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The Susquehanna River: A Laboratory for Study, A Repository for Hope |
She's called Susquehanna, the river of long reach. Along her 444-mile journey from the glaciated Appalachian plateau in New York to the Chesapeake Bay, she has carved an indelible mark on the communities that dot her borders. In turn, they have left their impact on her... read more. |
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Why Science Matters: Teaching Science Today for the World of Tomorrow |
On Fridays, you spend several hours in a laboratory examining microscopic slides of amoebae, those fascinating globules of one-celled protozoa that no college student can avoid. As the lab progresses, you dissect frogs, rats and maybe even pigs. If you are lucky... read more. |
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Changing Lives:
Dr. Stephen Tingley '82
Proud to be an SU Alumnus
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When someone asks where I attended school, I proudly say, "Susquehanna University." Although I continued my education after SU at Jefferson Medical College, I feel that Susquehanna University prepared and shaped me, and changed the path of my life. Every great thing that has happened in my life can be traced back to my experiences at SU.... read more. |
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Transforming Life from the Ground Up: The Ecological Lessons of the Centralia Mine Fire |
Centralia is located in the heart of the Anthracite coal region in central Pennsylvania. Once home to roughly 1,100 residents, the town is now mostly vacant, sitting atop an active mine fire caused in 1962 by a trash fire that ignited a near-surface coal seam. Roughly 300 acres have been consumed. Repeated attempts by the state and federal governments to put out or contain the fire have failed; over $45 million... read more. |
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Video Profile: Amanda Janicki '08, Biology Major |
My name is Amanda Janicki. I am a biology major from Rochester, New York. Today we have a very busy day, so we're going to get going...
Right now we're going to Organic Chemistry. We're working on figuring out an "unknown." We have an unknown substance, so we're going to be using the NMR machine to figure out the properties... view Amanda's video profile. |
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Five Questions With:
Margaret (Peggy) and Tom Peeler,
Associate Professors of Biology |
Peggy and Tom Peeler have served as biology faculty at Susquehanna for over 15 years. The husband and wife pair share their thoughts about teaching methodologies, emerging research opportunities, the rewards of teaching at Susquehanna, and the intersection of... read more. |
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Collaborative Research Connects Students...and Persons |
Matthew Persons, associate professor of biology and recipient of the 2004 John C. Horn Distinguished Service Lectureship, freely admits to self-satisfaction in the dynamics of student-faculty research. "I live my scholarship vicariously through my students. Their success is my success," Persons says.... read more. |
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Think Globally, Act Locally |
Assistant Professor of Biology Carlos Iudica's methods of research may unsettle the passer-by. Once, Iudica was hacking off the head of a bear along the side of I-80 when a state trooper approached him, hand on holster. "What the hell are you doing?" Iudica remembers the trooper asked.... read more. |
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Professor studies a mystery of the deep |
The ocean floor might not seem like an obvious place for a chemistry experiment, but for Associate Professor of Chemistry Chris Janzen, the location of the Pacific Ocean hydrothermal vents was a valuable learning site.... read more. |
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