Interdisciplinary offerings helps alumna pursue future in science

Interdisciplinary offerings helps alumna pursue future in science

Interdisciplinary offerings helps alumna pursue future in science April 5, 2019 Erika Danella`18 arrived at Quinnipiac intent on studying health sciences and pursuing medical school in the future. Then, a single biology course opened up a new world of possibilities she had never considered, including Quinnipiac’s pre-dental concentration. “So many opportunities were offered to me, and I was able to do a great amount of career exploration,” said Danella, whose goal is to work as both a dentist and researcher. Adding dual minors in anthropology and chemistry gave Danella the chance to apply her research skills abroad. In addition to trips to the United Arab Emirates, Italy and London, Danella…

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Local News Coverage: Csabai Merleg

Local News Coverage: Csabai Merleg

Publication Date: August 11, 2016   To download the article, click here.  

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Local News Coverage: Békés Megyei Hirlap

Local News Coverage: Békés Megyei Hirlap

Publication Date: July 27, 2015   To download the article, click here.

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Local News Coverage: Békés Megyei Hirlap

Local News Coverage: Békés Megyei Hirlap

Publication Date: August 4, 2016       To download the article, click here.

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Local News Coverage: Békés Megyei Hirlap

Local News Coverage: Békés Megyei Hirlap

Publication Date:  July 31 2018       To download the article, click here.

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Local News Coverage: Békés Megye

Local News Coverage: Békés Megye

Publication Date: July 31, 2018 Link to the online article.

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Local News Coverage: Aktuális - Békés

Local News Coverage: Aktuális – Békés

Publication Date: August 1, 2018

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OT student digs for answers

OT student digs for answers

OT student digs for answers   As an occupational therapy major, sophomore Heleinna Cruz learns by observing how people move. Over the summer, Cruz had a chance to learn from bodies that hadn’t moved in nearly 5,000 years. Cruz was a member of an international team of specialists and students from around the world who excavated and analyzed material from burial sites in the Bronze Age cemetery of Békés 103 in Hungary. The work is part of the BAKOTA project, an international, multidisciplinary archaeological project. This fall, Cruz presented her research findings at a professional conference and will continue developing her work to present at a conference in Canada in…

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Learning From What Remains

Learning From What Remains

For six weeks, under a scorching sun, Matt Capece ’16 carefully and methodically removed layers of dirt in one family’s private yard in Hungary to search for bones human bones. Below the flat landscape in southeastern Hungary ornamented with fruit trees, gardens and rows of crops are the remains of people who lived and were laid to rest there 4,000 years ago during the Middle Bronze Age. Bone fragments, as well as other artifacts, show how these people were buried, and more important, what that says about how they lived. “When you pick up a small fragment of bone in the field and realize that it was once a piece…

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Students selected to participate in archaeological dig in Hungary

Students selected to participate in archaeological dig in Hungary

May 5, 2015 – Two Quinnipiac students are among 10 undergraduates from across the country who have been selected to participate in an archaeological dig and research project in Hungary this summer. Matthew Capece, a junior biology major, and Edward Bormann, a senior diagnostic imaging student, will spend six weeks unearthing artifacts and conducting research at the Middle Bronze Age Cemetery and the settlement of Bekes 103 in southeastern Hungary as part of the Bronze Age Koros Off-Tell Archaeology (BAKOTA) Project. Students will work individually or in teams on specific research related to their interests. “Finding out I was selected and would be using diagnostic imaging procedures to do research…

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