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Feb. 19, 2024

Kate DeMarsh ’21 Combines Policy and Science to Affect Change

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Dec. 1, 2023

In the Media: Tessa Solomon-Lane Published in Hormones and Behavior

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Nov. 15, 2023

Eun Ji Chung ’06 Named Biomedical Engineering Society Fellow

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Women in STEM


February 19, 2024

Kate DeMarsh ’21 Combines Policy and Science to Affect Change

For Kate DeMarsh ’21, scientific study and community engagement are inextricably linked. As a PhD student in environmental systems at the University of California Merced, her research focuses on community-based air monitoring.

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December 1, 2023

In the Media: Tessa Solomon-Lane Published in Hormones and Behavior

Assistant Professor Tessa Solomon-Lane has coauthored a paper proposing a more diverse framework for researching biological sex.

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November 15, 2023

Eun Ji Chung ’06 Named Biomedical Engineering Society Fellow

Chung’s areas of expertise include molecular design, nanomedicine, and tissue engineering. Her current research focuses on designing targeted treatments for cardiovascular disease, cancer, and kidney disease.

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November 13, 2023

Kate DeMarsh ’21 Named UCAR Next Generation Policy Fellow

DeMarsh is pursuing a PhD in environmental systems at the University of California, Merced, and is passionate about diversity in STEM.

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November 9, 2023

Ferrin Ruiz ’08 Balances Medicine and Dance

Ruiz credits her commitment to dance at Scripps for helping her stand out in a highly qualified pool of medical school applicants.

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October 27, 2023

Sarah Marzen Discusses the Physics of Opinions and Disinformation

“Chaos emerges when individuals actively work to fight their innate tendencies to favor information that confirms their original beliefs,” says Marzen.

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September 21, 2023

Stephanie Lim ’18 Studies Climate Change in the Alaskan Arctic

Her research focused on understanding the characteristics of algal blooms in order to clarify their role in the carbon cycle.

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September 20, 2023

Science Department Empowers Elle Desmarteau ’26 to Pursue International STEM Research Projects

Her observational study documenting various species of mushrooms and fungi on the reserve identified more than 50 different species and added key information to the reserve’s ongoing biodiversity research.

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July 27, 2023

Allison Dillard ’03 Harnesses Her Math and English Degrees to Create Self-Confident Students

“I don’t know that I would have been a math major at a different college,” Dillard says. “The Scripps math department was so positive and encouraging.”

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May 1, 2023

Emily Wiley Selected as Fulbright US Scholar for 2023–24

Funding provided through the Department of State will support Wiley’s continued science education research on an international level.

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