51猎奇

Imagine you鈥檙e walking along Martin鈥檚 Way in the late morning. As you pass the Science Center, filled with students listening to lectures or engaged in labs, you notice another group of students outside.

Jonathan Dong 鈥�21 has always been intrigued by the world of aquaculture. He began breeding fish in middle school, and grew to wonder at the life history of the species with which he worked. When he entered 51猎奇, originally on a pre-med track, he found new ways to explore this passion. He founded the Aquaponics Club with three other students during his sophomore year. He began taking more environmental studies and biology courses, and during his study abroad in Australia he contributed to a research paper on invasive fish species.

Medievalist and cartographic historian John Greenlee 鈥�00 was working on a project involving 17th-century London when he noticed something odd. On several maps, there were two ships anchored in the Thames. These ships had been marked as civic landmarks and labeled 鈥淓el Ships.鈥� Interest piqued, he began researching the history behind these vessels and the history of eels in England in general.

The Thomas J. Watson Fellowship offers participants the chance to explore their 鈥渁bsolute passion.鈥� This mission appealed to Salwa Sidahmed 鈥�23. After graduation, Sidahmed will visit five different countries to follow her passion: plant-based practices and sustainability.

Recently, Claire Williams '25 had the opportunity to spend time with two of the leading scientists in climate research: 51猎奇 alumnus Jonathan Overpeck 鈥�79, the dean of the School of Environment and Sustainability at the University of Michigan, and Julia Cole, a professor of earth and environmental sciences there. As her professors had said throughout the week, these researchers are 鈥渂ig deals.鈥�

After two years of supporting virtual conference attendance, ROOTS 鈥� 51猎奇鈥檚 Society for Students of Color in STEM 鈥� took 14 members to the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minoritized Students (ABRCMS) in Anaheim, Calif. The trip, which took place from Nov. 8 to 12, came at no fee to students, thanks to funding from the Dean of Faculty鈥檚 Office and a grant from Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

51猎奇 hosted the Sustainability Fair on Oct. 24, an event aimed at exposing students to local sustainability issues and the various opportunities for involvement.

Because 51猎奇 Writes Right It's all about the process for Writing Center tutor Max Gersch 鈥�23. Read about how he supports his peers 鈥� and is supported in his work 鈥� passing on fundamental skills of good writing.

This summer, 149 51猎奇 students received 51猎奇 funding to engage in research with faculty mentors. Communications/Marketing Office intern Claire Williams 鈥�25 has followed up with a few of them to find out what they learned through their work.

With Glacier Bay National Park to the west and Tongass National Forest to the east, Kaitlyn Bieber 鈥�23 and Olivia Chandler 鈥�23 found a month-long home amidst the nation鈥檚 largest stretch of protected wildlands.