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火博体育大学
Neuroscience Program

新闻及活动

Current 新闻 in the Neuroscience Program!

令人兴奋的消息!

The Neuroscience Program is happy to announce the creation of the Eleanor B. Ketterer-Sykes ’24 Endowed Student Resource Fund in Neuroscience! This fund was established by Gwyneth Ketterer in honor of her daughter and graduating Neuroscience major, Ellie Ketterer-Sykes (shown below presenting a poster of her research and attending the Hudson-Berkshire Society for Neuroscience conference with other Skidmore Neuroscience students and 教员).

Ellie Presenting Poster               Skidmore Neuroscience

This fund will support participation of 火博体育大学 students pursuing majors or research in Neuroscience in activities that enhance their academic coursework, including research, travel, and participation in conferences. The Fund will also have the flexibility to support equipment and research supplies, depending on student need 每年. 

This fund will become available to students starting in Fall 2024.

更多令人兴奋的消息!

We are happy to announce that Dr. Sarita (Sara) Lagalwar has been promoted to Full Professor! This promotion acknowledges Dr. Lagalwar's sustained contributions to the NS Program, 火博体育大学 more generally, and the surrounding community, through her outstanding teaching, scholarship, and service. Congratulations, Sara!

the ns program is insta-famous!

We maintain an Instagram page about current goings-on in the Skidmore NS Program - check it out by scanning the QR code below!

NS Instagram QR Code

NS程序事件

The Neuroscience Program hosts a number of regular annual events - see below!

Annual NS程序事件:

     - 秋季研究展 - as the name implies, this happens each Fall semester, and introduces students to research opportunities in the NS Program. See more about this event (and about research opportunities more generally) 在这里.

      - 探索more - this Spring semester event is useful for prospective NS majors who have not yet 宣布主修专业. This event provides lots of information about course requirements 对于专业来说.

     - 学术节 - this college-wide culminating event happens the day following the last day of classes in the Spring semester. The NS Program's 学术节 event features poster presentations from senior researchers and a talk by the Hartnett奖 赢家.

      - 的 Induction Ceremony - this end-of-year event typically happens during Spring semester study days, and officially inducts new members to the Skidmore chapter of , the national honor society in neuroscience.

      - NS Study Breaks - these fun NS community events happen during study days prior to final exams during both Fall and Spring semesters. We play games, eat snacks, and enjoy the traditional Face Cake!

NS Study Break Spring 2024NS脸蛋糕2024

      - Research Talks - The NS Program typically hosts 1-2 talks per year by external scientists doing exciting work in Neuroscience. Here are a few posters from past talks:

Henriette van Praag talk posterTheanne Griffith talk posterCaroline Menard talk poster        
COVID-19 Talk PosterFarah Lubin talk posterJulie Pilitsis talk poster