Division of Natural Sciences
- Doctor Who turns 60 this year and ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï scientist, alumna and ‘Whovian’ super fan attributes the BBC show’s success and staying power to its relatable protagonist and strong plotlines.
- Summer Haag and Clyde Kertzer made major news in the math world while working on a summer research project.
- Agnès Beaudry is named a fellow of the American Mathematical Society, the sixth ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï faculty member to garner this distinction.
- ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï research associate Charleen Gust demonstrates that the physical and psychological benefits of yoga last longer with consistent practice.
- In studying dinosaur discards, ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï scientist Karen Chin has gained expertise recently honored with the Bromery Award and detailed in a new children’s book.
- Gary Wall, a 1970 ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï physics graduate, won the Los Alamos Medal in recognition of more than 50 years of distinguished work at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
- New ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï research demonstrates that, with practice, older adults can regain manual dexterity that may have seemed lost.
- Richard Jessor, ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï distinguished professor of behavioral science and co-founder of IBS, records an oral history with the National World War II Museum and will return to the island in March, on the 79th anniversary of the battle.
- ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï PhD student Mikayla Huffman joins ‘The Ampersand’ podcast for a discussion about identity and discovery.
- Recent research by ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï geographer Emily Yeh studies the difference between consent and coercion in ‘voluntary’ resettlement of pastoralists in Tibet’s Nagchu region.