In association with Ursinus College’s Center for Science and the Common Good, theoretical physicist Matt Strassler will present a lecture titled “The Quest for the Higgs Boson and Why It Matters” on Monday, April 8, at 7 p.m. in Musser Auditorium in Pfahler Hall. Read More
Students in Math for the Liberal Arts, a class that focuses on students who do not major in a science, recently presented posters that displayed math in interesting ways, from how the Allied Forces cracked a German WWII encryption code to formulas that will better your odds of winning blackjack or a game show. Read More
Students in Structural Biology, a course taught by Dr. Rebecca Roberts, have spent the last four weeks growing crystals made out of proteins. Read More
Environmental Chemistry students traveled with Professor Tina Ross to a Superfund site in New Castle County Delaware this Fall semester. The site had a legacy of chemical releases that eventually led to intervention by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Read More
A grant awarded to the Ursinus Chemistry Department for collection devices and software means students will be able to use their college-issued laptop computers to collect, display and work with laboratory data in more advanced experiments. The Pittsburgh Conference Memorial National College Grant was one of 12 out of 49 proposals selected for funding. Read More
Supporting the goal of educating confident yet compassionate graduates who demonstrate excellence and leadership, Ursinus College has initiated a lecture series to bring experienced, innovative thinkers and entrepreneurs to campus. Read More
If you have noticed that some outdoor areas on campus seem a little bit brighter, it is the result of a program to retrofit our campus with light-emitting diode, or LED lights. Read More
Richard Wallace, professor and chair of Environmental Studies, led a graduate student seminar on interdisciplinary pedagogy and professional practice, at Yale University’s School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. Read More
Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Patrick Hurley has been invited to participated in a long-term ecological research program workshop on mapping. Read More
This article is written by Erec Smith, assistant professor of English and director of Ursinus College’s Center for Writing. He is a co-editor and contributor to the forthcoming book, The Making of Barack Obama: The Politics of Persuasion. His recent essay, “Making Room for Fat Studies in Writing Center Theory and Practice,” can be read in the journal Praxis: A Writing Center Journal. Read More