The grant will help attract, retain, and graduate students with high financial need who are majoring in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields.
Meet Southwestern University’s Cat Partners club and its furry, feline family.
Southwestern STEM students combine science, art, and community engagement in collaborative SciArt projects.
Garey Endowed Chair in Chemistry Maha Zewail-Foote publishes an article on how she successfully transformed her biochemistry lab to an online platform.
Southwestern microbiologist Martín Gonzalez weighs in on the science of the latest coronavirus.
Chemistry major and cellist Sydney Seavey ’20 shares how she has found harmony in music and the path toward medical school.
SU faculty get creative in retooling their classes while students face the many difficulties of distance learning during the pandemic.
SU faculty reflect on the challenges—and some unexpected rewards—of moving their classes online.
Phillip Keys ’20, a biochemistry major and biology minor, shares how his high-impact research internship has helped him prepare for medical school.
Ana Sanchez ’22, Justin McCormack ’20, Megan Melo ’21, and Madison Delmer ’21 reflect on their hands-on internships in the operating room and in the research lab.
Mauro Garcia ’18 expands his vocal horizons at the Butler Opera Center Young Artist Program.
Antonio Mendez ’20 discusses how research at Southwestern is unique.
Scott Rocher ’04 and Blithe Casterline Rocher ’05 reflect on their Southwestern Experience.
The new school advances research and learning in science and mathematics fields within the context of the humanities, social sciences, and fine arts.
Lauren Gillespie ’19 reflects on what it takes to research, present, and publish successfully as a chemistry and computer science double major.
Watch special moments from the Final Beam Ceremony including: Jack Garey signing the final beam and a bird’s eye view of the construction.
Alumna Dr. Catherine Chappell ’03 finds that fewer than a third of infants exposed to hepatitis C are later screened to monitor and treat the potentially fatal virus.
On February 2, 2018, Southwestern University officially broke ground on the second phase of a $37 million-dollar expansion to the Fondren-Jones Science Center. The project is expected to be completed and ready to welcome students in the fall of 2019.
SCOPE summer research projects teach patience, persistence and effective failure
Taylor Bailey changes career path from art therapy to art conservation, lands door-opening summer internship opportunity through Southwestern connection.
Taylor Bailey changes career path from art therapy to art conservation, lands door-opening summer internship opportunity through Southwestern connection.
SCOPE students grow, harvest basil to analyze antioxidant properties as plant matures.
Since 2013, F. Fleming Crim ’69 has been the Assistant Director for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) at the National Science Foundation (NSF), where he leads a staff of 160 and has an annual budget of $1.3 billion. MPS supports core research in astronomy, chemistry, physics, material science and mathematics; in his role, Crim oversees policy decisions for some of the most fundamental and creative science efforts in the United States.
Patrick Flanigan, sees himself as a mad scientist and considering his biochemistry major, as well as all he was involved in at Southwestern, one can see why. Patrick was an undergraduate researcher and chemistry tutor, a resident assistant, captain of the swim team , a healthcare volunteer, and a lifeguard.