Lola Henderson-Thomas ‘26.5 (center), explains her summer research on a giant beaver fossil found in 1835 in Clyde, New York, and preserved in the New York State Museum. She worked with biology professor Alexis Mychajliw on her project titled “A Belated Beaver: Fossil Preparation History Obscures Timing of Giant Beaver (Castoridae:Castoroides ohioensis) Extinction in Northeastern North America.”
Halimatou Dieye ‘27 (right) worked with mathematics and statistics professor Rose Morris-Wright on the project, “Finding Patterns in Taylor Series under Modular 2.”
President Ian Baucom with two presenters at the Summer Research Symposium. Genevieve Stone ’29 (center) and Meghasha Dangal ’27 (left) worked with psychology professor Olga Parshina on their project “Intensive Language Immersion: Does it lead to increased fluency in reading as measured by eye movements?”
Fabian Frenz ‘27.5, mentored by neuroscience professor Rebekah Keating Godfrey, worked on a project titled “Refining Immunohistological Methods for Automated Analysis of Brain Aging in Fruit Flies.”
Ellie Dripps ’27 shared findings from her project, “Interannual Variability of Benthic Macroinvertebrate Communities in Vermont Urban Streams” which examines how road salt runoff and other impacts of urbanization affect Vermont streams by measuring chloride levels and studying aquatic macroinvertebrates—key indicators of water quality. Dripps was one of several students on the “Urban Stream Team,” a research group led by biology professor Eric Moody.
