- Just as mammals evolved from fishy ancestors, land plants evolved from aquatic algae. How did plant cells manage the wet-to-dry transition? An NSF grant is helping a Skidmore scientist answer that question.
- The mysteries of plant cell walls are being revealed to Skidmore biologists engaged in summer collaborative research.
- A major National Science Foundation grant for Kelly Sheppard reflects his approach--focusing on basic science but also on education and outreach.
- Two leading psychologists will share research into the sources of memory confusions in our everyday lives in an April 10 presentation on campus.
- Melting of the ice sheet has important implications for global climate change, according to University at Buffalo Geologist Jason P. Briner, who will give the 2013 Lester W. Strock Lecture in Geosciences on Feb. 22.
- Guided imagery (for example, asking people to visualize a scene in a park in a particular way) may lead people to report aspects of events that never occurred or to report entire episodes that were only experienced in thought. Mary Ann Foley will study how guided imagery results in memory errors.
- Cathy Gibson, an environmental scientist, is principal investigator for a new National Science Foundation-supported initiative that stresses the interrelationships of scientific systems across disciplines.