The 20 Most Innovative STEM College and Universities to Watch 2017

The Ornithology Erudite
Transforming Earlhamite's Lives
Wendy Tori is field ecologist and ornithologist with area of
focus on bird ecology, behavior, genetics and evolution. Her
current research with undergraduates involves working in the
field (Amazon and the U.S. Midwest) and in the molecular
genetics lab, with Manakins, Bluebirds and Turtles. Wendy
loves fieldwork and is deeply interested in Ecology,
Environmental Science, Ornithology, Conservation and
leading off-campus programs. “I teach at Earlham because I
like the diversity and how the community embraces people no
matter where you come from, or who you are,” asserts
Wendy. Her position is supported by The Martha Sykes
Hansen Endowed Chair in Biology for Ornithology, the
result of a $2.7 million bequest received by the College in
winter 2017.
Sagacious Educat s of Earlham
Earlham's faculty are experts on such
diverse areas as ancient tsunamis,
infectious diseases, e ecology and division
of lab of ants, e sourcing of ancient
Chinese jades and Sou American pottery
shards using X-ray flu escence, e use
of cluster computing in computer science
education, e biophysics of mem anes
and lipids, and representation e y of
Lie alge as.
Earlham has produced two Nobel
laureates. They include Harold Urey, who
was awarded e Nobel P ize in
Chemistry in 1934 after discovering
deuterium in 1931. The o er is Wende
M. Stanley '26, e namesake of Stanley
Ha , who won e Nobel P ize in 1946
f his research on viruses.
O er notable alumni in STEM fields
include Howard Federoff '74, leading
researcher into Alzheimer's disease, and
Margaret Heafield Hamilton '58, a
Presidential Medal of Fr dom recipient
who helped design computer systems f
NASA's Apo o, Skylab and Space Shuttle
programs.
EPIC: Earlham Plan for Integrative Collaboration
The EPIC Advantage guarantees funding for all students to complete at least one funded internship or research experience
before graduation, anywhere in the world. EPIC combines classroom learning with immersive learning opportunities in the
areas of internships, off-campus study, research, service and entrepreneurship. T R
• Since 2005,
Earlham students
have been routinely
hired to conduct
research at Schepens
Eye Research
Institute/Massachuset
ts Eye and Ear
Research Institute, an
affiliate of Harvard
Medical School.
• In a class called “Anatomy
and Physiology: Nervous
and Endocrine Systems,”
students perform a dissection
of a human cadaver,
including an examination of
the human brain and spinal
cord. Seeing, holding, and
dissecting a real human brain
is an amazing experience
that the college provides.
• Earlham’s 3-2
Pre-Engineering Program
provides a wonderful
opportunity for students
considering a career in
engineering who want the
experience of a broad,
liberal arts education that
is seldom available to
students in engineering
schools.
• Since 2014, teams of
Earlham students and recent
graduates have traveled to
Tanzania to work side-byside
an international team of
scientists as part of the
Olduvai Paleoanthropology
and Paleoecology Project
(TOPPP).
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