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A Passion for Science - Columbia College - Columbia University

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<strong>Columbia</strong> CollEgE Today A PASSION FOR SCIENCE<br />

Clockwise from top:<br />

Professor Martin Chalfie<br />

examines the sense of<br />

touch in worms; Joanna<br />

Wang ’11 (right) studies<br />

the behavior of mice with<br />

Rahia Mashoodh ’13 GSAS;<br />

Meredith Martin ’09 takes<br />

a brief respite from the<br />

field to work in the lab;<br />

Professor Andrew Gelman<br />

explores the world through<br />

statistics with GSAS student<br />

Zach Shahn; Professor<br />

Maria Uriarte and a researcher<br />

examine the <strong>for</strong>ests<br />

of Brazil; Hechen Ren<br />

’11 studies the properties<br />

of graphene; and Martin<br />

examines agave plants in<br />

Mexico.<br />

PhOTOS, CLOCKwISE FROM<br />

TOP: EThAN ROuEN ’04J, ’11<br />

BuSINESS; COuRTESY JOANNA<br />

wANg ’11; COuRTESY MEREdITh<br />

MARTIN ’09; MIChAEL<br />

MALECKI; COuRTESY MARIA<br />

uRIARTE; EThAN ROuEN ’04J,<br />

’11 BuSINESS; COuRTESY<br />

MEREdITh MARTIN ’09<br />

MAY/JUNE 2011<br />

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