STEM
Scripps Magazine Focus on the Faculty: Tessa Solomon-Lane
By Madeleine Nakamura Originally published in the spring 2024 issue of Scripps magazine For Tessa Solomon-Lane, assistant professor of neuroscience, her early-career realization that she could go into scientific research […]
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The John Stauffer Charitable Trust Commits $3 Million to Endow Professorship in Chemistry and Art Conservation
William F. Kruse, Amy Marcus-Newhall, and Michael Whalen at the grand opening of The Nucleus By Kendra Pintor Scripps College is excited to announce a generous $3 million gift commitment […]
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The Nucleus, Scripps and Pitzer’s State-of-the-Art Science Center, Officially Opens
By Emily Glory Peters After more than a decade of planning and two years of construction, the dust cleared this fall for the official opening of The Nucleus, a new […]
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Eun Ji Chung ’06 Named Biomedical Engineering Society Fellow
Chung’s areas of expertise include molecular design, nanomedicine, and tissue engineering. Her current research focuses on designing targeted treatments for cardiovascular disease, cancer, and kidney disease.
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Kate DeMarsh ’21 Named UCAR Next Generation Policy Fellow
DeMarsh is pursuing a PhD in environmental systems at the University of California, Merced, and is passionate about diversity in STEM.
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Ferrin Ruiz ’08 Balances Medicine and Dance
Ruiz credits her commitment to dance at Scripps for helping her stand out in a highly qualified pool of medical school applicants.
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Sarah Marzen Discusses the Physics of Opinions and Disinformation
“Chaos emerges when individuals actively work to fight their innate tendencies to favor information that confirms their original beliefs,” says Marzen.
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Stephanie Lim ’18 Studies Climate Change in the Alaskan Arctic
Her research focused on understanding the characteristics of algal blooms in order to clarify their role in the carbon cycle.
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Science Department Empowers Elle Desmarteau ’26 to Pursue International STEM Research Projects
Her observational study documenting various species of mushrooms and fungi on the reserve identified more than 50 different species and added key information to the reserve’s ongoing biodiversity research.
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Scripps Faculty and Alums Coauthor Paper in Nature
Associate Professor of Biology Patrick Ferree, Emily Yuguchi ’19, Haena Lee ’18, and Salina Teklay ’22 coauthored a paper, published in Nature, on B chromosome behavior in the jewel wasp.
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