Biology Stories

"I let myself get into what exactly I found interesting from my high school studies—conservation, ecology, sustainable living systems, and international sustainable policy."

“I definitely want to keep cultivating these data skills.” - Nicole Cavalieri '26

"College is a time to find your footing, so make use of this privilege and enjoy your time doing so."

How can we use science to respond to the criticisms of those in power that might disagree with our fundamental assumptions about the reliability of scientific facts?

How can we use science to respond to the criticisms of those in power that might disagree with our fundamental assumptions about the reliability of scientific facts?

This year-long cluster explores the intersections of scientific, philosophic and humanistic ways of thinking about, writing about, and visually representing ways we look at origin stories.

Coastlines, by definition transitional environments, are naturally dynamic and resilient. But climate change, sea level rise and shifting species distributions are now causing rapid physical and ecological changes to the world’s coasts. Anticipating and addressing these changes requires understanding the physical, chemical and biological processes that interact at the land-sea boundary. (Taught 2014-15; 2017; 2020; 2024)

This cluster uses multidisciplinary tools from language and culture, literature, and environmental science to reveal histories hidden in and around the city of Angoulême, France.

Changing Education, the first 360° offering at Bryn Mawr, is inspired by the College's 125th anniversary in 2010-11.

This 360° cluster focuses on the unique ties between Russia and its largest neighbor to the East, China.

“What really drew me to Bliss Dental was the goals the company has to make dental care available and accessible in the Black community and to make it a safe space.”

Over the next few years, my research aims will remain centered on investigating the genetics of underrepresented human ancestries—e.g., African, Latin American—and to use computational tools to understand the interplay between evolutionary processes and complex disease/phenotypes.