Arsenic is a metalloid, with both metal and non-metal properties, and notorious as the almost perfect murder weapon featured in works of fiction including Agatha Christie’s Murder is Easy, and Flaubert’s Madame Bovary. It’s a natural component of bedrock, but certain pesticides used in the past have added arsenic to some areas.
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How does your brain work? Maybe there are days when you wonder if it’s working at all. This fascinating organ is arguably what makes us who we are, but how this happens is largely a mystery. At a recent Brain Buzz event, hosted by the School of Graduate Studies in partnership with the Upper Valley Food Coop in White River Junction and the Vermont Institute for Natural Sciences (VINS), PhD researchers Emily Stephens and Max Mehlman introduced a packed room to their research and a basic overview of what we know about the brain.
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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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The 31st Annual Neuroscience Day at Dartmouth held on Saturday, April 8th, saw the attendance of over 100 faculty members, post-doctoral researchers, graduate and undergraduate students from Dartmouth, Keene State College, and the University of Vermont. Attendees congregated at the Class of 1978 Life Sciences Center to share their research and discuss current work in the field of neuroscience.
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STEPS Congressional Visit Day included meetings with offices of their state representatives where they gained insight into the mood on the Hill regarding the proposed cuts to federal agencies. You can attend their lunch on April 11 to learn more.
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