Turning everyday objects into digital data
Mechanical engineering student Alan Xu ’18 is introduced to the power of photogrammetry — along with the power of nature — during his summer research trip to Ghana.
Houhui Xia appointed Paul Stark Professor in Pharmacology
Xia’s research focuses on molecular and signaling mechanisms of synaptic plasticity in memory formation and mental health.
Steve Georas appointed Walter & Carmina Mary Parkes Family Endowed Professor
Georas is board certified in both pulmonary and critical care medicine, and has been caring for patients with a variety of acute and chronic lung diseases for more than 20 years.
Emma Ciafaloni appointed Robert C. and Rosalyne H. Griggs Professor in Experimental Therapeutics of Neurological Disease
Ciafaloni, professor of neurology, is a specialist in the diagnosis and treatment of neuromuscular diseases and in clinical trials in both adults and children.
Annette Medina-Walpole appointed Paul H. Fine Professor in Medicine
Medina-Walpole is medical director of Monroe Community Hospital, a county-owned skilled nursing facility, one of the premier teaching nursing homes in the country.
University statement regarding ESPN story on student abductions
The events of December 2015 were truly heinous and we are horrified that our students had to endure them. We continue to wish them the best. However, in the current…
Old slave castles an ‘asylum’ for nature
Jiacheng Sun on the incorporation of plant structures into old slave structures in Ghana, and their preservation as a result.
Our journey to Elmina
Gilda DeDona on the transition from tourist to researcher in her first weeks at a summer field school in Ghana.
It pays to have an awesome bus driver
Samantha Turley, a dual-degree student and the Eastman School of Music and in the College, sings the praises of Ghanaian bus drivers.
Is it possible to have any more fun?
Tali Flatté ’19 on her first days participating in a summer field school in Ghana, from the University of Ghana campus to the forts, castles, and lighthouses on the coast.