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  Jon Wilson receives Li-COR LEEF Award
  The Li-COR Environmental Education Fund has awarded a $49,000 matching grant to Jon Wilson, Assistant Professor of Biology, Haverford College.
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  Joshua Schrier Helps Discover New Organic Semiconductor
  The assistant professor of chemistry was co-author on a recent paper announcing this discovery
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  Organic Chemistry at Yale
  Thanks to a summer grant from the Koshland Integrated Natural Science Center, Zef Konst ’12 is conducting organic chemistry research at Yale University.
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  Iruka Okeke Plays Host to Nigerian Microbiology Fellow
  Tunde Odetoyin, a PhD student at Obafemi Awolowo University, came to Haverford to study antimicrobial resistance.
• Summer Research at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
  The Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies is offering offer its Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program for the 25th year in 2012. The theme of the program is Translational Ecology for Undergraduates.
• Summer Research Opportunity at the College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment, University of Delaware
  This program supports ten undergraduate students to conduct research in marine science.
• Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas
  75 fellowships are available in this research program, which includes cancer biology, cell biology, molecular biology, biochemistry, neuroscience, and more.
  
  10 students studying in the fields of mathematics, computer science, physics, or chemistry are also eligible to apply for the Quantitative and Physical Science Summer Undergraduate Research fellowship. www.utsouthwestern.edu/QP-SURF
  
  The application deadline is February 9, 2012. Both programs runs from June 4-August
  Website and online applications
• The Penn State College of Medicine Summer Undergraduate Research Internship Program for 2012 (SURIP 2012)
  Immersion in biological research and an orientation to a career in biological sciences.
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  Stephen J. Lippard ’62 on History of Cancer Therapies
  Lippard, a professor of chemistry at MIT and a National Medal of Science winner, will join a panel discussion at Philadelphia’s Chemical Heritage Foundation on Oct. 5. Also on the panel, which is part of the Foundation’s “History Live” series, is CHF president Thomas R. Tritton.
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• KINSC/HHMI sponsored student research symposium Saturday September 24
  For more details, see http://www.haverford.edu/kinsc/postersession/
  Student Research Symposium

Archived News

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  Harper Hubbeling ’11 Published in Nature Immunology
  The recent graduate’s thesis work led to co-authoring a paper with Professor Jenni Punt and outside collaborators.
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  Studying the Stars
  Miriam Fuchs ’13 is doing research on binary stars at Boston University, where she is working under astronomer Andrew West ’99.
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  Solar Flares: A Summer at Harvard
  Andrew Sturner ’12 is participating in solar flare research at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics this summer under the auspices of the KINSC.
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  Tracing the Ocean’s History
  Martin Richard ’14 is at Harvard University this summer studying the composition of rock samples to determine the ocean environment during the Cambrian era.
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  Reporting on K-12 STEM Education
  A committee of educators that includes Physics Professor Jerry Gollub recommends ways to improve the teaching of science, technology, engineering and math in a new report issued by the National Research Council.
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  Jerry Gollub Honored With Two-Day Conference
  The event, held on Haverford's campus, brought out former students and longtime admirers of the renowned physicist.
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  Joshua Schrier Wins Cottrell College Science Award
  The assistant professor of chemistry has been awarded $35,000 to fund research, equipment and student workers
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  World's Smallest Black Squirrel?
  Alberto Guerrero '11 used the College's new scanning electron microscope, purchased as part of a $1 million NSF grant, to create an image of a black squirrel that's only two to three microns wide.
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  Strengthening Science
  Students and faculty are enhancing their research with new, high-tech instruments purchased courtesy of a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation.
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  Fall Undergraduate Research Symposium.
  The 7th annual UNDERGRADUATE SCIENCE RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM will be held in the Koshland Integrated Natural Sciences Center (KINSC) at Haverford College on Saturday, September 25, 2010.
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