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Posted on July 18, 2019

Alum Awarded White House Honors for Medical Breakthroughs

Dr. John E. Harris ’98 receives the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. Government to outstanding scientists and engineers beginning their independent research careers.

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Posted on March 21, 2019

From the Cradle to the Grave: Newborn Humpback Whales and Dearly Departed People

In February, Mindy Hofsass ’04 locked eyes with a curious humpback whale calf through her snorkel mask in the open ocean of the Silver Bank Marine Mammal Sanctuary just 80 miles off the coast of the Dominican Republic.

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Posted on March 7, 2019

Reengineering America’s Long-lost Tree

Legend has it that a squirrel could travel from Georgia to Maine on nothing but the branches of American chestnut trees without ever touching the ground.

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Posted on January 9, 2019

Gordon Partners with Curry College to Launch Dual-Degree Nursing Program

Gordon College announces a new dual-degree nursing program in conjunction with Curry College, with the first cohort to begin in the fall of 2019.

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Posted on October 9, 2018

An Experiment in Multilayered Mentorship

Dr. Evangeline “Angie” Cornwell (biology), Courtney Olbrich ’18 and Dr. Lisa Spencer ’95 investigate the function of a certain type of white blood cell in the rise of allergies, specifically food allergies.

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New Greenhouse Gordon College

Posted on December 15, 2017

A Greenhouse at Gordon

The benefits to such a high-tech greenhouse are substantial in research, teaching and outreach,” Dr. Greg Keller (biology) says. “We can manipulate the smallest variables to see their effects on specific species of plants that may be valuable economically or ecologically.”

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Posted on December 14, 2017

Two Professors Receive Oxford Fellowship

Dr. Evangeline Cornwell (biology) and Dr. Andrew Logemann (English language and literature) have been awarded two-year fellowships at Oxford for a conference around the topic of biotechnology and faith.

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Posted on September 8, 2017

Newroz: Gordon’s Very Own Farmer’s Market

“Newroz” means “new day, new sun” in Kurdish—and that’s exactly what the revitalized Gordon Community Garden behind Barrington Center for the Arts promises to offer.

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Posted on August 11, 2017

Gordon Researchers Attack Allergies and Inflammation

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Posted on July 18, 2017

Literacy STEMs from Education Efforts in Cambodia

Jessica Harper ’18 is interning for Samaritan’s Purse in Cambodia, where for 10 weeks she’s putting her early childhood education and biology majors to work.

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verna curfman

Posted on July 5, 2017

Making Strides in Medical Research, One Step at a Time

Verna Curfman ’17 and John Yoon ’14 were recently recognized for their research in the labs of Duke University, with their names appearing in an article published by The American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons.

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Posted on May 22, 2017

Alumni in the Peace Corps: Building Cultural Bridges in Nicaragua

While studying at Gordon, Anna Jonker ’14 was met with a life-changing opportunity that began when she met a Peace Corps representative at a career fair and received a nudge of encouragement from Dr. Dorothy Boorse (biology).

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