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Sugar, Stress, and Sex: Impact of stress on reward-related behaviors and pathways in female rats

Academic Festival
Animal Behavior
Biology
Neuroscience
Psychology
Science

A closer look at the effects of stress in an animal model of anhedonia.

Vermont Wildlife Rehabilitation

Science

I spent the summer of 2020 apprenticing with a VT Wildlife Rehabilitator, working with orphaned opossums and raccoons.

Goodman Captures Close Encounter with Asteroid

Astronomy
Physics
Science

Using Wheaton’s Observatory, Assistant Professor of Physics Jason Goodman tracked and imaged the asteroid… and created this video of it moving through the sky.

Chris Linder to Speak

Science

Using images from his book Science on Ice, photographer Chris Linder will explore how modern scientists survive and thrive in the polar regions, from Antarctic…

Gorgeous Greenhouses Built for Learning

Biology
Science

Jane Young, Greenhouse Caretaker, is thrilled about the gorgeous new Greenhouses atop the Mars Center for Science and Technology.