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Summer of Research

Science & Technology From Kenyon News - 8 years ago

Kenyon’s partnership with Pelotonia extends beyond serving as the finish line for thousands of bicyclists raising money to put the brakes on cancer. It also places Kenyon students in Ohio State University laboratories, where they conduct cancer research alongside faculty members, postdoctoral researchers and graduate students. “It’s a win for Pelotonia, a win for OSU, and a win for Kenyon,” said Maureen Tobin, graduate school and pre-professional advisor in Kenyon’s Career Development Office. “It…

Power Play

Alumni News From Kenyon News - 8 years ago

Elizabeth Gambal ’14 and Natalie Margolin ’14 in the off-Broadway production of "The Power of Punctuation." Photo by Julia Greer ’15. A glowing review in The New York Times bolstered the off-Broadway production of “The Power of Punctuation,” a play that Natalie Margolin ’14 wrote and originally staged at Kenyon. The Times called the play “smart and well-acted ... a small, welcome oasis of entertainment.” “The Power of Punctuation” ran through August 6 in the Davenport Theatre. “I had absolutely…

“Earthy Delights”

Arts & Culture From Kenyon News - 8 years ago

In 2010, Professor of Art Marcella Hackbardt curated a photography exhibition for the Ohio Arts Council’s Riffe Gallery. Located in downtown Columbus, the gallery showcases the work of Ohio artists and the collections of Ohio museums and galleries. Called “Deep Space,” the exhibition featured contemporary fine art photographers whose images utilized varied, inventive constructions of space. “Our experience with ‘Deep Space’ was so incredibly positive,” said Riffe Gallery Director Mary Gray. “We…

Insect Investigators

Science & Technology From Kenyon News - 8 years ago

Spot a stray mosquito buzzing around Higley Hall? Odds are it came from Professor of Biology Chris Gillen’s lab. Gillen and three of his students — Taylor Jamil ’17, Grace Riley ’18 and Kenny Viel ’17 — are hard at work this summer researching how mosquitoes regulate the balance of salt in their small bodies. Mosquitoes face the unique challenge of managing large fluctuations in their salt levels, especially after female mosquitoes indulge in a blood meal. Gillen and his students are examining three…

Cycling for a Cure

General Kenyon From Kenyon News - 8 years ago

When Chief Business Officer Mark Kohlman first rode in Pelotonia in 2012, he was indulging in a longtime cycling hobby and supporting an organization with relatively new ties to Kenyon. The ride took on new meaning for him a few months later when his wife, Professor of Sociology Marla Kohlman, was diagnosed with stomach cancer. On Aug. 6, Kohlman returned for his fifth year of pedaling the 100-mile bike route from Columbus to Gambier for Pelotonia, an annual long-distance bike tour and cancer-research…

Driven to Excel

Science & Technology From Kenyon News - 8 years ago

Zachary Weiner ’16 of Highland Park, Illinois, is one of six finalists for the LeRoy Apker Award, a national award recognizing outstanding achievements in physics by undergraduate students. The Kenyon physics department nominated Weiner for his honors thesis, “Numerical Simulations of Non-Abelian Gauge Pre-Heating,” in which he developed a new method for modeling particle production from the Big Bang, the leading explanation for the origin of the universe. Weiner will present his research Aug.…

Ready to Review

General Kenyon From Kenyon News - 8 years ago

An independent compliance auditor has been hired by Kenyon to undertake a comprehensive review of Kenyon’s Title IX and Title IX and Intimate Partner Violence Policy and the College’s practices under those policies during the past academic year. Rebecca Leitman Veidlinger, a lawyer based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, will conduct the review. Veidlinger specializes in Title IX investigations and issues. She spent eight years as a prosecutor in Bloomington, Indiana, with a focus on domestic violence and…

The Summer in Sports

By Cameron Messinides '19

Athletics From The Collegian - 8 years ago

From Olympic Trials to a Hall of Fame selection, Kenyon athletes have racked up off-season accolades. Kenyon swimmers take on the Olympic Trials Every four years, some of the top swimmers in the nation gather to compete in the U.S. Olympic Team Trials, and this year, Julia Wilson '18 and Hannah Saiz '13 represented Kenyon on the big stage. The trials ran from June 26 to July 3 in Omaha, Nebraska, at the CenturyLink Center. More than 1,800 swimmers participated. Saiz, a former Ladies swimmer,…

Delivering Research

Society & Politics From Kenyon News - 8 years ago

Last fall, Aubrianna Osorio ’17 took an interdisciplinary course titled “Biology of Female Sexuality.” During the class, Osorio learned about the history, sociology, science and politics of midwifery in the U.S. and beyond. The course’s films, discussions and related readings on midwifery lit a spark in Osorio, a sociology major from Long Beach, California.“We watched a lot of birth documentaries, and they were so interesting,” she said. Through them, she discovered that Americans’ views on childbirth…

Village Plans Proceed

General Kenyon From Kenyon News - 8 years ago

Note: Demolition of the old bank building will take place during the week of August 8-12. On Monday, August 15, fencing will be erected around the site of the Center Run townhouses behind Farr Hall. Students returning to campus for the fall semester will see a different landscape in downtown Gambier, as work is scheduled to begin on the site of what is known as the “old bank building” and on new apartments behind Farr Hall. The old bank building, located at 111 Chase Ave., will be demolished down…

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