Timothy Gallagher’s ’19 CMC science career came full circle this year. The summer before his senior year, he made an impression during a funded internship through the Soll Center for Student Opportunity at Scripps Research in San Diego. Now, he’s studying for his Ph.D. there.
John Spinosa ’80 wanted to try a new approach.
Before he arrived at the San Diego Blood Bank in the summer of 2017, Spinosa had co-founded a biotech company. Now, as the pathologist and chief medical officer began digging into the blood bank’s fundamental challenge—how to meet the constant demand for multiple varieties of blood from a supply dependent on a largely unpredictable pool of volunteer donors—he turned to one of an entrepreneur’s favorite tools: data.
Two weeks after giving birth to her second child, Dr. Tanya Remer Altmann ’94 was heading to New York to appear on Today for the first time. The California-based pediatrician was boarding the plane when a producer called to say they changed the topic for her segment—to a study being released the next morning that she didn’t know much about.
In December 1953, at the suggestion of trustee Herbert Hoover Jr. (former United States Assistant Secretary of State), the CMC faculty approved a joint five-year engineering-business administration program, leading to a BA from CMC in business administration and a BS in engineering from Stanford University.
From investigating the resiliency of young adults to turning back the clock on memory for older populations, four professors in CMC’s Psychological Sciences department are looking at how we mentally manage our world.
Environmental chemistry students collaborate on research overseas to revive Bangkok canals
Bangkok’s khlongs: The historic canal system connecting residents across the city is also a mode of transport that sustains a vibrant floating market culture. Over time, many khlongs have been filled in or become so polluted as to inhibit their use. But what if science could be used to revive some of those khlongs and their surroundings—and consequently improve the lives of neighbors along the waterways?
Long before she became an industrial engineer, Harriet Nembhard ’91 would ask her father, a pilot, questions like: Why are all the small planes on one side of the airport and the large ones on the other? How does a piece of luggage get to its assigned aircraft?
“I could identify the planes, too,” she said, “but I had systems questions. These types of questions have always intrigued me.”
Biophysics major Kelly Watanabe’s ’20 approach to the liberal arts at CMC was pretty simple. “I’m happiest when I keep myself busy with learning and new experiences,” she said.
A student research manager in the Roberts Environmental Center and mentor in the Murty Sunak Quantitative and Computing Lab, Watanabe was also a flautist with the Claremont Concert Orchestra, president of the Music Mania Club, and a jumper on the CMS Track and Field team.
Emily Wiley, associate dean of the faculty and professor of biology, shares the latest on the evolution of CMC’s science plan.
The first person Lydia (Yancan) Li ’13 told—upon learning she’d made the Forbes Under 30 list—was, of course, her mom. They’re close and talk daily. But Li also reached out to someone she hadn’t seen in a while: her former CMC faculty mentor Marc Massoud.
