Jan 4 2022 – The Neuroscience of Following your Nose
Keck Professor Gautam Agarwal’s Nature article reveals how part of the brain draws on sense of smell to create spatial maps Claremont, Calif. (January 4, 2022)—Assistant Professor of Neuroscience Gautam Agarwal seeks to make sense of complex interrelationships in the brain. His latest article, “Spatial maps in piriform cortex during olfactory navigation,” sheds new light on an […]
Dec 6 2021 – Introducing CMC’s newest faculty for 2021-22
At the beginning of each academic year, we announce and welcome the faculty members who are joining the Claremont McKenna College community. Read these short introductions to learn their fields of expertise and academic backgrounds. Read more…https://www.cmc.edu/news/introducing-cmcs-newest-faculty-2021-22
Dec 1 2021 – Celebrating three decades of teaching
Donald McFarlane is about as close as one gets to a real-life Indiana Jones. He’s caved his way across the South China Sea, detonated explosives in the Claremont quarry, and raised “vampires” in the Keck Science Center. After 30 years, the soft-spoken Englishman is living proof that the life of an academic scientist can be […]
Aug 2 2021 – Keck Professor Patrick Ferree Receives NSF Grant to Study a “Selfish” Chromosome
https://www.pitzer.edu/communications/2021/08/02/keck-professor-patrick-ferree-receives-nsf-grant-to-study-a-selfish-chromosome/
June 7 2021 – Bird Pairs Practice Mind-Control to Create Dovetailing Duets
https://www.pitzer.edu/communications/2021/06/07/bird-pairs-practice-mind-control-to-create-dovetailing-duets/
Sep 22 2020 – Keck Science Prof. Tang awarded National Institute of Health grant to expand student research
Prof. Zhaohua Irene Tang has been awarded a $412,415 National Institutes of Health grant to study cancer and other disease prevention and expand undergraduate research opportunities at CMC and the W.M. Keck Science Department. The NIH grant comes through the Academic Research Enhancement Award program, which is offered to institutions that do not traditionally receive […]