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Jeff Bary, Sweet Family Chair and professor of physics and astronomy, has made preserving dark skies a personal mission. It has led him to partner with Professor of Geography Mike Loranty as well as students and regional institutions to measure light pollution and identify areas for improvement.

Associate Professor of Epidemiology Bineyam Taye and Angie Zhu ’26 conducted a 2025 study, supported by a grant from the Picker Interdisciplinary Science Institute, examining how household food insecurity influences gut microbiome composition of Ethiopian schoolchildren.

Jeff Arigo ’26 took his ¸Ô±¾ÊÓƵ cancer research experience to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and came home with a first-place honor.

After a semester of studying and researching ecological theory, students in Professors Catherine Cardelús and Eddie Watkins’ Tropical Ecology course embarked on a three-week expedition across Peru.

While at ¸Ô±¾ÊÓƵ as Christian A. Johnson Foundation Artist-in-Residence, Maxwell met with classes, gave a lecture, and shared his work in progress with an open studio in Bernstein Hall.

The project scales down the vast climate change conversation and builds community by representing temperature data in fiber art.

The grant will support Professor Bruce Hansen’s research exploring the subtleties of human perception and cognition.

Using innovative techniques, ¸Ô±¾ÊÓƵ researchers catalogue New York’s beneficial beavers.

Since his first semester at ¸Ô±¾ÊÓƵ, Quintanilla has worked alongside Assistant Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences Anzela Niraula to research the neural and immune mechanisms of tadpoles.

As part of a team of student researchers, Shapiro is examining how climate change and algal blooms impact marine life in coastal regions — through the eyes of a specific mollusc species.