Chemistry Curriculum Revamp to Streamline, Diversify Courseload
A new chemistry curriculum will be implemented in the fall semester of 2019. It will mark the first change in Albion’s chemistry program since 1983. […]
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Comm Major Haters
By Kaitlyn Hotchkin I don’t know when choosing to major in Communications became synonymous with choosing the easy way out, but I’ll tell you what: […]
Personality Profile: Catherine Fontana
On Thursday, April 17, Catherine Fontana, ’08 alumna, presented on the role of gender in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). In […]
Steampunk celebration at the Observatory
Students and staff celebrated the anniversary of the Honors Observatory in unusual style. On Friday, Oct. 11, a group of “steampunk” aficionados rang in 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 […]
The link between vasopressin and Valentine’s
GQ brought you A Brief History of the Booty. Esquire brought you the V-Day Gift Guide. Now, the Pleiad is bringing you the science of […]
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.