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On the hunt for all that hops, slithers and crawls

Students in “Herpetology: Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles,” taught by senior lecturer Barbara Pytel, had a blast hunting for frogs, snakes, turtles and salamanders on a number of field trips this spring.

Adventures in the Adirondacks

Students in the inaugural “Adirondacks and American Environmental History” course didn’t just study the northern New York region, they got to know it—personally. It made for one of the best classes many of the students had ever taken.

Professor Mary Carroll named American Chemical Society Fellow

Mary Carroll ’86, the Dwane W. Crichton Professor of Chemistry in the aerogel lab with a student.

Together, a collective cause

Lori Marso, professor of political science

Lyme disease, an interdisciplinary problem

Understanding, treating and containing infectious disease requires more interdisciplinary mind-power and collaboration across fields, institutions and borders than most other big issues facing humanity today.