The annual Honors Day Convocation celebrated the academic accomplishments of students and faculty on Tuesday in Rosse Hall, highlighted by teaching awards for Professor of Political Science Pamela Jensen…
42 Summer Science Scholars conduct research in anthropology, biology, chemistry, psychology, and physics.
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Kenyon President Sean M. Decatur will join more than 6,000 bicyclists in Pelotonia’s fifth-annual ride to raise money for cancer research.
What is it about Kenyon that produces such outstanding scientists? At Kenyon students study the science in the context of the other liberal arts, and in these classes they are regularly challenged to look at difficult problems from multiple perspectives…
Research by Professor of Biology Siobhan Fennessy shows environmental benefits of converting farmland back to wetlands.
Biologist Joan Slonczewski wins grant to focus on the rapid evolution of E. coli bacteria
In a new paper, Associate Professor of Anthropology Bruce Hardy makes a case for the varied skills of the Neanderthals.
Students honored with Franklin Miller Award for creative contributions to campus life.
Kenyon’s chemistry faculty takes on the complexity of solar-energy research.
An immensely complex transplant operation gives a soldier two new limbs. On the team that made it happen: a husband and wife, both Kenyon grads.
Biology students’ research creates buzz at professional conference in Austin.
A biology professor helps explain the outbreak of the deadly virus.
Six Kenyon students researched cancer at Ohio State this summer through Kenyon’s Pelotonia partnership.
Two Kenyon professors number among the more than 1,000 contributors to the Nobel Prize-winning LIGO Scientific Collaboration.
White House honoree Sonya Pryor-Jones ’94 visits Kenyon to discuss digital fabrication laboratories.
Her Campus features some of the many women studying STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) at Kenyon College.
A grant from the Henry Luce Foundation will help foster research careers among women in the sciences at Kenyon.
Professor of Biology Chris Gillen is honored for his achievements in science education.
Students share expertise on the Zika virus in a recent panel discussion.
Kenyon students try to evolve an Earth microbe to grow in Mars soil.
With the help of a $450,000 grant, Associate Professor of Biology Karen Hicks and students explore seasonal regulation in moss.
Kenyon's interdisciplinary environmental studies program, previously available only as a concentration, now offers a major.
Elizabeth Boon '97 shares her transformative research on nitric oxide's link to the formation of antibiotic-resistant bacterial communities.
In events at Kenyon, notable science writers Lauret Savoy and Andrea Wulf examine how race, politics and nature intersect.
Cecina Babich Morrow '18 wins the prestigious Goldwater Scholarship to support her career in the sciences.
Last year we pledged our commitment to a carbon-neutral Kenyon, and all of us feel the urgency in meeting that goal.
Kenyon will receive a $1 million grant to engage underrepresented students in the natural sciences.
Eight recent Kenyon alumni, the most in Kenyon history, win competitive NSF graduate fellowships.
A leading researcher in cell membrane proteins, Harvey Lodish '62 is eager to leave a scientific legacy at Kenyon.
A quartet of Kenyon swimmers win 2017 NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships.
A biology major's summer research investigates the complex ways plants use water to ensure their health.
Six Kenyon students undertake cutting-edge cancer research as part of Kenyon's ongoing partnership with Pelotonia.
Professor of Physics Paula Turner tells us what to expect during Monday's solar eclipse in Gambier.
Kenyon’s greenhouse brightens up winter with a pop of color.
Pre-med biology major David Anderson ’19 builds upon his Kenyon lab experience with summer research.
Two Kenyon students win Goldwater Scholarships, the most prestigious undergraduate award in STEM fields.
Nate Silver advises the Class of 2018 to use their critical thinking skills as they “experiment with different passions.”
The Kenyon Review introduces a new summer workshop for budding science writers.
A new program pairs women in the physical sciences with faculty mentors to pursue intensive research.
A new literary journal at Kenyon gives science enthusiasts a creative outlet.
Anu Muppirala ’19 wins a prestigious NSF fellowship, a rare achievement for an undergraduate.
Beau Bierhaus ’95 explains how majoring in physics at Kenyon led to a job landing a spacecraft on the asteroid Bennu.
Lydia Villa-Komaroff kicks off Latinx Heritage Month at Kenyon by discussing her journey as a Mexican-American woman in science.
Rachel Nguyen ’19 and physics professor Tom Giblin publish research on the dark origins of the universe.
As Kenyon marks 50 years of coeducation, alumnae share how Kenyon has shaped their lives and careers.
Kenyon will develop a science-writing initiative with support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
“Built for non-majors but taken by all who wish to launch rockets for credit, the point of the class was to excite us about physics.”
Strong relationships among students and faculty helped President Decatur’s biochemistry seminar adapt to an online format.
As Kenyon marks 50 years of coeducation, alumnae share how Kenyon has shaped their lives and careers.
Three Kenyon math and physics majors win prestigious Goldwater Scholarships.
When Ohio shut down midway through Kenyon’s spring break, everything changed, including the syllabus for ENGL 404: “Science Writing.”
