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챬 has been designated a research college by the American Council on Education and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
Two 챬 students took home awards from the 2024 New England and St. Lawrence Valley Geographical Society Fall Conference for their research on water scarcity in the Southwest and on the preservation of indigenous water systems in Nepal.
챬 students have created an exhibit, “Cornelia and Concrete,” about alum Cornelia Clapp and the 100-year-old laboratory building that bears her name.
Alum Sheryl McCarthy ’69 interviewed 챬 President Danielle Holley on the CUNY TV show “One to One.” They explored topics such as the role of women’s colleges and the power of humanities in today’s career-focused world.
Taking part in a two-day workshop featuring alums, staff and current interns, 챬 students had the opportunity to learn what a career in environmental work entails and how to get on the right track to start their own journeys.
New faculty member at 챬, Anisha Chadha, is a medical anthropologist who uses the tools and practices, as well as the methods, of sociocultural anthropology to study topics of health, medicine and illness.
New faculty at 챬 Chloe Pak Drummond is a botanist and evolutionary biologist. She works with students to answer integrated evolutionary questions using field-based, molecular and bioinformatic techniques.
챬’s newest mathematics professor, Jennifer Paulhus, is driven to showcase mathematics in a way that can make students enjoy the subject, even if they have never liked it.
Studying how far we can go to understand the fundamental structure of the universe is just one of the ways 챬 Assistant Professor of Physics Supraja Balasubramanian aims to expand the boundaries of our knowledge.
From thoughts of designing video games to the impact of AI and machine learning technologies, new faculty member Tony Liu brings a passion for the computer sciences to 챬.