Neuroscience

Friday, September 17, 2021

As part of Westminster College’s 2021 Homecoming and Reunion Week, nine alumni will be honored at the annual Alumni Awards Reception and Dinner on Friday, Oct. 15.

Friday, September 17, 2021

Dr. Deanne Buffalari, Westminster College associate professor of neuroscience, will present the 2021-2022 Henderson Lecture at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 13, in the Witherspoon Lakeview Room of Westminster’s McKelvey Campus Center.

Tuesday, August 31, 2021

As our children and loved ones make their way into the school year, we're thankful for alumni educators and professionals, one being Dr. Leah Hunter '13. During her time at Westminster College, she majored in Psychology and is now a licensed psychologist, having received her Master's in Education and Ph.D. in School Psychology from Penn State University.

Thursday, June 10, 2021

Samuel Accordino, a senior Westminster College neuroscience major, recently earned an undergraduate research award from Psi Chi, the International Honor Society in Psychology.

Tuesday, April 20, 2021

Tyler Snodgrass, one of the eight select podium presenters to be featured at this year’s Undergraduate Research and Arts Celebration (URAC) on Wednesday, April 21, will discuss his senior capstone project, “The Effects of Social Antecedents of Bulls--- on Bulls--- Detection.”

Monday, April 19, 2021

Zoe Cable, one of the eight select podium presenters to be featured at this year’s Undergraduate Research and Arts Celebration (URAC) on Wednesday, April 21, will discuss her senior capstone project, “Maternal Morbidity and Mortality in Relation to the Economic and Social Status of Women in Central America.”

Wednesday, April 14, 2021

Cass Nielsen, one of the eight select podium presenters to be featured at this year’s Undergraduate Research and Arts Celebration (URAC) on Wednesday, April 21, will discuss her senior capstone project, “The Effects of Methylphenidate and Nicotine on Spatial Working Memory in Rodents.”

Tuesday, April 13, 2021

Eight Westminster College students have been selected to offer in-person podium presentations during this year’s Undergraduate Research and Arts Celebration (URAC) on Wednesday, April 21.

Monday, March 29, 2021

Westminster College alumnae Ashlyn Brown ’17 and Christen Snyder ’19 saw their hard work acknowledged when the neuroscience research they performed as undergraduates was recently published in the peer-reviewed scientific journal Physiology and Behavior.

Friday, February 28, 2020