From sea to shining sea: Magellan scholar traverses the country studying neuroscience
WASHINGTON, PA (December 12, 2023) – In the summer of 2022, Oyunsuvd Bat-Erdene, a senior neuroscience major and economics minor, conducted a science experiment: she completed a Magellan Project, studying neuroscience in major U.S. cities to determine if the experience could change her career trajectory. And, surprisingly, it did. “Before [the Magellan Project], I was…
W&J Seniors Respond to COVID-19 Pandemic by Turning Passion into Profession
WASHINGTON, PA (April 22, 2022) – Bianca Pate ’22 and Piper Scarry ’22 responded to the Coronavirus pandemic by turning their passions into their professions. Both seniors began working at hospitals during the pandemic while also serving their communities as emergency medical technicians. Pate, a neuroscience and Spanish major with a psychology minor, discovered her…
W&J Selects Merck Scholars for Summer 2022
WASHINGTON, PA (March 28, 2022) — Seven Washington & Jefferson College (W&J) students have been selected to receive stipends from W&J’s Merck Internships for Excellence in Science program to support off-campus biomedical research internships in Summer 2022. The program, which began with a gift to W&J from the Merck biopharmaceutical company’s Merck Institute for Science…
Katelyn Walzer
My favorite professor is Dr. Weixel for endless reasons. In the classroom, she is a phenomenal teacher with her creativity, humor, and care for her students, even in the most difficult courses.
Stuck on Science: W&J alumna inspired by intellectual disabilities internship
WASHINGTON, PA (January 24, 2022)—Unlike the fictional beings that grant wishes for others, real-life “gene-y” and W&J alumna, Ashley Kunkle ’21, is working to make her own dreams a reality.
Bound for Success: Psychology and English Double Major Publishes in Academic Journal
Vanesa Hyde, a senior at Washington and Jefferson College, just earned herself a new title: author.
W&J Honors 2020-2021 Rule, Hughes, Murphy Recipients
Five Washington & Jefferson College students were honored Sept. 14 as recipients of the Rule, Hughes, Murphy Award.
John Georgino ’16 earns medical degree from PECOM
John Georgino of DuBois was among the 270 graduates awarded the Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine Degree from Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM) at the College’s 130th commencement. The ceremony was held at the Mann Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on May 24, 2021.
