Professor of Psychology Elizabeth Nutt Williams was recently published in the special 125th anniversary section of Journal of Counseling Psychology. The article, co-written by Jairo Fuertes of Adelphi University, titled “Client-Focused Psychotherapy Research,” focuses on how therapy works and what makes it so effective, with special attention made to the client. According to the article, Find out more »
Max Ashley (’17) is working to revolutionize heart imaging
Max Ashley is now a junior at St. Mary’s College majoring in applied physics and minoring in math. He is working in Professor Michelle Milne’s lab, helping to develop a new ultrasound technique that could revolutionize diagnostic heart imaging. If successful, the tool will allow doctors to diagnose heart abnormalities or deformities faster and cheaper Find out more »
Rylinn Sorini (’16) shows that water-born plastics make Chesapeake oysters sick
Rylinn Sorini (’16) is a dual major in biology and environmental studies, with a minor in education. Last summer, Sorini began researching the effects of plastics on Eastern Oysters as part of the SMURF program. This year, she extended her research to include three additional experiments on oysters as part of her SMP, entitled “How Find out more »
Allison Claytor (’16) says Zika virus may herald women’s right to choose in South America
Undergraduate Research Week (April 11-15), sponsored by the Council on Undergraduate Research, provides an opportunity to share the impactful and engrossing research of our students. We’re highlighting one new project each day during the week, kicking off with this one by Allison Claytor (’16). Earlier this year, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the Zika virus Find out more »
Erin Chase’s (’16) research could help the Maryland GOP win seats in 2018
Erin Chase grew up in a Forest Hill, MD and became interested in Maryland politics in high school, when she participated in the Maryland Generally Assembly Page Program. Today, she is double majoring in political science and recently presented a paper at the 2016 National Student Conference for Pi Sigma Alpha (the National Political Science Find out more »
Phillip Cappello’s (’16) SMP could help lawmakers legalize recreational marijuana sensibly
Phillip Cappello (’16) is a dual major in economics and public policy with a minor in political science. His SMP is entitled “Legalized Marijuana: An Examination Of The Economics And Policy Implications Of Legalized Cannabis.” Professor Asif Dowla is his faculty mentor. Cappello’s research is intended to guide lawmakers through some of the cost-benefit analyses and Find out more »
St. Mary’s College Biochemists Shed New Light on Using Photo-activated Compounds for Targeted Therapy
Among cancer treatments, targeted chemotherapies are valued for minimizing side effects and whole-body toxicity, while delivering damage to malignant cells. To achieve these goals, a chemotherapeutic agent must selectively bind to or target tumor cells or, alternatively, become active in tumor cells but remain inactive elsewhere in a patient’s body. Researchers at St. Mary’s College Find out more »