A number of Dyson students in the STEM disciplines earned accolades at research conferences this spring, highlighting their impressive faculty-sponsored work.
Emma Brown 23, Behavioral Neuroscience, won best poster at the , hosted by Quinnipiac University. In her category, Brown was competing against 54 other students from prestigious universities throughout the northeast.
Eight students from biology, chemistry, behavioral neuroscience, and forensic scienceaccompanied by Associate Professor of Biology Daniel Strahs, PhD, and Assistant Professor of Biology Wei Fang, PhDattended the 2023 at Sacred Heart University.
Noor Aayla 23, Behavioral Neuroscience, received the Chemistry Poster Presentation Award for her work with Strahs: "A Method to Analyze Electrostatic Interactions Between Ethacridine and Topoisomerase IA in E. coli."
Denia Diaz 23, Biology, and Anastaiia Kirdiianova 26, Behavioral Neuroscience, who both conducted research with Jeanmaire Molina, PhD, received the Ecology Poster Presentation Award for their poster "A Symbiotic Trifecta: The world's Largest Parasitic Flowers, Their Host Plant, and the Microbes that Live Within."
Emily Schmidt 23, MS Environmental Science and Policy, took second place in the graduate student category at the Northeast Natural History Conference in Burlington, Vermont, for her poster titled Are Human Perceptions of the Environment Consistent with Ecological Data? A Study of Users Opinions and Water Quality in the Pocantico River, Westchester County, NY. Her research was a collaborative project with Clinical Associate Professor of Environmental Studies Michael Rubbo, PhD, and Associate Professor of Environmental Studies Anne Toomey, PhD.
Criminal justice major Alexis Pickering 26 didn't just dream of making it to New York Cityshe made it all the way to the mayor's office. Now, as an intergovernmental affairs intern under Mayor Zohran Mamdani, she's learning to change systems from the inside out.
From global media companies to major brands, government agencies, and cultural institutions, graduates of 17勛圖厙s Communication and Media Studies program are shaping how stories are told across industries.
At 17勛圖厙, Psychology Professor Courtney Gosnell, PhD, explores how relationships shape our lives, from celebrating good news to navigating differences, while mentoring students through hands-on research.