Founded in 1848, Muhlenberg is a highly selective, four-year, residential, liberal arts college in the city of Allentown, Pa., with nearly 2,000 bachelor’s and master’s degree-seeking students, and a high return on investment. The college’s curriculum and experiences are designed to open doors to new ideas, discoveries, friendships and a lifetime of personal and intellectual growth.
(see more)Founded in 1848, Muhlenberg is a highly selective, four-year, residential, liberal arts college in the city of Allentown, Pa., with nearly 2,000 bachelor’s and master’s degree-seeking students, and a high return on investment. The college’s curriculum and experiences are designed to open doors to new ideas, discoveries, friendships and a lifetime of personal and intellectual growth.
Student Summer Research: Plant Organizing and Plant Finding
This summer, Lindsay Press '21, is conducting research on endangered plants in Pennsylvania at Muhlenberg College.
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2018 Jul 18
Student Summer Research: Softball and the Trampoline Effect
Kristina Qualben '19, a mathematics major, has combined her love for physics and softball by researching with professor Brett Fadem on the trampoline effect this summer at Muhlenberg College. In her research, she focuses on which bat brands will perform the best trampoline effect.
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2018 Jul 18
Examination of Radon Communication Channels in Allentown, PA
Rashida Haye '20, a public health major, is conducting research this summer with professor Chrysan Cronin, examining the health information of radon communication channels in Allentown, PA for residents. Rashida's research focuses on Non-Hispanic and Hispanic populations in regard to their health information they receive on radon and overall knowledge of the health risk of radon.
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2018 Jul 18
Make Visible The Tree: Patricia Burke Brogan and the Magdalen Laundries
This summer, Emily Casey '19, a double major in Theater and English, is conducting research for her English honors thesis with Professor David Rosenwasser at Muhlenberg College. Her research focuses on Irish playwright Patricia Burke Brogan and her interest on the Magdalen laundries, which were an institution of the Church and state that punished women who did not follow social norms.
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2018 Jul 18
Analytical Characterization of Passionflower Extracts Toward Understanding the GABA-A Receptor
This summer, Vivian Ha '20, who is mentored by the head of the chemistry department Dr. Christine Ingersoll, is continuing her research on analytical characterization of passionflower extracts to better understand the GABA-A receptor at Muhlenberg College.
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2018 Jul 18
A New Perspective on a Long-Ago Event
This rising senior, Michaela Feinberg '19, looks into an under-researched facet of Central African history.
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2018 Jul 18
Tara Werner '18 Wins Poster Presentation Award for Interdisciplinary Research Project
A mathematics and English double major, Werner won Outstanding Poster Presentation for "Chaucer's Mathematics" at MMA-NJ
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2018 May 7
Students Participate in Summer Research and Scholarship
More than 60 students from all academic fields took part last summer in Muhlenberg's undergraduate research program, working with faculty mentors on campus.
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2018 Mar 9
Fluency, Gesturing, and Language from an Embodied Cognition Perspective
This summer Molly Plotkin '19 is conducting research on how verbal fluency may be enhanced with gesture from the embodied cognition perspective.
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2018 Jul 18
Gerrymandering Issues? There's Math for That
Ben Lieberman '19, a mathematics and finance major, chose to research Pennsylvania congressional gerrymandering with James Russell, assistant professor of mathematics and computer science, he didn't know the issue would become headline news.
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2018 Feb 15
Summer Research can Take You Places-Like the Beautiful Pacific Northwest
Brooke Torjman '19 did field research on the shell preferences of hermit crabs with biology professor Erika Iyengar on Washington state's San Juan Island.
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2018 Feb 13