Category: Research

Thanks to the Robert J. Kolenkow and Robert A. Reitz Endowed Fund for Student Scientific Research, Matt Murashige ’27 gained hands-on research experience in the psychology of aging–a special interest of his.

Last summer I had the invaluable opportunity to intern at Stanford University as part of the Cardiovascular Institute Summer Research Program, co-funded by the Class of 1970 Endowed Internship Fund.

Thanks to the collaborative nature of working in a lab, Emily learned how to discuss her research with other scientists, working directly with one postdoctoral researcher and cooperating more informally with other researchers. Through this hands-on experience, Emily gained a sense for how research works in practice. “I definitely learned a lot more about the research process in general and how it’s conducted at a big institution,” she said.

Thanks to the generosity of the Carleton community, exciting research is happening all across campus. This year at the annual Joseph Lee Heywood Society Luncheon, geology professor Dan Maxbauer shared a special look into his project on enhanced weathering as a pathway for permanent carbon removal.