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LIGO and Virgo make first detection of gravitational waves produced by colliding neutron stars
16 October 2017Carleton 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.
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Carleton professors Nelson Christensen and Jay Tasson, along with alumni Jacob Broida ’17, Tom Callister ’13, Santiago Carides ’08, and Michael Coughlin ’12, all are authors on a newly-released paper describing a recent three-detector observation of gravitational waves from a binary black hole coalescence.
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Art and science weren’t supposed to go together for Kayla Toney ’17. But at Carleton, it finally made perfect sense.
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LIGO Detects Gravitational Waves for Third Time
1 June 2017Results confirm new population of black holes, supported by research of professor Nelson Christensen, Jacob Broida ’17 and four Carleton alumni.
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Conversations on the Wonders of Science
1 June 2017Carleton Professors Sarah Meerts (Psychology and Neuroscience) and Rika Anderson (Biology), along with Laura Listenberger, a Biology professor at St. Olaf, were recently awarded a Broom Public Scholarship Project Grant for their new project, Conversations on the Wonders of Science (COWS).
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Physics in Action
31 May 2017Physics professor Arjendu Pattanayak led students through a two-course sequence on sustainable energy combining interdisciplinary study with hands-on experience.
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Debby Walser Kuntz is as immunologist who is a professor in the Carleton Biology Department. She served at Broom Faculty Fellow from 2013 to 2016. During her tenure as Broom Fellow she focused on public scholarship in public health and the sciences as well as building public health opportunities at Carleton. She sat down with us to reflect on her time as Broom Fellow and on public scholarship at Carleton.
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Strength in Numbers
28 February 2017Carleton Undergraduate Bridge Experience (CUBE), an online summer 2016 course, helped a cohort of incoming freshmen strengthen their quantitative skills.
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Field Guide to Mudd Hall
28 February 2017“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.”
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Carrying on the research tradition at MD Anderson Cancer Center
17 February 2017Well into her career, Stephanie Watowich ’83 has made a point to help fellow Carls gain real research experience—including Malavika Suresh ’18.
