NEWS
2012 Newsletter
Chemistry Professor Graham F. Peaslee Receives Technical Excellence
Award for Presentation
The Polyurethane Foam Association (PFA) announced that Graham F.
Peaslee, Ph.D. and Hartgerink Professor of Chemistry at Hope College
was the winner of the spring 2013 Herman Stone Technical Excellence
Award. (full
article)
Hope College researcher to examine whether brain circuitry impacts
eating disorders
HOLLAND, MI -- New research at Hope College seeks to understand the
science behind eating disorders. (Full
Article)
Hope College professor helps NASA research dying stars in deep
space
HOLLAND, MI - Spread across the Milky Way are dying stars called
pulsars that Hope Physics professor Peter Gonthier and his student
team are helping NASA find and study. (full
article)
Sophomore Maria Eguiluz Chosen for National Research Program
Hope College sophomore Maria Eguiluz of Redford has been chosen
to participate in the national “Exceptional Research Opportunities
Program” (EXROP) of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI).
(full
article)
Dr. James Gentile Named Dean for Natural and Applied Sciences
HOLLAND – An internationally respected leader in science
education is returning to Hope College to lead the division of
natural and applied sciences. (full
article)
Paul DeYoung Elected Fellow of American Physical Society
Dr. Paul
DeYoung of the Hope College physics faculty has been elected a
Fellow of the American Physical Society (full
article)
Outdoor Discovery Center Macatawa Greenway Receives Award
The Outdoor Discovery Center Macatawa Greenway, with which Hope
has an on-going research and learning partnership, has received
the 2012 Watershed Stakeholder of the Year Award from the Macatawa
Watershed Project. (full
article)
Book Designed
to Help Undergraduate Faculty Succeed as Researchers
A new book by retired
Hope College chemistry professor Dr. Stephen Taylor explores
the qualities that enable faculty at primarily undergraduate
institutions to succeed as researchers in addition to teaching.
(full
article)
Nursing Student and Professor Honored
A Hope College professor and student each received individual recognition
for excellence during the recent induction and installation ceremony
of the Kappa Epsilon Chapter-at-Large of the Sigma Theta Tau
International Honor Society of Nursing. (full
article)
Joanne Stewart Part of NSF-Funded Project to Develop Teaching
Materials
Dr. Joanne Stewart of the Hope College faculty is part of the leadership
team of a national online resource featuring teaching materials
for inorganic chemistry that has recently received a major grant
from the National Science Foundation (NSF) that will help expand
its content. (full
article)
Hope students secure funding for prototype of sleep device
Holland — The past few weeks have held a measure of long-sought-after
success for Scott Brandonisio and Sam Tzou of the Hope Entrepreneurship
Initiative. (Holland
Sentinel Article)
Student Research Honored at National Chemical Engineering Conference
A
total of eight Hope College students who participated in research
this past summer had their work selected for presentation during
the recent Annual Meeting and National Student Conference of the
American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), with three of
them receiving awards. (full
article)
Article on New Approach to
Teaching Statistics Wins “Best
Paper” Award
An article co-authored by multiple scholars at Hope College
about innovation in teaching statistics at Hope has won “Best Paper” honors
from the “Journal of Statistics Education.” (full
article)
Hope Nursing Graduates Achieve Perfect Pass Rate for Second Year
Hope College Nursing continues to be among the select group of
programs nationwide whose graduates have achieved a 100-percent
pass rate on the profession’s national licensing exam. (full
article)
Chemist Jeff Johnson Recognized for Presentation at National Meeting
One of only 16 researchers nationwide invited to make a presentation
as a “Young Academic Investigator” during the national
meeting of the American Chemical Society, Dr. Jeff Johnson of the
chemistry faculty was recognized for the distinction during the
fall luncheon of the college’s division of the national
and applied sciences on Thursday, Oct. 4. (full
article)
Aaron Best Appointed to New Visscher Professorship in Genetics
EPA Grant Supports Effort to Reduce Toxic Flame-Retardant Chemicals
(Full
Article)
Holland
Sentinel Article
Nursing Major Christina Bello of Milford
Receives National Scholarship
"Next-Generation" Genomic
Sequencer Will Enhance Program
Beckman
Foundation Award Funds Student Research
Computer
Science Students Publish Software in Use around the World
Entrepreneurship
Participants
Competing at Accelerate Michigan
Nursing
Graduates' Pass Rate among Best in Nation
Metabolic
Predictions Move into the Fast Lane
2011
Newsletter
Hope
College Alumni Association to Honor Two Graduates
Graham
Peaslee and Charlotte vanOyen-Witvliet Named to
Professorships
HOLLAND - Long-time faculty members Dr. Graham F. Peaslee and Dr.
Charlotte vanOyen-Witvliet have both been appointed to endowed professorships
at Hope College.
A
Research Collaborative in Chicago Thomas Higgins didn't expect
to stay long at Harold Washington College in Chicago, Illinois where
he began teaching biochemistry courses in 1998.
Nursing
Graduates Earn Perfect Pass Rate
HOLLAND - Hope College nursing graduates have consistently bested
the national and state averages in passing the national licensing
exam. This year, they did it perfectly.
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