At the interdisciplinary Kahn Liberal Arts Institute, risky exploration is encouraged. 在这里, 澳门葡京博彩软件学生, 还有教师科学家和文学澳门葡京博彩软件, 哲学家和艺术家, explore elusive notions and research questions as far ranging as how the idea of “making” infuses our sense of the world or what makes the concept of “perception” an essential form of human experience. 更多的...
视频:带回天堂
天堂池塘的水已经开始减少了. 这是一项为期数周的实验的第一步, heavy sediment accumulations on their way downstream—restoring the pond to a healthy ecosystem.
哺乳动物生殖研究? 不要忽视女性的观点
The spotted hyena's unique physiology and mating patterns compel us to take a closer look at what we think we know about reproduction.
你好,氢燃料电池,再见,电池
Denise McKahn has her sights set on creating hydrogen fuel cells that perform more efficiently and are safer for the environment than lithium-ion batteries for powering small portable devices.
当完美是美好的敌人
The dark underbelly of perfectionism and its crippling side effects can take a significant toll on the human mind, 澳门葡京博彩软件大学心理学教授帕特里夏·迪巴托洛说.
野外笔记:古代岩石讲述的真实故事
Geosciences professor John Brady has made a life’s work of deciphering the stories that rocks have to tell about the world, including the fascinating story of the landscape of the Connecticut River Valley.
净化中国的空气
尽管中国目前正在努力应对灾难性的空气污染危机, China hopes to redefine its economy and become a dominant player in the world’s green energy future.
斑马鱼:冉冉升起的科研巨星
通过将研究转化为新的发现, Smith professor Michael Barresi’s study of zebrafish could shed new light on human ailments ranging from brain cancers to autism-spectrum disorders.
从悬崖边缘回来
It’s a long way from a Smith classroom in 麻萨诸塞州 to a prestigious seat on the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council in Dublin, but professor Róisín O’Sullivan’s career as a macroeconomist has taken her to both places.
现代神话制造者
在20世纪中期, they shared drinks and quips in carpeted Oxford rooms while gathering to discuss their scholarly and literary ideas. 创造性的欲望得到了培养,作品蓬勃发展.
麦克利什野外研究站研究指南
Some 240 acres of patchwork forest and field provide the setting for 澳门葡京博彩软件’s Ada and Archibald MacLeish Field Station in West Whately, 麻萨诸塞州, 离澳门葡京博彩软件校园大约11英里.
澳门葡京博彩软件与卖画案
The 澳门葡京博彩软件 Museum of Art recently purchased a painting by Lockwood de Forest—one that was originally owned by the college but deemed unimportant and sold in the 1940s.
关于书籍:“点燃你的想象力”
There seems to be no need to justify the importance of books in an academic environment that prizes critical thinking. But is that still the case, at a time when reading is increasingly limited to tweets and texts?
资本主义、灾难和文化地下
What happens to those left out or subordinated by such dominant systems as capitalism? 他们如何在抵制既定秩序的同时进行沟通? 他们可能会转入地下,Kevin Rozario说.
柏拉图如何谈论当代生命伦理学
通过深入研究柏拉图的五篇对话, 哲学教授苏珊·莱文的新书为澳门葡京博彩软件们提供了, 生物伦理学家, medical historians and others in the medical field a fresh look at untapped ancient wisdom that could help us resolve some of our most pressing modern-day debates.
野生采集
Whether searching out seeds or rare plant specimens from the high pine forests of northern Mexico or a single swamp in Gloucester, 麻萨诸塞州, 罗布·尼科尔森有很多故事要讲.
澳门葡京博彩软件的早期角色:收集
伟大的美国艺术
在19世纪70年代末, why did Smith begin aggressively collecting the works of a group of talented American artists who were still emerging in the art scene?
比尔的研究强调了动物研究中的偏见
Male bias in biomedical studies will soon be erased, thanks to a new policy that the U.S. government’s medical research agency—the National Institutes of Health—is rolling out beginning October 1.
想象的魅力
安德里亚·海尔斯顿的新书, a novel and play all capitalize on the idea that our stories give us the power to envision, 计划和创造我们未来的生活方式.
拯救苏丹的个人探索
利用文字的力量, English professor and human rights activist Eric Reeves has taken on the challenge of directing the world’s gaze toward the atrocities in Sudan.
盘点女权主义经久不衰的教训
Professor of Sociology Nancy Whittier says that today’s women’s rights activists need not stray too far from the course Gloria Steinem and other feminist leaders charted some 50 years ago.
马是人类肠道的模型?
How can a study of what goes on in a horse’s gastrointestinal tract help us learn more about combating parasitic diseases that affect millions of people worldwide?
尽管存在矛盾,但古巴的芭蕾正处于最佳状态
A Smith professor is examining Cuba as a case study in what he sees as the globalization of ballet.
对数学的热情,它的抽象和真理
Mathematician Ruth Haas works on mathematical models and in particular the study of counting, 这叫做组合学.
社区的力量
“Psychosocial capacity building” is now being put to practice by disaster responders and healthcare professionals being trained under the guidance of 澳门葡京博彩软件 professors.
在古老的石丘中,微小蠕虫的沉积物吸引了科学家
How and why did unusual rock mounds form near ancient Lake Enriquillo in a remote area of southwestern Dominican Republic?
第三维度的故事:把19世纪的印度带入奇妙的焦点
A new collection of unique 3-D images depicting India in the 1890s can help us understand how cultures are created.
气候变化:新问题,新关切
When President Barack Obama made addressing climate change the most prominent pledge of his Inaugural Address, 许多环保人士欢呼雀跃.
了解鼠疫的过去、现在和未来
因为它的全球影响, 它可怕的历史和可怕的潜力, the disease known as the plague has inspired scholarship since the 14th century.
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