Working alongside Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy Daniel Grin, Sweeney is using novel dark matter models to describe the structure of the early universe.
Summer Centered Stories exploring Haverford students' Center-funded summer work
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A native of Germany, the physics major will return to Europe this summer to conduct theoretical physics research that will be used to construct a model of the Big Bang.
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In an on-campus physics lab, the physics and math double major tests the cohesive properties of simulated particles.
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The computer science and mathematics double major is at the University of Maryland this summer, working on finding kidney donor-recipient matches using neural networks, as part of the National Science Foundation’s Research Experiences for Undergraduates program.
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In her hometown, the psychology major is spending 10 weeks studying genetic mutations that result in Cornelia de Lange syndrome.
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The biology major and environmental studies minor is analyzing samples of Emiliania huxleyi at Haverford and, later, at the University of Georgia.
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At the University of Florida in Gainesville, the two rising juniors are using supercomputer models to learn about the evolution of the universe’s early galaxies.
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The biology major and Velay Fellow is conducting research in Bergen, Norway, with scientists from all over the U.S. and Europe.
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The intended astrophysics major is using funding from the KINSC to study the magnetic fields of gaseous clouds that provide matter for our galaxy’s stars.
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Thanks to funding from the Koshland Integrated Science Center, the rising seniors are getting a head start on their thesis research in the lab of Assistant Professor of Chemistry Lou Charkoudian '03 this summer.
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Tosin Alliyu '18 is studying bias in computer-generated decisions in her research internship with Assistant Professor of Computer Science Sorelle Friedler.
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The biology major is in New York working in the lab of Dr. Jennifer Punt (BMC '83) and Dr. Stephen Emerson '74 at Columbia University Medical Center.
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The geology major is spending her summer collecting soil samples at Unionville Serpentine Barrens for her KINSC-sponsored thesis research.
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The biology major is working in a hematology lab at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia for the second summer in a row.
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The chemistry major is interning in the lab of Professor William Lubell at the University of Montreal in Quebec, Canada.