STEM News

Assistant Professor of Physics Ryan Terrien ’09 received a NASA contract to support the NEID spectrometer, helping detect and characterize Earth-like planets.

Carleton professors Nelson Christensen, Jay Tasson and Joel Weisberg, alumni again play a huge role in discovery that marks first cosmic event observed in both gravitational waves and light.

Carleton professors Nelson Christensen and Jay Tasson, along with alumni Jacob Broida ’17, Tom Callister ’13, Santiago Carides ’08, and Michael Coughlin ’12, discuss a three-detector observation of gravitational waves from a binary black hole coalescence.

Art and science weren’t supposed to go together for Kayla Toney ’17. But at Carleton, it finally made perfect sense.

Results confirm new population of black holes, supported by research of professor Nelson Christensen, Jacob Broida ’17 and four Carleton alumni.

Carleton’s “Conversations on the Wonders of Science” series features faculty and students discussing scientific discovery, research, and the beauty of the natural world.

Physics students showcase “Physics in Action” through hands-on experiments and demonstrations, bringing scientific concepts to life for the Carleton community.

Biology Professor Debby Walser-Kuntz reflects on her tenure as Broom Fellow, highlighting her work in public health and community-engaged research at Carleton.

Carleton Undergraduate Bridge Experience (CUBE), an online summer 2016 course, helped a cohort of incoming freshmen strengthen their quantitative skills.

“If you spend 25 years anywhere, you’re going to have some spatial sentimental attachment. But we’re reproducing the best parts of Mudd in the new building.”