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Professor and students research Great Lakes birds
A Calvin College professor of biology and three students are researching the effects of pollution on Great Lakes colonial water birds. August 22, 2007 | Myrna Anderson

Students win Goldwater Scholarship, honorable mention
Calvin student Melissa Haegert receives honorable mention for the Goldwater Scholarship. April 18, 2008 | Myrna Anderson

Luncheon celebrates student research
The annual summer luncheon is orchestrated to help students connect with those who help fund their research fellowships. Professors working with research fellows come, too, to celebrate the opportunities Calvin students have to do get hands-on experience in their academic fields. August 01, 2008 | Allison Graff

Happy Birthday, Constitution
On September 17, 2008 Calvin students and faculty gathered to observe the historical day. September 19, 2008 | Katie Landan

Scholarship beyond the disciplines
The launch of Calvin College’s Integrated Science Research Institute (ISRI) was held at 3:30 p.m. Oct. 1, in the atrium of the Science Building. The event attracted over 100 Calvin students, staff and faculty, spanning the disciplines. October 03, 2008 | Katie Landan

Interim 2009: The lying life of the spy
A fact-finding session began the opening class of the interim “Spies, Lies and National Security.” Professor Bill Stevenson, the mastermind of the class, was training his students to gather information. He was teaching them, in fact, to be spies. January 09, 2009 | Myrna Anderson

ISRI awards scholarships to incoming students
The Integrated Science Research Institute (ISRI) will award a total of $32,000 in scholarships to up to eight current and incoming students in 2009–2010 through a $581,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). March 19, 2009 | Myrna Anderson

The Goldwater five
Each of the five students at the table—Leisman, Cok, Tasker, Ferdinands and Haegert—is a recipient of a prestigious Goldwater Scholarship. Together they are the largest contingent of Goldwater Scholars ever to study at Calvin. April 29, 2009 | Myrna Anderson

Faculty Profile: Roland Hoksbergen
A look at professor of economics and international development studies Roland Hoksbergen. June 12, 2009 | Matt Decker

Faculty Profile: Joel Adams
When Joel Adams was in junior high, he used to watch his father, a professor at Geneva College, do a chemistry problem every evening. “Each problem would take him three hours,” he recalled. June 14, 2010 | Amy Surbatovich

Faculty Profile: James Skillen
In an ideal world, Calvin professor James Skillen says, his job description would be simple: backpacking. "Unfortunately, though, that’s not how it works," he joked. August 31, 2010 | Amy Surbatovich

Innovation Encounter
A team of six Calvin business, engineering and computer science majors took first place in the 2010 “Innovation Encounter”—an inventive problem solving competition hosted by Lawrence Tech University. Calvin competed with five other colleges and universities in developing a new idea for a smart phone application to interface with vehicle systems. November 05, 2010 | Matt

Founders Award
Corwin Smidt, director of the Paul Henry Institute and professor of political science at Calvin, was awarded the “Founders Award” at the 42nd-annual meeting of the Michigan Conference of Political Scientists held October 21-22. November 11, 2010 | Matt Kucinski

Q&A on Egypt
Two Calvin staffers raised in Egypt reflect on the current political situation in that country. February 15, 2011 | Myrna Anderson

Gerald Gabrielse '73
Gerald Gabrielse '73 is the George Vasmer Professor of Physics at Harvard University. September 12, 2011 | Myrna Anderson

Melissa Haegert Dykhuis '10
She grew up stargazing in Africa and researched asteroids at Calvin. Now Melissa Haegert Dykhuis is earning a doctorate in physics. September 12, 2011 | Myrna Anderson

Calvin mourns David DeHeer
Biology professor David DeHeer passed away Friday, Sept. 16. His colleagues remember him as a leader, mentor and man of science. September 16, 2011 | Matt Kucinski , Myrna Anderson

An NSF grant for better biology teaching
A $200,000 grant from the National Science Foundation will allow faculty to build more research into the biology classroom. March 06, 2012 | Myrna Anderson

Astronomy students receive NASA-funded fellowships
Sophomore physics majors are researching asteroids and stars through Michigan Space Grant Consortium undergraduate fellowships. March 20, 2012 | Matt Kucinski

Calvin's swim coach completes Ironman, longtime dream
Calvin's swim coach Dan Gelderloos realized a longtime dream this summer by completing an Ironman Triathlon. August 28, 2012 | Jeff Febus

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