Faculty News

Artists' inspiration

Following a renovation made possible by late brothers Armand V. Feigenbaum '42 and Donald S. Feigenbaum '46, the center was dedicated during Homecoming weekend in October.

Tainted tap water

Laura MacManus-Spencer, associate professor of chemistry

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.

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.

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.