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Nicole Tamvaka '20 is spending her summer as an undergraduate research fellow at the Mayo Clinic in Florida where she is learning about specialized medicine in the fight against Parkinson's disease.

Dickinson College Student Studies Parkinson's Disease as a Mayo Clinic Research Fellow

Nicole Tamvaka '20 is spending her summer as an undergraduate research fellow at the Mayo Clinic in Florida where she is learning about specialized medicine in the fight against Parkinson's disease.

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Dickinson College Alum Speaks Before Congress on Science of Opioid Addiction

In response to a national public health crisis, Wade Berrettini ’73 presented research to Congress on the neuroscience behind opioid addiction.

During her first internship experience as an undergraduate research assistant at Johns Hopkins Medicine, Ali Leiter '20 is quickly building her chops working in the lab and analyzing cancer cells.

Neuroscience Major Builds Research Skills Through Johns Hopkins Medicine Internship

During her first internship experience as an undergraduate research assistant at Johns Hopkins Medicine, Ali Leiter '20 is quickly building her chops working in the lab and analyzing cancer cells.

Preeti Khanal '19 is headed into her senior year with big plans. As an intern with the World Health Organization, she is gaining first-hand experience in the mental health department.

Neuroscience Major Explores Mental Health Sector Through World Health Organization Internship

Preeti Khanal '19 is headed into her senior year with big plans. As an intern with the World Health Organization, she is gaining first-hand experience in the mental health department.

Rachel Brenowitz '19 is gaining valuable experience as a research intern with the Children's National Medical Center, where she shadows neuropsychologists and conducts independent research.

Neuroscience Major Gains Research Experience Through Internship at Children's National Medical Center

Rachel Brenowitz '19 is gaining valuable experience as a research intern with the Children's National Medical Center, where she shadows neuropsychologists and conducts independent research.

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Dickinson College Researchers Explore Female Hormone's Interaction with Methamphetamine

In a study of mice, Dickinson neuroscientists reveal possible connection between estradiol and anxiety during drug withdrawal.

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Neuroscience Major Jobs 2018

Graduating seniors land jobs at Boston Children's Hospital and Yellowstone National Park.

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Neuroscience Major Graduate Schools 2018

Graduating senior accepted to Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University.

Dickinson campus on a sunny day.

On the Road to Medical School

Max Yoshida '19 is a neuroscience and biochemistry double major, and he's using his internship experience from Johns Hopkins Medicine, Drug Discovery to pave the way to medical school.

Students perform ultrasound experiments on pregnant mice.

Taking on SIDS

Dickinsonians are conducting complex neurological research that undergraduates rarely get to do and that could have implications far beyond the lab.

Madison Parks ’17 and Joana Nunes ’17

Equal Footing

Meet scholar-athletes, co-captains and best friends Madison Parks ’17 and Joana Nunes ’17.

Meredith Johnson '18

The Bee's Knees

Meet Meredith Johnson ’18, a dancer, harpist, competitive springboard diver and student-researcher who traveled to Turkey and Greece to study bees, with funding from an NSF grant.

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Leader Mentality

Alumnus co-authors landmark paper on how the Zika virus causes fetal brain damage.

Juniors (from left): Emma Batchelder, Jessica Hampton and Aphnie Germain. Not pictured: Courtney Capella, who graduated in February. Photo by Carl Socolow '77.

The Healer's Path

Four Dickinsonians earn scholarships to help them prepare for medical careers.

Physics majors Emily Whitaker and Sean Jones, both of the class of 2017, earned honors for their interactive presentation on a solar air-heater-enhanced biogas digester for the College Farm.

53 Eurekas

After months of careful data-gathering and analysis, science student-researchers present their discoveries at the Science Student Research Symposium.

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