Topic: science — The Kenyon Collegian

Section: News

‘H2Whoa!’ encourages scientific experimentation and play

Armed with microscopes, Play-Doh and the principles of hydrodynamics, more than 20 Kenyon student volunteers commandeered Hayes Hall in the name of scientific exploration for… Read More

by Liz Deprospo
March 2, 2023
Section: News

Science Saturday brings middle schoolers to the Hill

On the morning of Nov. 12, safety goggles, pipettes and smiling faces were on campus for Science Saturday, a free community outreach program put on… Read More

by Delilah Locke
November 17, 2022
Section: Arts

Artist and scientist Nia Imara speaks on power of pictures

On Sept. 5, Nia Imara ’03, assistant professor of astronomy at the University of California, Santa Cruz, delivered her talk “The Power of… Read More

by Juwan Jackson
September 15, 2022
Section: News

College awarded $150,000 grant to foster science writing

Fortifying its literary roots, Kenyon has embraced the proliferation of science writing programming in recent years, aiming to bridge the gap between the… Read More

by Evey Weisblat
January 23, 2020
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 Kernel,’ a podcast on what STEM students are up to

What motivates their fishy hearts? What about mutant zebrafish? Exploring questions like these and more is the essence of Sarah McPeek’s ’19 project… Read More

by Joshua Lin
November 15, 2018
Section: News

SACNAS will support students of color in scientific disciplines

Rachel Nguyen ’19 uses imposter syndrome to describe her struggles as a scientist of color at Kenyon. Common symptoms of this are persistent… Read More

by Ellie Klee
October 4, 2018
Section: Arts

The empirical and lyrical intersect during summer program

Both science and poetry are tools used to analyze life in greater specificity, to break it into parts. Whether those parts materialize in… Read More

by Cassie Coale
September 13, 2018
Section: Features

SPI Spot fosters interest in STEM

A young crowd gathers around a beaker in which Emily Bulik-Sullivan ’16 and Ren DeBrosse ’18 are demonstrating the physical properties of dry… Read More

by Sarah McPeek
April 21, 2016
Section: Features

Class mixes fact with fiction

A small group has big plans for Kenyon’s writing sphere. On Monday through Thursday of this week, a group of 15 students are… Read More

by Hannah Lee Leidy
January 28, 2016