental microorganism with history as complex as its spelling. She presented a poster summarizing her project Nov. 4 at the Western Michigan Regional Undergraduate Science Research Conference at Van Andel Research Institute in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Over the summer, Miller spent...
Parkinson’s disease, a neurodegenerative disease that results from the death of dopamine-releasing neurons in the brain, affects more than 10 million people worldwide, according to the Parkinson’s Foundation. Although the disease includes a variety of symptoms, patients often experience shaking or tremors, slowness of movement, or trouble balancing. For the past two summers, senior Taylor...
One might expect a physics or math major to intern at National Aeronautics and Space Administration Headquarters in Washington, D.C., but senior Madi Moore is proving that English majors can do important work in the space industry, as well. As a participant of the Washington-Hillsdale Internship Program this semester, Moore works in the NASA History...
College students may not enjoy taking tests, but according to a study three Hillsdale College students presented last weekend, test-taking may be what helps them learn. On Friday, seniors Mary Blendermann, Colby Clark, and Giannina Imperial presented their research in Vancouver, British Columbia, at the 58th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, the top international...