Science - Video

Wendell Wallach discuses issues In the development of robotics and neurotechnologies.

Professor Steven Burian is the chair of the biology department at Southern. He is also the discoverer of a new species of mayfly, Acentrella Rallatoma. In this video, he talks about the discovery.

A slideshow highlighting Southern’s myriad science programs, from the SCSU/Yale joint materials science center, to Connecticut’s first ever dedicated nanotech research center, to the planned academic and laboratory science building.

In 2002 geology professor Thomas Fleming went to Antarctica with two undergraduate students. In 2006, he returned with a larger group. In this video, Fleming tells the story of these trips, from arriving at Mcmurdo Station -- the largest US base in Antarctica -- to bringing samples back to Southern for geochemical work.

Associate professor Valerie Andrushko discusses the independent study she teaches as part of Southern’s anthropology program. The class emphasizes the importance of hands on experience. Students have the opportunity to handle real skeletons from sites across Connecticut. Some, like undergrad Adriana Sypek, will even have the chance to perform field research with Andrushko in Peru.