Biologist Joan Slonczewski wins grant to focus on the rapid evolution of E. coli bacteria
With funds from a National Science Foundation grant—and the help of a monstrous caterpillar—interdisciplinary teams of Kenyon students and professors are exploring one of life's most intriguing mysteries. The focus is metabolism itself, "the fire of life," and more specifically a remarkable consistency seen in creatures from bacteria to blue whales.
February 11, 1990. I was a senior in college, living in an off-campus house with two housemates and a mildly psychotic cat. Almost all of the streets in the town of Swarthmore are named after colleges; I lived on Kenyon Avenue (one of those strange…
President Sean Decatur explains why a seemingly straightforward economic measure of the return on investment of a higher education is ultimately flawed.
The problem of the shrinking number of women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields interested her enough to become the subject of her Summer Science Scholars project at Kenyon.
Research by Professor of Biology Siobhan Fennessy shows environmental benefits of converting farmland back to wetlands.
As the fiftieth anniversary of the March happens on August 28th, President Decatur reflects upon what it means to him and society.
Powerful lessons sometimes come in the form of simple acts such as getting on a bike and riding farther than you thought you could do; volunteering with hundreds of others to support an important cause; or talking with a man standing on the road with…
During intensive summer program, Kenyon student scientists work alongside top cancer researchers.
42 Summer Science Scholars conduct research in anthropology, biology, chemistry, psychology, and physics.
Molecular Biology Major Justin Taft '13 is the most recent Kenyon graduate to receive a Postbaccalaureate Intramural Research Training Award (Postbac IRTA) from the National Institutes of Health.
Kenyon’s chemistry faculty takes on the complexity of solar-energy research.
For my second to last post from the Maghreb (I leave on the 14th!), I thought I’d write a guide to something that is an essential skill here: bargaining. I have yet to master the art of bargaining, which essentially amounts to the right combination of…
Students instruct faculty and staff on dance routines for “Dancing with the Kenyon Stars.”
In a reversal of that helicopter hovering we hear so much about—parents who don’t think grown children can remember what to do—I told my son that he would have to call us from Kenyon every morning this fall so we would remember to get out of bed.
Students honored with Franklin Miller Award for creative contributions to campus life.
Parenting a child through the college search process is a bit like taking a journey to the moon—a terrifying passage through dark space with a suspenseful landing.
President Decatur's talk “Is There a Future for Liberal Arts?” at the City Club of Cleveland is featured on Huffington Post Education.
"We would like to offer you a position with us," the woman said, and I nearly dropped the phone at my first job offer. "But," she continued, "Can you be ready to leave the country in a week?"
Kevin Pan '15 performs field research on local llamas for Professor Mauck's animal behavior course
The weathervane on top of Peirce on a sunny and perfect September day
Caroline Del Giudice ('15) poses with a cow she made for her studio art class Art with Four Legs.