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Percy Lavon Julian Dr. Julian was best known for synthesizing physostigmine, naturally found in the Calabar bean, to treat glaucoma. Dr. Percy […]

Nettie Stevens Nettie Stevens discovered the existence of sex chromosomes. Stevens made revolutionary discoveries at a time when it was very […]

James Croll James Croll published a theory of the role Earth’s orbit might play in causing climate change. Born in Scotland, he came from a […]

Rosalind Franklin As an aspiring female scientist in a male-dominated field, Rosalind Franklin faced adversity from many men in the field. […]

Ruth Ella Moore Born in 1903, Ruth Ella Moore faced discrimination and exclusion due to her gender and race. Moore’s dissertation on the […]

MJ Boley '23 During his time at Wooster, MJ made use of the resources that Wooster had to offer. With MJ’s interest in finance, experience with the Jenny I […]

Ketchikan to KlawockGuest Bloggers: Mihalis Protopapadakis and Amanda Flory This year the College of Wooster Tree Ring Lab flew to […]

2024 Economics Scholars Conference at the Federal Reserve Continuing a well established tradition, over twenty students representing all the majors in our department attended the 2024 Economic Scholars […]

Kabir Bajaj '25 Meet Kabir Bajaj, a junior majoring in Economics. Kabir discovered his interest in economics during high school. While he initially viewed it […]

Internships in Economics Research featuring MathematicaMathematica’s structured, paid summer internship program welcomes college and graduate students interested in improving public well-being t […]

Students Present Research at the Eastern Economics Conference in Boston Three students from our department presented their senior thesis at the annual Eastern Economics conference in Boston this weekend. Amanda Iskin […]

After The Last of Us, Everything Will Be Transmedia

New Publication on the Genetics of Squirrel Melanism Lake Barrett (’23) was instrumental in getting this paper across the finish line. It also marks my first publication with long-time friend and colleague Dean Fraga!

A More Perfect Union: Lights. Camera. Crime.“”Lights. Camera. Crime” is a look at how a format of TV news created in Philadelphia and exported to more than 141 media markets portrayed […]