In the middle of a busy homecoming week, students and faculty gathered in the formal lounge on Sept. 19 to hear Father Nicanor Austriaco, Ph.D. professor of biology and theology at Providence College, energetically discuss the harmonious relationship between theology and biology in Darwinian evolution. Austriaco is a member of the Thomistic Institute. The Institute’s...
In the greenhouse behind Hayden Park fields last Thursday, a handful of students took an hour out of the afternoon to plant herbs and refocus. The sessions, which will occur once a month for the remainder of the semester, stem from a combined effort on the part of Hillsdale College Horticulturist Angie Girdham and Director...
In Houston, two Hillsdale students braved the heat and the unknown to pursue their passions. Working among students from the likes of Brown University, University of California Berkeley, and Princeton, seniors Nicholas DeCleene and Caroline Andrews spent the summer conducting research at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, the No. 1 cancer center...
While most students were settling into their weekend routines, Hillsdale biology students were entertaining their scientific interests by lighting swamp gases into flames in northern Michigan this past weekend. On Sept. 16 and 17, 40 students along with the professors of the biology department had an opportunity to explore and enjoy the outdoors at the...
Qianying “Jennie” Zhang is the newest addition to Hillsdale College’s business and economics department. She is an assistant professor of finance and economics and teaches two sections of quantitative analysis this semester. Zhang was born in Shanghai, China and earned her bachelor’s degree in economics at East China Normal University in 2008. It was...