Topic: biology — The Kenyon Collegian

Section: Features

Slonczewski and students analyze Village wastewater data

Professor of Biology Joan Slonczewski and their Experimental Microbiology (BIOL 239) students are making strides toward more accurate COVID-19 wastewater testing at Kenyon… Read More

by Emily Yourman
March 18, 2021
Section: Features

Instagram account showcases greenhouse in all its glory

Every day at Kenyon, Kate Berges ’23 witnesses life, death and rebirth. For the past semester, Berges has worked as the student supervisor… Read More

by Katie Most
February 18, 2021
Section: Arts

Student Spotlight: Jess Kusher ’19

Jess Kusher ’19 is a biology and film double major, and to her these two disciplines are more similar than they might initially… Read More

by Daniel Olivieri
February 14, 2019
Section: News

Kenyon professor speaks on science of addiction at MVNU

On Saturday, Associate Provost Sheryl Hemkin invoked science to combat the societal impact of drug addiction, at a workshop at Mount Vernon Nazarene… Read More

by Evey Weisblat
January 31, 2019
Section: Features

Kenyon labs researching alternative pesticide mechanisms

Gambier in April may not be home to many mosquitoes, but Higley and Tomsich Halls are a different story. Professor of… Read More

by Lauren Eller
April 19, 2018
Section: Features

Greenhouse adds color to a dreary February

Snow and ice coated all of Kenyon’s campus on the afternoon of Sunday, Feb. 11, but the greenhouse was as warm and bright… Read More

by Dora Segall
February 22, 2018
Section: Features

Summer Spotlight

Tangled Up in Tangloids Professor of Mathematics Carol Schumacher The proposal for Professor of Mathematics Carol Schumacher’s summer research begins with the question,… Read More

by Kevin Crawford
August 23, 2017
Section: News

Bio lab awarded $450,000 for research

About half a million years ago, when North America was submerged beneath a shallow sea and life was still largely confined to the oceans,… Read More

by Kevin Crawford
February 16, 2017
Section: News

Higley laboratories receive updates

The tabletops where Joan Slonczewski, Robert A. Oden, Jr. Professor of Biology, conducts her experiments are made of pressed asbestos. She and her… Read More

by Bill Gardner
September 15, 2016
Section: Features

Seminar puts students to work at KCH, fire department

For some students, a course requirement is worth more than an opportunity to earn school credit — it’s a passion. In… Read More

by Hannah Lee Leidy
April 28, 2016