Posted on June 12, 2024
Aaron Wright ’24: Contributing to Heart and Brain Health at the Framingham Heart Study
Newly minted Gordon graduate and a former Pike Honors student Aaron Wright `24 interned in the neuropsychology department of the Framingham Heart Study, assisting with key research on the symptomatology of cognitive dementia to help patients counter cognitive decay.
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Posted on June 11, 2024
ECBA Awards $10,000 to Dr. Craig Story’s Collaborative Research with USDA
The Essex County Beekeepers’ Association (ECBA) has awarded Dr. Craig Story a $10,000 grant on honeybee diet and virus research in collaboration with the USDA Bee Research Laboratory and Gordon students.
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Posted on June 7, 2024
How Some of Boston’s Elite Quietly Transformed Society: Prof. David Goss Tells the Loring Family Story
Professor David Goss spent his sabbatical last semester exploring how the Loring family—longstanding financial supporters and trustees of Gordon College—used their wealth to fuel social reforms that helped orphans, widows and immigrants right here on the North Shore during the Gilded Age and Progressive Era.
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Posted on June 6, 2024
Gordon College’s Bod Pod: Dr. Yi Sun on the Latest Technology in Body Composition
Gordon College has acquired a piece of equipment called the “Bod Pod” that uses air-displacement plethysmography to accurately determine a person’s body composition, which Dr. Yi Sun regularly uses in her classes and in her research.
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Posted on May 3, 2024
Gordon History Made: Dr. Oleksiy Svitelskiy Receives $400K in Fourth NSF Grant Milestone
Oleksiy Svitelskiy secured his fourth NSF grant of 400k, the largest NSF grant Gordon has ever received. The grant is a continuation of a collaboration with the Ekinci Group at Boston University (BU), an R1 institution. Dr. Kristen Siaw will be his co-primary investigator on the grant.
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Posted on April 2, 2024
Navigating Political Discontent: Dr. Paul Brink's Search for Fairness and Justice
Dr. Paul Brink, professor of political science, spent his sabbatical exploring reasons behind this political dissatisfaction and seeking to find a different approach to fairness and justice. He found our country is in desperate need of a theory of justice that takes better account of the diverse communities and identities of American society.
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Posted on March 20, 2024
Gordon College at the Forefront: Craig Story Conducts Cancer Research with Immunofluorescence Microscopy
Gordon’s lab will soon be counted among the labs in the Boston area that can perform immunofluorescence microscopy for cancer research thanks to the work Dr. Craig Story, professor of biology, began over his sabbatical last semester.
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Posted on December 22, 2023
Unlocking Demand: Mandy Liu's Economic Study Reveals Need for HPV Vaccines in Nepal
Mandy Liu, professor of economics, presented her research “Like Mother Like Daughter? Behavioral and Economic Factors to Determine HPV Vaccination for Mothers and Adolescent Daughters: Evidence in Nepal" at the Himalayan Policy Research Consortium (HPRC) on December 3-4, 2023.
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Posted on April 24, 2023
Kaye Cook Awarded $275,000 Grant for Divine Forgiveness Research
Kaye Cook (psychology) was awarded a $275,000 Templeton subgrant through Frank Fincham of the Florida State University Research Center to study experiences of divine forgiveness using diverse methods and in diverse countries.
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Posted on October 5, 2022
Meet Seven of Gordon’s Newest Faculty Members
As students returned to campus this fall, they were joined by new experts on the faculty who, over the course of the coming years, will come alongside their academic pursuits and help them in shaping their vocation.
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Posted on August 5, 2022
Lessons on How Not to Lead
Aspiring leaders often jump straight to the Christ-like concept of servant-leadership, but Professor of Economics and Business Kent Seibert wants to salvage lessons from the bleaker examples.
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Posted on August 5, 2022
Showing Up in the Digital Space
As digital usage grows exponentially, TikTok's Kristelle Lavallee ’06 dives into how we can use it as a force for good.
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