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Emily Tetzlaff '20

We’re still here: Emily Tetzlaff ’20

In the fall, Emily Tetzlaff ’20 of Kaukauna, Wisconsin, will be attending Pacific University to pursue a doctor of optometry degree. At Ripon, she is majoring in chemistry-biology with minors in Spanish and business management. “The greatest skill Ripon College has allowed me to develop is an ability to overcome mental hurdles,” Tetzlaff says. “I […]

Julia Goeks '21, left, and Christina Othon

Work by Christina Othon, Julia Goeks ’21 highlighted in several presentations

A paper about small biopreservative sugars by Christina Othon, associate professor of physics, Julia Goeks ’21 of Lake Forest, Illinois, and coauthors has been published by ACS Publications. Othon also presented on the work during an invited talk in July at the fifth International Frontiers in Water Biophysics Conference in Erice, Italy. Goeks presented the […]

Photographic image of a black hole

Ripon alumna Ann Ewing ’41 coined the term ‘black hole’ in space terminology

The first-ever image of a black hole, a space phenomenon located in a distant galaxy, was released Wednesday with details published in Astrophysical Journal Letters. It was photographed by Event Horizon Telescope, a network of eight linked telescopes across the world, because no single telescope is powerful enough to do so on its own. The […]