Professor Nicolle Zellner Continues Lunar Glass Research with Harvard, Rutgers
When did meteorites and asteroids really strike the Earth and the moon? How often did they hit the Earth and the moon? These are some […]
research
Dr. Katey Price: The Dialogue Behind Alzheimer’s
Anyone that has taken a communications class with Dr. Katey Price is no stranger to the topic of Alzheimer’s disease and her research. On the […]
Sequester cuts funding for research
In the beginning of 2013, Congress passed legislation to avoid the fiscal cliff and allowed sequester cuts to begin on March 1. Because the Joint […]
Experimenting with experience
Stacy Capehart, Rochester senior, has spent her entire Albion career solving complex problems as a chemistry major. At the end of March, she’ll be traveling to California to solve one more problem: where to attend graduate school.
Shark population under attack
On Jan. 12, Albion student snorkelers were exploring off of the coast of the Dry Tortugas, a group of seven islands located 78 miles from Key West, as part of their January-term biology course (the reporter was a student in the course). With high visibility in the warm coastal waters, biology professor Jeffrey Carrier, course instructor, pointed out fire coral to avoid and a sea cucumber to inspect. Suddenly, calls of “Shark, shark!” filled the air: Kelyn Carlson, Grand Rapids junior, had spotted a nurse shark pup, or “neonate,” in the shallow grass beds.