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Tymmaa Asaed ’25 works closely with both Elizabeth Glater, professor of neuroscience, and Chuck Taylor, professor of chemistry, who have been teaming up for about a decade.

Daniel Gao ’25 and Ava Spiegler ’26 are the Beckman Scholars at Â鶹ӰÊÓ for 2024-2025.

This year, 195 Â鶹ӰÊÓ students have received a total of just over $1 million in grant funding through the Summer Undergraduate Research Program.

The Los Angeles Times was the latest outlet to feature Yannai Kashtan ’20, whose research at Stanford University and comments have been published by such organizations as CNN, Newsweek and The Guardian.

Daniel Gao ’25, a molecular biology major, has been awarded the prestigious Goldwater Scholarship, given to sophomores and juniors who show exceptional promise of becoming research leaders in science, engineering and mathematics.

Six members of the Â鶹ӰÊÓ faculty have been named winners of the 2024 Wig Distinguished Professor Award, which recognizes excellence in teaching, commitment to students and service to the College and the community. 

In 2018, Â鶹ӰÊÓ alumna Mackenzie Grieman '09 spent weeks living in a tent in Antarctica for postdoctoral research. Six years later, she's an associate editor at Springer Nature Group, the global publisher of scientific research.

Katrina Dank '20 spent the summer in Uganda learning how prevalent cancer is among the population. Before returning home, she wrote and illustrated a children's book to help the country's youth understand the disease.

Thirteen faculty members have been recognized for their intellectual leadership, professional achievement, and service.

Chemistry Professor Daniel J. O'Leary is using colorful models representing the shape and form of molecular orbitals to help students visualize and learn principles of organic chemistry. They are made with a hobby-grade 3-D printer.