• MBBC Senior Thesis Presentations

    Mishal Lalani
    “Saving Smiles One Protein at a Time: Targeting SloR in S. mutans”

    Anabell Cloney
    “Proteins have a Social Life: What is SloR’s relationship with the Streptococcus mutans Clp proteasome?”

    Ryan Mauney
    “Development of Electroporation and Fluorescent Live-Cell Imaging in the Chytrid Fungus Allomyces macrogynus”

    McCardell Bicentennial Hall 220

    Open to the Public

  • Environmental Studies Senior Thesis Presentation

    “Rivers as Persons: Religion, Culture, and the Ecocentric Turn in Bangladeshi Environmental Law”

    By Hannah Gilmer ‘26, Religion, Philosophy, and the Environment major. 

    Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103

    Open to the Public

  • Neuroscience Senior Thesis Presentations

    Sophie Larocque
    “Substance Use Risk Among High School Adolescents Who Have Experienced Intimate Partner Violence”

    Owen Snyder-Smith
    “Variation in Ethanol Sensitivity and Tolerance in Diversity Outbred Mice.”

    Katherine Vasquez
    “That Gave Me Goosebumps:” Personality Trait-Mediated Responses to Frisson and Methods for Studying Aesthetic Chills

    McCardell Bicentennial Hall 220

    Open to the Public

  • Biology/MBBC Senior Thesis Presentations

    Elly Tuffey
    “An Assessment of Mercury Accumulation in Different Forest Types”

    Sarah Case
    “Determining the regulatory role of Tre6P in nectar production in Arabidopsis thaliana.”

    Jordan Gardener
    “The Effects of Testosterone on Place & Response Learning and BDNF Signaling”

    McCardell Bicentennial Hall 220

    Open to the Public

  • McCardell Bicentennial Hall Commencement 2026 Departmental Reception

    Please join the departments of Biology, Chemistry, Earth and Climate Sciences, Geology, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Neuroscience, Physics, and Psychology for a reception celebrating graduates in these disciplines. 

    The following departments invite grads and their guests to join them in the locations listed below.

    Biology | Great Hall | 2:00-3:15 pm
    Chemistry | Great Hall | 2:00-3:15 pm
    Molecular Biology and Biochemistry | Great Hall | 2:00-3:15 pm

    Earth and Climate Sciences | MBH 417 | 2:30-3:15 pm

    Geology | Great Hall | 3:45-5:00 pm
    Neuroscience | Great Hall | 3:45-5:00 pm
    Physics | Great Hall | 3:45-5:00 pm
    Psychology | Great Hall | 3:45-5:00 pm

    McCardell Bicentennial Hall