Posted on March 5, 2025
Can GMOs Honor God? Dr. Ming Zheng’s Research in Biotechnology
Dr. Ming Zheng, professor of biology, spent his recent sabbatical in research labs exploring how to make immature corn pollen systems reproduce more quickly—which will ultimately help people get the food they need faster.
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Posted on February 19, 2025
Matthew Ravichandran ’23 Wins ASA Early Career Scientist Award for Bridging Faith and Science
Matthew Ravichandran ’23, the American Scientific Affiliation 2024 Early Career Scientist Award recipient, talks about his current job as a research technician in the Puigserver Lab at the Dana-Farber Institute.
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Posted on February 11, 2025
5 Things You Didn't Know Are in the Gordon College Archives
The Gordon College Archives is full of magical artifacts. Here are five of the wonderful items you can find there.
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Posted on October 28, 2024
The Role of Research Labs in Drug Discovery: Sam Sherratt ’15 on Elucida Labs’ Work
Sam Sherratt ’15, scientific director at Elucida Research, a biotech company in Beverly, MA, talks about his role working in a research lab and trends in the world of cardiovascular health.
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Posted on October 15, 2024
Faithful Creativity in a Digital Age
In celebration of the new Adams School of Music and the Arts, we sat down with some of the professors in the new school for their perspective on art, faith, and how those two are relevant in the face of our current times and technology.
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Posted on October 8, 2024
How La Vida Prepares Gordon College Students for Academic and Life Success
Why does Gordon require such a strenuous achievement for students? Newly minted faculty member Abby Stroven explains the methodology behind La Vida and how it has impacted thousands of Gordon students for the better.
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Posted on September 26, 2024
Anan Copty ’94: A Palestinian Christian Physicist’s Quest to Cure Cancer and Build Peace
Meet Anan Copty ’94, Gordon College’s Alumni of the Year for 2024, who is a Palestinian Christian with an Israeli passport and the founder of SynergyMed, a noninvasive cancer treatment developer that employs people of all faiths and backgrounds.
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Posted on September 18, 2024
Integrating Faith and Social Work: Gordon College’s New MSW 4+1 Partnership
Gordon College is partnering with Roberts Wesleyan University and Dordt University to create a new 4+1 Master of Social Work program that allows social welfare majors in the School of Psychology and Human Services to complete a master's degree in five years.
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Posted on September 17, 2024
Demystifying the Reading Landscape
Ellen Ballock, Ph.D. and Priscilla Nelson ‘74, Ed.D. of the Herschend School of Education share their insights into the literacy crisis in America—and how Gordon is using the science of reading to combat it.
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Posted on July 31, 2024
Uncovering Ancient Manuscripts: Dr. Graeme Bird’s Exploration of The Iliad
Dr. Graeme Bird studied several newly discovered papyrus fragments of The Iliad over his sabbatical last semester, exploring the connection between Homer’s poetry, oral history, faith and jazz improvisation.
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Posted on July 22, 2024
Mimicking Nature: Dr. Kristen Siaw's Innovative Sabbatical Research
Dr. Kristen Siaw, assistant professor of physics and chemistry, spent the last year on two different sabbaticals conducting research on Gordon’s campus and at Boston University in zinc oxide and microfluidics.
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Posted on July 15, 2024
The Hidden Math in Everyday Life: Dr. Karl-Dieter Crisman’s Research on Cyclic Orders
Dr. Karl-Dieter Crisman, along with former research students Abraham Holleran ’22, Micah Martin ’21 and Josephine Noonan ’23 recently published a research article in "Mathematical Analyses of Decisions, Voting and Games," Volume 795, of Contemporary Mathematics, a well-known series of conference proceedings in academic math.
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