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Faculty members from Susquehanna University’s School of Natural & Social Sciences and Sigmund Weis School…
Falling in love isn’t just about chemistry — it is chemistry. The brain lights up with dopamine-fueled…
Susquehanna University’s biology-intensive biochemistry program is now one of only 10 such programs in Pennsylvania…
Susquehanna University will offer an exercise science degree program beginning in fall 2026. Students majoring…
Susquehanna University students won two of the three top prizes for undergraduate research at the…
Susquehanna University’s new Makerspace is more than a workshop — it’s a shared resource designed…
Susquehanna University is now offering an environmental education minor. Students who minor in environmental education…
Susquehanna University and Harrisburg University of Science & Technology have announced a new articulation agreement…
Susquehanna University’s environmental education outreach program ROOTed (Real-World Observation, Outreach and Transformation in Education) has…
Susquehanna University Charles B. Degenstein Professor of Chemistry Geneive Henry has been awarded the Henry…
Susquehanna University is featured in a new digital series from the American Fisheries Society and…
Susquehanna University’s Thomas Morahan ’26 recently won Best Undergraduate Poster at the 79th annual meeting…
Ahmed Lachhab, co-department head and associate professor of earth & environmental sciences at Susquehanna University,…
Susquehanna University’s Rebecca Cree ’26, a physics and religious studies double major from Ebensburg, Pennsylvania,…
A soldier in the Revolutionary War, Col. Matthew Smith died more than 200 years ago….
Students in Pavithra Vivekanand’s biology lab are exploring how environmentally friendly and biocompatible gold nanoparticles…
Some Susquehanna University students are focusing their summer internship experiences on helping to save the…
Susquehanna University has been awarded a nearly $200,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to…
In a year marked by growth and innovation, Susquehanna University’s Center for Environmental Education and…
An asthmatic oyster, a sad sasquatch and color-changing coral. All are characters in a collection…
Approximately 130 students shared their research, music and art during Susquehanna’s Senior Scholars Day —…
Syllabus is an ongoing series of stories that gives readers an inside look at some…
Ashley Shade ’04 was recently honored with the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and…
Students and faculty from Susquehanna University’s Freshwater Research Institute joined with the Middle Susquehanna Riverkeeper Association to…
Lauren Edwards ’25 has long admired her father’s career in engineering, and when it came…
A team of neuroscience students from Susquehanna University has been selected for a national program…
Soil biogeochemist Asmeret Asefaw Berhe will present the lecture “What’s Soil Got To Do With…
Testing the quality of your water just got easier and less expensive thanks to a…
Susquehanna University has received a nearly $600,000 grant to support ongoing work at its Freshwater…
Growing up, Madison Hoy ’26 developed a deep sentimental connection to state and national parks…
Several Susquehanna University students spent their summer working in professional internships funded through a $50,000…
Lindsay Davis ’25 was a newly declared ecology major when she read an article about…
Sara Motz ’25 carefully tried to free the tiny common yellowthroat from the fine mesh…
In any body of water, millions of tiny organisms float around, casually playing a critical…
As if being selected for a highly competitive research program isn’t already a celebratory accomplishment,…
Students at Susquehanna University are collecting hundreds of spotted lanternflies and spiders to determine if…
Susquehanna University Professor of Physics Samya Zain has published her third textbook, The Physics of…
Bruce Svare ’71, professor emeritus of psychology and neuroscience at the State University of New…
Susquehanna University’s School of Natural and Social Sciences is now offering a watershed studies minor…
Susquehanna University announced faculty awards for research, teaching and advising at its 166th commencement. …
As Susquehanna University closes its 166th academic year, seniors are preparing for the next chapter…
Susquehanna University’s KaMeron Hopkins ’26, a computer science major from Odenton, Maryland, has been awarded…
Susquehanna University will offer a chemistry management major beginning in fall 2024. Students in chemistry…
Nearly 130 students presented research, music and artwork at Susquehanna’s Senior Scholars Day, an event…
Geneive Henry, Charles B. Degenstein professor of chemistry at Susquehanna University, is the first to…
The Sherman Fairchild Foundation has awarded Susquehanna University nearly $300,000 in grant funding to support…
Hundreds of students, faculty and staff assembled at Susquehanna University to view the long-awaited solar…
Jennifer Carter, assistant professor of physicsAstronomers and spectators alike are preparing their telescopes and protective…
Susquehanna University will offer a data science major beginning in fall 2024. Students in data…
2024 is a leap year and more specifically, Feb. 29 is leap day, the day…
Susquehanna University’s new partnership with the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, the core of…
Susquehanna University announces a new partnership with Salus University, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, that will prepare…
Bill Richards, a psychologist from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, will present the Alice…
A historic, record-breaking capital campaign, compelling faculty-student research, a world-renowned classical musician performed on campus…
Susquehanna University is looking to the animal kingdom for innovative solutions to stream management —…
When dozens of ginkgo trees were planted on Susquehanna’s campus nearly 100 years ago, it…
Funding will expand research collaborations across the region Susquehanna University has been awarded a…
Sarah Vigliotti ’24, a double major in mathematics and computer science, reunited with a tech…
No matter the passage of time, man’s imprint on the environment is difficult to erase,…
