Joseph Zume, Geography and Earth Science

Dr. Zume recently presented his research titled, “Assessing the vulnerability of coastal groundwater quality to climate change impacts in Cape Coast, Ghana”, at the 18th World Water Congress held in Beijing, China, from September 11th  – 15th, 2023. Dr. Zume’s trip was supported with a grant from the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program.

Heather Sahli, Biology department

Dr. Heather Sahli was a co-author on a paper that was published in the journal New Phytologist entitled, “Rapid evolution of a family-diagnostic trait: artificial selection and correlated responses in wild radish, Raphanus raphanistrum.” Read it here. Dr. Sahli and undergraduate student Leslie Taylor were awarded a Summer Undergraduate Research Experience grant in 2023 where…

James Lohrey, Communication/Journalism & Media

Over the summer, Prof. Lohrey co-edited and co-authored two chapters for the 13th edition of Video Production: Disciplines and Techniques, which is due for publication by Routledge in spring 2024.  Lohrey worked on the editing and field production chapters for the textbook.

Luis Melara, Mathematics department

Dr. Melara gave a research presentation entitled Optimal Bandwidth Selection in Biofet Measurements at the Vith Interdisciplinary International Conference on Applied Mathematics, Modeling and Computational Science. The meeting was held in at Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Canada from August 14-18, 2023. Read it here. He co-organized and chaired a session on Mathematical Modelling and Disease…

Daniel Predecki, Chemistry and Biochemistry

Dr. Predecki published an article, “Aza-Diels-Alder synthesis and NMR characterization of aromatic substituted 1-methyl-2-phenyl 2,3-dihydro-4(1H)-pyridinones,” in the Journal of Undergraduate Chemistry Research with four of our majors. Read it here. Dr. Predecki was co-author on an article titled, “The differentiation of N-butyl pentylone isomers using GC-EI-MS and NMR,” which was published in Forensic Science International. It…

Reaching Out in Santo Domingo

LeaderSHIP Flashback to 2009 when Wood Honors College Director Dr. Kim Klein wanted to implement an experiential and progressive learning project to achieve real objectives and gain a deeper understanding of global community. The service-learning project would be part of the Honors Colloquium and had to be international, interdisciplinary, and sustainable. Her students performed research…