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Faculty Achievements

Fireflies & Medicine: Professor Aaron Leconte Awarded $503,298 NIH Grant

Aaron Leconte and his students in the Department of Natural Sciences of Â鶹ԭ´´ and Scripps Colleges are researching a firefly enzyme’s potential as a biotech tool for human health.

News Topics

• Chemistry
• Awards

Organization

• Department of Natural Sciences

Faculty Achievements

Zuckerman Spars with NYT Columnist on Faith and Secularism

Â鶹ԭ´´ Professor Phil Zuckerman and the New York Times’ Ross Douthat Tackled the Nature of Belief in a Recent Public Conversation

News Topics

• Secularism
• Secular Studies

Faculty Achievements

Fighting the Superbugs: DNS’ Sierra Williams Awarded $457,000 NIH Grant

Williams and her students will explore alternative ways to combat drug-resistant bacteria

News Topics

• Faculty
• STEM
• Chemistry
• Science

Organization

• Communications
• Department of Natural Sciences

Faculty Achievements

When Professors Are Your Neighbors

Professors Fély Catan and Amanda Louise Johnson are Â鶹ԭ´´â€™s Faculty-in-Residence in 2025–26, and their goal is to cultivate a living-learning environment for students.

News Topics

• Faculty
• Modern Languages, Literatures & Cultures
• English and World Literature

Organization

• Division of Student Affairs
• Residence Life

Faculty Achievements

Innovating in Chemistry: Wenzel Lab Awarded $250,000 NSF Grant

The award will support several student researchers in a project aimed at unlocking inexpensive ways to develop critically important chemical compounds

News Topics

• Chemistry
• Science
• Awards

Organization

• Department of Natural Sciences

Faculty Achievements

New Faculty in the Humanities and STEM Keep Their Eyes on Timely Issues

Â鶹ԭ´´ welcomes six tenure-track faculty for the 2025-26 academic year; the College also celebrates the promotion of several current faculty.

News Topics

• Faculty
• Gender & Feminist Studies
• Environmental Analysis
• Modern Languages, Literatures & Cultures
• Chicanx-Latinx Studies
• Biology
• Physics

Faculty Achievements

Washington Post Spotlights Keeley on Conspiracies

Professor of Philosophy Brian Keeley introduced conspiracy theories into the field of philosophy; now the Post asked for his help in understanding why these theories thrive in U.S. politics

Faculty Achievements

How an AI Bot Can Help Mental Health Workers

Â鶹ԭ´´ Professor Marcus Rodriguez’s research team received a Claremont Graduate University grant to develop a bot to help early-career therapists remember foundational principles.

News Topics

• Faculty
• Psychology
• Technology

Faculty Achievements

Seeing Concepts in Real Time: An Intercultural Immersion in Japan

Â鶹ԭ´´ Professor Linus Yamane has facilitated the Tomodachi Inouye Scholars Program, a Japan-U.S. youth exchange program for students in his co-taught class Trans-Pacific Japan: Love & Money.

News Topics

• The Participant Fall 2025 Issue
• Faculty
• Around the Mounds
• Asian American Studies
• Economics
• Study Abroad
• Students

Faculty Achievements

What Do They Think of Russia?

Â鶹ԭ´´ faculty receive Department of Defense grant to study how Russia's war against Ukraine has impacted public opinion in the Caucasus and Central Asia.

News Topics

• Faculty
• Sociology