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Brooke Jude and Robert Todd Receive Grant to Support an Undergraduate Research Experience in Microbial Mapping
Glenn W. Bailey Foundation grant supports undergraduate students from both SUNY Dutchess and Bard College with an immersive, collaborative research opportunity in the Jude and Todd biology labs.
Bard College Astronomer Shuo Zhang and Undergraduate Student Rose Xu Discover New X-ray Flares from the Galactic Center Supermassive Black Hole Sgr A*
Bard College Assistant Professor of Physics Shuo Zhang and Bard mathematics and dance major Rose Xu ’23 were invited by the American Astronomical Society (AAS) to present their most recent findings on new x-ray flares from the now inactive supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy. Their talk, “Detection of Seven High-Energy X-ray Flares from the Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole,” was presented at the 241st AAS press conference on January 12 in person in Seattle and virtually.
Bard College Team Wins Mid-Hudson Chemistry College Bowl Trivia Competition
The Bard College chemistry team won the Mid-Hudson American Chemical Society College Bowl Trivia Competition, competing against regional college and high school AP teams. On the evening of Wednesday, October 26 at Vassar College, Bard chemistry students Monika Dziubelski ’24, Sasha Fraser ’24, Elan Ricarte ’23, and Kris Tulloch ’24 competed against Vassar, Marist, SUNY New Paltz, and others to take home top honors. This was the first time a Bard team had entered the competition. Bard got off to a slow start against Vassar in the final round until Ricarte answered the question, “Who won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry?”, which went to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna for their work on CRISPR gene editing. Their research is central to Ricarte’s Senior Project.
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