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Senior Matt Weil conducted research on wetlands through the NASA Student Airborne Research Program, expanding on the work he has done at the college with Eric Leibensperger, assistant professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy.

Student conducts research on wetlands ecosystem through a NASA program

By Sebastian Pickford, Contributing Writer • October 18, 2023
Ithaca College senior Matt Weil, a physics major, spent eight weeks of his summer doing intensive wetland ecosystem research through the NASA Student Airborne Research Program.
From left, senior Ted Mburu and junior Matthew Weil conducted research in the areas of environmental physics and physics education and presented at a conference March 5–10.

Two IC students win award at physics research conference

By Jadyn Davis, Staff Writer • March 29, 2023
Ithaca College junior Matthew Weil and senior Ted Mburu were awarded the Best Undergraduate Research Award at the American Physical Society March Meeting.  
Ithaca College is home to undergraduate and graduate programs that require students to participate in research with professors as part of their curriculums. 

Students and faculty work together to conduct research studies

By Eleanor Kay, Managing Editor • November 30, 2022
Ithaca College is home to undergraduate and graduate programs that require students to participate in research with professors.
According to a National Geographic encyclopedia entry, microplastics are plastic pieces that are less than 5 millimeters in diameter that degrade from larger plastics. Primary microplastics come from microfibers from clothing and textiles, and secondary microplastics come from particles that break down from larger, often single-use plastics like bags or water bottles. The entry states that microplastic particles are often so small that they easily pass through water filtration systems and end up in waterways and the ocean. 

IC Toxicology Lab investigates microplastics in Cayuga Lake

By Caroline Grass, Staff Writer • November 11, 2021
The IC Toxicology Lab estimates that Cayuga Lake has 100,000,000 microplastic particles in it, which can harm aquatic life and people. 
From left, seniors Seth Ormsby and Nina Ng sit in front of the greenhouse. Due to remote learning this semester, students in the aquaponics research group led by Paula Turkon, assistant professor in the Department of Environmental Studies and Science, will not have access to hands-on learning in the greenhouse.

Remote fall semester delays student greenhouse research

By Arleigh Rodgers, Life & Culture Editor • October 1, 2020
When Ithaca College senior Seth Ormsby returned home in the spring, his work and research at the college’s greenhouse halted abruptly.
Sophomore Antara Sen researched asteroid 101955 Bennu with NASA throughout the spring and summer. Pictured is a region of Bennu close to its north pole, showing the day and night sides of the asteroid.

Q&A: IC student conducts research with NASA

By Deena Houissa, Contributing Writer • September 21, 2020
Sophomore Antara Sen conducted research with NASA over the last nine months, findings that will be published in a paper she is co-authoring.
Junior Justin Henry receiving an award from Kimberly Wilkinson, assistant professor in the Department of Occupational Therapy, for his presentation on the corporatization of higher education with a focus on Ithaca College, entitled “‘Corporatizing’ College: The story of Ideological Divide at Ithaca College.”

Whalen Academic Symposium honors student research

By Meaghan McElroy, Staff Writer • April 18, 2017
There is no one winner for the symposium. Rather, each department chooses one or multiple students to give awards to.
Senior Environmental Studies Major Sam Donato with the chess pieces he made out of fungi. Donato hopes his research can contribute to reducing society's reliance on plastics.

Student makes chess pieces out of fungi as plastic supplement

By Syndey O'Shaughnessy, Staff Writer • April 12, 2017
Donato said that after the fungus grows into the shape he desires, he extracts it from the mold, dehydrates it in an oven and is left with a fully functional chess piece.
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