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W&J students use time between terms to get acquainted with medical professionals

Updated: January 24, 2020 | Tagged: , ,

WASHINGTON, PA (Jan. 24, 2020)—Between the fall and spring semesters, Washington & Jefferson College (W&J) students find ways to get ahead. During JayTerm, a two-week optional study period in which the College offers courses on campus and abroad, a group of underclassmen explored their options for the future in Professor of Biology Dr. Ron Bayline’s…

W&J students doing forest research

W&J Professor, Students Part of Project Recognized by USDA Forest Service as 2019 Research Highlight

Updated: January 24, 2020 | Tagged: , , , ,

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service has recognized the work of a team of scientists and foresters that includes a W&J professor and students as one of its 2019 research highlights.

Seven students awarded Merck Internships for Excellence in Science award

Updated: March 6, 2019 | Tagged: , ,

Seven 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 2019.

W&J junior’s cancer research published in national science journal

Updated: September 19, 2018 | Tagged: , ,

The national scientific journal Urology published research by Washington & Jefferson College (W&J) junior Ruchir Gupta ’20. He is listed as first author on the article.

W&J Students take on the final frontier with NASA internships

Updated: July 18, 2017 | Tagged: ,

Samuel Schaub ’18 and Garrett French ’18 are spending the time between semesters in Hampton, Va., interning at the NASA Langley Research Center.

W&J Announces Recipients of Merck Internships for Excellence in Science

Updated: August 1, 2014 | Tagged:

Six Washington & Jefferson College (W&J) students are spending time this summer conducting cutting-edge research in world-renowned facilities as recipients of Merck Internships for Excellence in Science at W&J awards.

W&J Hosts ExxonMobil Bernard Harris Summer Science Camp

Updated: June 26, 2014 | Tagged:

Forty-eight students are having an out-of-this-world experience at the ExxonMobil Bernard Harris Summer Science Camp at W&J. This is the first year W&J has been selected to participate in the program.

Energy Lecture Series to Take a Look at Nuclear

Updated: April 10, 2014 | Tagged: , , ,

WASHINGTON, PA (Oct. 18, 2013)—Washington & Jefferson College’s Energy Lecture Series continues with “Should We Rethink Nuclear?,” Wednesday, Oct. 23 at 6:30 p.m., in the Howard J. Burnett Center’s Yost Auditorium.
Presented by W&J’s Center for Energy Policy and Management and…

First Neurochemistry Major Charts Her Own Course to Medical School

Updated: April 10, 2014 | Tagged: ,

WASHINGTON, PA (Oct. 29, 2013)—Washington & Jefferson College junior Sneha Gupta has known for years she is headed to Temple University School of Medicine following graduation, but that has not stopped her from blazing a trail along the way.
The Weirton, W.Va., resident and graduate of Weirton Madonna High School is W…

Smithsonian Curator Michael Neufeld to Give Lecture on Wernher von Braun

Updated: April 10, 2014 | Tagged: , ,

WASHINGTON, PA (Nov. 14, 2013)—A pioneer of the space program. The Father of Rocket Science. This is how many describe aerospace engineer and scientist Wernher von Braun, who played an important role in building a space program for the United States.
But when Dr. Michael Newfeld, a curator in the history department…