Author name: John Perrelli

If you saw a fruit fly around Hoffberger Science Building this summer, it was an escaped ward of Maura Coughlin ’14 and Leah Hirschman ’15. The two biology majors bred, fed, tested—and dodged—the insects as part of their work on genetics with the Goucher Summer Science Research Program and their adviser, Associate Professor of Biology

Leslie Laguna ’14 has spent the past eight weeks working on a new way to make selected organic molecules. The molecules, which can be found in tea, red wine, and vanilla, are also present in more complex molecules with medicinal uses: treatments for cardiovascular disease and tumors, sedatives, and medications that help induce labor and

Jackie Buckman ’14 and Victoria Rain ’14 agreed to their summer job before they realized they would even be compensated for their work. They were just excited about the chance to collaborate with a faculty member on psychology research. So, instead of returning to her hometown in New Jersey to wait tables, Buckman spent her

Frogs and alligators need 10 times less food than a mammal of the same size. That astonishing difference is based on the animals’ metabolisms, and Rachel Mann ’14, a summer science researcher at Goucher, is looking for an explanation. It’s generally understood that cold-blooded animals have lower metabolic rates than mammals, but it’s not completely

Sarah Meade ’13 did a project during the spring semester that looked at literature detailing discrimination against Native American, African American, and Hispanic farmers. Students and faculty in the Environmental Studies Department were surprised by what Meade learned. “Before I started this, I didn’t really think discrimination was occurring among farmers, but it’s definitely documented,”

The news always seems to be full of warnings about nutritional deficiencies in the American diet: iron, calcium, vitamin D. But outside the United States there lurks a more global, more dangerous issue—zinc deficiency, which can lead to a suppressed immune system and problems with inflammation. Many in other countries don’t have a diet that