Thirteen Susquehanna University student researchers participated in the Susquehanna Valley Undergraduate Research Symposium, with one…
Although Phoebe Kurien ’19 Marshall’s Peace Corps experience didn’t end the way she expected it…
Susquehanna University now offers a program that allows students to accelerate their Doctor of Pharmacy…
Susquehanna University, in cooperation with the Chesapeake Conservancy, has launched a workforce development program that…
Susquehanna University is partnering with the Middle Susquehanna Riverkeeper Association to record, identify and upload…
Making Her Directorial Debut Alexis Jefferson Alexis Jefferson will make her professional directorial debut at the Pablo…
More than 150 students presented research, music and artwork at Susquehanna’s Senior Scholars Day, an…
Recent research from Susquehanna University’s Freshwater Research Institute finds that water temperatures affect certain behaviors…
Grace Tepes ’23, a biochemistry and German studies double major, has been awarded the prestigious…
When Jennifer Carter was a child, the first thing she wanted to be when she…
This is the sixth and final story in our series on Women in STEM. "There will…
Syllabus is an ongoing series of stories that gives readers an inside look at some…
Susquehanna University and the Chesapeake Conservancy have formalized their ongoing relationship through an agreement that…
This is the fifth story in our series on Women in STEM. Jennifer Elick was always…
This is the fourth story in our series on Women in STEM. "The best part of…
Though central Pennsylvania has yet to feel the full force of a northeastern winter this…
This is the third story in our series on Women in STEM. When Geneive Henry joined…
Update: Carolyn has been named one of five finalists for the 2023 National Teacher of…
Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences Uses the Tools of His Trade at Moroccan Ruins As…
This is the second story in our series on Women in STEM. As a child, Alathea…
Gold nanoparticles have been the subject of scientific research for many years, particularly for their…
This is the first story in our series on Women in STEM. Peggy Peeler leads Women…
New research published in the American Society for Microbiology’s journal Microbiology Spectrum identifies the importance…
Two environmental studies students were awarded the highly competitive Rachel Carson Council Fellowship to support…
This summer, three students examined baker’s yeast to determine the function and role of a…
While awaiting the delivery of the physics components that were delayed due to supply shortages,…
Ecology major Aislinn Shilcusky ’24 researched the purseweb spider alongside Matthew Persons, professor of biology,…
Through connections he made from his winter break job, Jacob Tomasulo ’23 landed an incredible…
Sydney Salas ’23Anthropology and biology double major Sydney Salas ’23 spent her summer working in…
Gwen Conley ’23 and Hannah Needham ’23 entered the Susquehanna Valley Undergraduate Research Symposium on…
Students interning with Susquehanna’s Freshwater Research Institute spent a portion of their summer in the…
Phillip Brogdon, assistant professor of chemistrySquaraine dyes are a type of organic dyes that exhibit…
William Dougherty, associate professor of chemistry, uses his lab to introduce interested undergraduates to fundamental,…
Two Susquehanna students are spending their summer on Vermont’s Isle La Motte studying the fossil…
Ever since John Salerno was a boy, he aspired to a career in the military….
Susquehanna University announced awards for valedictorian and outstanding seniors in the Class of 2022, as…
Four Susquehanna University students were awarded the prestigious Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship, enabling them…
More than 150 seniors presented research, music and artwork at Susquehanna’s Senior Scholars Day, an…
The mine fire already had been burning for 40 years underneath the ground where Tammy…
Susquehanna University has been awarded a $625,000 grant from the Richard King Mellon Foundation to…
Trees Planted To Reduce Erosion, Stabilize Streambank Silky dogwood, buttonbush and elderberry were the most successful…
Armed with 19 years of industry experience in pharmaceuticals, Lou Ann Tom, associate professor of…
Susquehanna University has named Katherine Straub as dean of the School of Natural and Social…
Graduates Meet on Research Vessel In Nuuk, Greenland, on the eastern side of Baffin Bay, 14…
Samya Zain, professor of physics at Susquehanna University, has published her second physics textbook Thermodynamics…
Samuel H. Sternberg, assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular biophysics at Columbia University, will deliver…
Susquehanna has restructured the School of Arts and Sciences into three schools — School of…
Many River Hawks had a summer full of opportunities and possibilities as they completed their…
While many of her classmates returned home for the summer, Olivia Basile ’24 remained on…
Susquehanna University has been recognized as an innovator and national leader in promoting socioeconomic diversity…
When Thomas Kitt ’17 approached his senior year at Susquehanna University, he knew he wanted…
Susquehanna University’s Jennifer Carter, assistant professor of physics, has been awarded a $21,699 grant from…
Biology major Kody Streeter ’21 is spending her summer researching the red-backed salamander, a very…
Susquehanna University has been recognized as an “innovator” by the Fiske Guide to Colleges, a…
From studying red-eyed tree frogs in Panama to working with endangered species at the Memphis…
Although it might be a nuisance to drive through, fog, as it turns out, can…
With the publication of “Techniques of Classical Mechanics: From Lagrangian to Newtonian mechanics,” Susquehanna University’s…
Fellowship in Portugal Opens Eyes to Multiple Medical Specialties As a fellow with the…
Anna Mykytyn ’20 received a highly competitive fellowship to conduct research on cancer treatment at…
Erin Rhinehart, professor of biologyResearch from Erin Rhinehart, professor of biology at Susquehanna University, finds…
Chemistry major Madeline Goodhart ’20 discovered her love for working in research labs during her…
How you respond to frustration can determine a lot of things in life — whether…
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