Jan Plane, associate professor of computer science, was the keynote speaker at the workshop “A Deep Dive by EDU Change Makers,” hosted April 27 by Google NYC Women Techmakers at the Google Headquarters in New York City. Plane attended the workshop virtually. The theme of the workshop was “Dare to Be,” and Plane’s opening talk […]
A grant from the Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium funded two student research projects this year. Christina Othon, associate professor of physics, applied for the grant aimed at contributing to NASA’s research program “Examining Hydration Mechanisms of Osmolytes for Food Stabilization.” The $9,500 award funded projects by Brianna Bembenek ’22 of Campbellsport, Wisconsin, who worked on […]
Shreeya Gautam ’21 of Kathmandu, Nepal, and Valerie Doornbos ‘21 of Allendale, Michigan, both took part in fellowships with the Summer Institute on Sustainability and Energy. The program usually is held at the University of Illinois at Chicago, but because of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was entirely virtual this year. Gautam is majoring in environmental […]
Studies at Ripon College led to a career in computer science for David Daugherty III ’18. Daugherty is an analyst programmer on the Enterprise Data Programming Services unit for Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. He will be transferring to the Scottsdale, Arizona, campus in January 2020. In his job, he primarily uses SQL code to […]
Michael Gableman ’16 of Greendale, Wisconsin, credits three major factors for his decision to attend Ripon College: the vast range of courses available, the natural beauty of the campus, and the people. Gableman had known he wanted to study something related to mathematics or science, but he also wanted to study disciplines unrelated to his […]