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Rallying for Science
April 25, 2017

On Earth Day, Saturday, April 22, 2017, tens of thousands of people participated in rallies, walks, and marches held in Washington D.C. and in hundreds of other cities across the world. The March for Science saw an outpouring of support for science that was “unprecedented in terms of the scale and breadth of the scientific community involved,” according to Robert Proctor, a professor of the history of science at Stanford University.
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GRAD Alumni Research Award Recipient: Emily Stephens, PEMM
March 16, 2017

Depression, which affects approximately 8% of Americans over the age of 12, is a prevalent psychiatric disorder characterized by tiredness, sadness, lack of interest in daily activities, reduced concentration, reckless behaviors, and in some extreme cases, suicidal ideation.
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GRAD Alumni Research Award 2015 Recipient: Gilbert Rahme
July 27, 2016

Gilbert Rahme is a PhD candidate in Dr. Mark Israel’s lab in the Department of Genetics working on defining critical genes that control pathogenesis of Glioblastoma (GBM), the most aggressive primary brain tumor.
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