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A cold beer on a hot summer day is great, says Evan Merkhofer, assistant professor of Biology at Mount Saint Mary College. But it’s ever better if you’ve brewed it yourself.   Merkhofer gave a crash course on brewing a good beer at home – and the science…

The Mount’s Douglas Robinson on pest-free Adele Island, off the coast of Abel Tasman National Park, New Zealand. On his first trip more than a decade ago, Douglas Robinson, associate professor of Biology at Mount Saint Mary College, fell in love with…

Mount Saint Mary College was recently awarded a $750,000 grant from the Collegiate Science, Technology, and Engineering Program (C-STEP).  Mount Saint Mary College was recently awarded a $750,000 grant from the New York State Education Department to…

Local elementary school students were wowed by educational experiments during Mount Saint Mary College’s Family Science Night on Friday, October 25. The event was held in collaboration with the American Chemical Society as part of National Chemistry…

Doug Robinson, associate professor of Biology at Mount Saint Mary College, and students in his Ecology class explored the Quassaick Creek at Cronomer Park in Newburgh, N.Y. on October 1. The students examined aquatic insect larvae, pursued and captured…

Suparna Bhalla, associate professor of Biology at the Mount, oversaw Sabina Zarod of Poughquag, N.Y. on the project, “Investigation of the Antiproliferative Effects of Trans-cinnamaldehyde on HeLa cells.”  From advances in healthcare to mixing Mathematics…

Elizabeth Harper, assistant professor of Biology at Mount Saint Mary College, teaching students in her classroom.  Mount Saint Mary College is proud to announce that the Division of Natural Sciences will begin offering an Exercise Science major in the…

As part of their orientation to the surrounding community, the scholars of the Science Bridge Program attended a Renegades baseball game after a day of studying. Two weeks before their classmates began at Mount Saint Mary College, 15 first-year students…