You’ve seen the fliers dotting the boards in the halls of the Nucleus and Estella advertising mysterious summer opportunities, maybe you even fought through rounds of interviews yourself to no avail. Fear not, Malin Moeller SC ’27 answers the question on the minds of many: What is summer research even like?
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Science as Human Endeavor: Turning science education into scientific practice
Have you ever wondered how your science education connects to the global challenges that will define your future? Columnist Gabriel Brenner PO ’26 writes on the CHEM23 Discovering Chemistry w/ Lab course, which aims to blend scientific education with real-life applications.
Science as a Human Endeavor: A professor’s call to humanize science education
Many students enter into science majors out of curiosity about our world and their place in it. Gabriel Brenner PO ’26 discusses recentering scientific learning around human experience, and physics professor Elijah Quetin’s efforts to do just that.
Science as a Human Endeavor: How biophysics is pushing the boundaries of science
At Pomona College’s McCluskey Lab, biophysicists are working together to uncover the forces that govern life using lasers, microscopes and a whole lot of collaboration. Columnist Gabriel Brenner PO ’26 explores how biophysics is shaping the future of science: a future that’s interdisciplinary and anything but solitary.
The full scope: The truths, misconceptions and tragedies of the coronavirus
Science columnist Stephanie Du SC ’21 elaborates on the problematic perception of the coronavirus and why compassion is more important than ever. “As more accurate information is dispersed about the coronavirus, I hope that it will allow people to have empathy and stand in solidarity with the Chinese community,” she writes.
Seriously, Science: What lava flows can tell us about Earth’s history
Joe Biasi, a geology graduate student at the California Institute of Technology, explains how lava flows can tell us about Earth’s history.
Seriously, science: Recent Midwestern flooding leaves devastation in its tracks, affects 5C students’ hometowns
Stories of recent flooding in the Midwest have made headlines across the country, and the disaster has affected 5C students.
Why weekend snoozes may not be the respite your body really needs
According to Paul Shaw, a neuroscientist at Washington University in St. Louis, catching up on sleep isn’t as simple as it seems.
University at Buffalo’s Tracy Gregg on creating a more diverse STEM field
Professor Tracy Gregg, the guest at Pomona College’s 39th Woodford-Eckis Lectureship last week, is paving the way for women in STEM. As the first woman hired in the geology department at the University at Buffalo, she said she has dealt with her fair share of gender discrimination, but ultimately worked
Frigid polar vortex takes over Midwest, but climate change might not be to blame
Many 5C students lamented the cold weather and rain that hit Claremont and the surrounding Los Angeles area this week. And although 50 degrees and cloud cover is unusual for Southern California, no one has been hit harder by the elements this January than those living in the Midwest or