Ripon helping members of the public experience upcoming eclipse on April 8
A public Eclipse Viewing Event will be held April 8 by The Society of Physics Students and the Ripon College departments of physics and education for the solar eclipse. All members of the Ripon community are invited to attend this public event sponsored by the Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium. Those interested can stop by Memorial […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Special Event.
Othon, Willoughby among collaborators receiving major National Science Foundation grant
A National Science Foundation grant worth more than $259,000 over four years has been awarded for an interdisciplinary research study led by Associate Professor of Physics Christina Othon, and her collaborators Associate Professor of Chemistry Patrick Willoughby and Erika Taylor, associate professor of chemistry at Wesleyan University in Connecticut. The study was recommended for funding […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Faculty, Funding, Research.
Ripon College is launching new engineering program
Ripon College is launching its first engineering program to coincide with the opening of the new Franzen Science Center in 2024. This curricular addition comes after the recent announcement of two new campus infrastructure projects: the Science Center and Hopp Stadium. “Ripon College isn’t just growing campus spaces,” said John Sisko, Ripon College vice president […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Academics.
Larry Huebner ’83 receives two major NASA awards
Two awards from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) have been received by Larry Huebner ’83 of Owens Cross Roads, Alabama. Huebner joined NASA in 1990 and is now a mission manager within NASA’s Technology Demonstration Missions Program Office. The NASA Engineering and Safety Center Director’s Award was presented to two individuals in an […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Bryant Vande Kolk ’12 will present alumni talks today, Friday
Bryant Vande Kolk ’12 of Ellicott City, Maryland, near Washington, D.C., will be a guest speaker today. His talk will begin at 7 p.m. in the Heritage Room of S.N. Pickard Commons. At Ripon, he majored in physics with minors in Spanish and mathematics. He now serves on the Alumni Board. He received a master’s […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Raymond Burkert Sawyer, Class of 1921, referenced in oral history interview
An Oral History Interview with Raymond Sawyer, professor emeritus of physics at the University of California at Santa Barbara, has been published by the American Institute of Physics. He is the son of Raymond Burkert Sawyer, Ripon College Class of 1921. In the interview, Sawyer talks briefly about his father. He says his parents met […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Ripon receives substantial gift of laboratory supplies worth more than $54,000
Ripon College has received a significant donation of laboratory assets from Luxerin Laboratories LLC in Fond du Lac. The massive donation includes equipment, chemicals, glassware, textbooks and supplies valued at just over $54,000. Luxerin Laboratories LLC was founded in 1967 as a family business to fill microbiological testing needs. After the death of founder Patrick […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Academics, Funding and gifts.
Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium funded student research this year
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 […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Research, Student.
Julia Goeks ’21 continues a legacy at Ripon College
Julia Goeks, a senior from Lake Forest, Illinois, is the fourth-generation member of her family to attend Ripon College. “I take that as a sign of how special the community is that it has been part of our family history for so long,” she says. Goeks is pursuing majors in chemistry and physics and a […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni, Student.
We’re still here: Junmo Kwon ’20
Junmo Kwon ’20 of Chicago, Illinois, will attend Illinois College of Optometry after he graduates this month. He is majoring in chemistry-biology with a minor in physics. “The most important lessons from Ripon College are being independent and finding a vision for my life,” Kwon says. “It’s not easy dealing with a sudden off-campus end […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Class of 2020, Student.
College helping with COVID-19 supplies for local assisted living facilities
Ripon College is doing its part to help support local assisted living facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic. Small facilities such as these do not have stockpiles of personal protective equipment and are not supported by the state’s emergency supply distribution network. Larger facilities such as hospitals and nursing homes have more access to available supplies. […]
Posted by Dale Devries in COVID-19.
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 […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Faculty, Research, Student.
Brett Barwick co-writes article on ultrafast electron vortex beams
Brett Barwick, associate professor of physics and the Harrison E. Farnsworth 1918 Chair in Physics, is co-author of an article published in Nature Materials. “Using a novel approach, EPFL physicists have been able to create ultrafast electron vortex beams, with significant implications for fundamental physics, quantum computing, future data storage, and even certain medical treatments,” […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Faculty.
Lisa Mahnke ’92 takes on new role at Bicycle Therapeutics
Lisa Mahnke ’92 of Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, was profiled in a release on the Associated Press Business Wire May 9, 2019. Mahnke has joined Bicycle Therapeutics as senior vice president and head of clinical. Bicycle Therapeutics is a biotechnology company pioneering a new class of therapeutics based on its proprietary bicyclic peptide product platform. Mahnke […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Rocket team takes part in statewide competition
The Ripon College rocket team participated in The Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium Collegiate Rocket Launch competition Sunday, April 28, at the Richard Bong State Recreation Area in Kenosha County. The team was one of 11 from Wisconsin to participate. The article “Day after snowstorm, rockets take to the sky” was featured April 28, 2019, in […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Student.
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 […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Ripon education gifted Michael Gableman ’16 with personal, professional advantages
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 […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Confidence, skills gained at Ripon lead to entrepreneurial endeavors
A Ripon College education “unlocked his potential,” according to Fred Kiekhaefer ’69 of Castle Rock, Colorado. At Ripon, Kiekhaefer discovered his affinity for physics and ability to pursue engineering. “Physics tested whether I had the capacity (for engineering),” he explains. “First-year chemistry/physics was a brain crusher. … I failed at first, but ultimately learned to […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Ripon No. 1 in state for how much graduates earn, according to U.S. Department of Education
Ripon College has been named the No. 1 school in Wisconsin whose grads earn the most in mean wages 10 years after graduation. The study, using data collected by the United States Department of Education, was published this week by Zippia, a new website dedicated to helping recent graduates with their career choices. The report […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Rankings.
Professor of physics emerita Mary Williams-Norton publishes article about teaching
Mary Williams-Norton, professor of physics emerita, had an article published in the quarterly spring issue of Radiations, the official publication of the Sigma Pi Sigma physics honor society. In the “Hidden Physicists” section of the publication, Williams-Norton writes about her philosophy that “every child should be able to have fun with physics.” “This was my […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Faculty.