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Second Year Project: The Coronavirus
30 September 2022For their sophomore project, the FOCUS class of 2023 researched the various impacts that the coronavirus had on society. They started by exploring their personal experiences with Covid and questioned…
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Second Year Project: STEM Education
30 September 2022The FOCUS cohort of 2022 researched how students, specifically K-12 students, succeed in their STEM education for their Sophomore project. To begin with, the FOCUS colloquium explored their own STEM education…
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inFOCUS – Spring 2020
12 August 2019Check out the Fall 2018 edition of the inFOCUS in the posts below!
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UPDATES
12 August 2019FOCUS Student Advisory Board As mentioned in the previous edition inFOCUS, we recently started the Student Advisory Board as a way of getting feedback from students on the happenings and…
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Second-Year Project: Sustainability in Northfield
12 August 2019This year the sophomore cohort has been working with the Climate Action Plan Advisory Board (CABAP) of Northfield. To begin with, they examined climate action plans (CAPs) from across the…
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Alumni Catch up Micah Evans Rivera ‘02
12 August 2019In this edition of inFOCUS, we interviewed an alum of Carleton who works to improve the educational environment in high schools as well as improve the environment of Carleton for…
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SCHOLAR SPOTLIGHT: METAMATERIALS
12 August 2019One unique work-study positions available to FOCUS students is that of FOCUS Scholar. Each week these students are responsible for going to scientific talks and then writing a reflection paper…
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SCHOLAR SPOTLIGHT: THE AMAZING BRAINS AND MORPHING SKIN OF OCTOPUSES AND OTHER CEPHALOPODS
12 August 2019This scholar article was inspired by a talk by biology talk on the science behind the camouflage techniques of different cephalopods. During his talk on the science behind the camouflage…
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Welcome Lon as the new FOCUS Coordinator!
12 August 2019Next year’s FOCUS Coordinator will be Lon Hutchinson! He majored in Biology and minored in Biochemistry. He will be starting in September so he will be enjoying a well deserved…
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SPRING TERM FOCUS Events & Celebrations
12 August 2019Each term, FOCUS has many different events, varying from community events to more academic events. Here is a small snapshot of a few of those events that happened this term.…