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Since childhood, Abby Uehling ’18 has been fascinated by tide pools and the marine invertebrates who inhabit them. Although Hamilton is a bit far from the ocean, this summer, under the guidance of Professor Simon Coppard, she is studying sea urchins in the lab.

After coming to the sad realization that coral, which is on the brink of global extinction, would not be an especially prudent area of marine biology to specialize in, Aaron Beguelin ’18 turned his attention to sea urchins. Urchins, which feed on coral reefs and kelp, are primary consumers, similar to cows on land, and are highly important to the eco-system, playing a crucial role in algae growth.

After learning about Blue-Med Africa from her sister, a former volunteer at the organization, Deb Gakpo ’19 knew she wanted to intern at the same program and made it happen.

Conor Powers ’17 and Alexa Horn ’17 presented findings of their sea urchin research to an international audience at the Eighth North American Echinoderm Conference.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology Simon Coppard presented a talk at the Eighth North American Echinoderm Conference in Worcester, Mass.

This summer, Tara Cicic ’18 will be spending a good amount of time in Grant Garden, collecting samples from Professor Percy Saunders' peonies and genotyping them.

With the migration of hundreds of college students off the Hamilton campus, way has been made for a younger, more energetic, crowd. On Wednesday, June 7, and Thursday, June 8, third-graders from Hughes Elementary School, and Clinton Elementary School, respectively, visited the Taylor Science Center. As part of ongoing outreach with local public schools, faculty from the psychology, chemistry, physics, biology and geosciences departments hosted approximately 80 students per day, packing a variety of scientific disciplines into four interactive, 30-minute long seminars.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology Simon Coppard recently received a grant from the Linnean Society of London and the Systematics Association for his research using transcriptomics to reveal the evolution of venom in sea urchins.

Assistant Professor of Biology Cynthia Downs has been awarded a $22,114 National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to support her project "RUI: Collaborative Research: Constraints of biomass on innate immunity across terrestrial mammals."

Six Hamilton faculty members were recognized for their research and creative successes with the Dean’s Scholarly Achievement Awards, presented by Dean of Faculty Margaret Gentry on Class & Charter Day on May 8.