Myers ’26 Competes in Cycling Nationals
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Photo provided by Meyers ’26
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By Megan Clancy ’07
In May, Will Myers ’26 competed for the second time at the USA Cycling Collegiate Road National Championships, representing CC. The competition, held this year in Madison, WI, is a three-day event that attracts some of the best cyclists in the country.
“Through my time at CC, I’ve been able to continue cycling at a high level thanks to the incredible support and understanding of my friends, professors, and the club sports faculty,” says Myers, a History major. “CC supports an environment where extracurricular activities are incredibly valued because there’s a recognition of just how important it is to strike that balance in your life. I’ve almost always felt like I had the time and space to devote the energy to cycling that it requires, which wouldn’t be possible without that encouragement.”
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Fall Conference is Next Week for Staff and Faculty
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Don’t miss Fall Conference 2025 on Friday, Aug. 15, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Tava Quad, hosted by the Academic Events Committee.
This annual event marks the beginning of the academic year and offers faculty and staff a meaningful chance to reconnect over breakfast and lunch, engaging conversations, and topical sessions.
Check out the great sessions available and register by 5 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 11.
Please reach out to Keragan Ettleman with any questions. We look forward to kicking off the year together and hope to see you there!
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Organismal Biology & Ecology Department Receives NSF Grant
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Left to right: Cricket Mohring ’28, OBE major, Associate Professor Dr. Rachel Jabaily and Magdalyn Rowley-Lange ’26, OBE major
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By Julia Fennell ’21
Associate Professor of Organismal Biology and Ecology (OBE) and Southwest Studies Dr. Rachel Jabaily and her two students Magdalyn Rowley-Lange ’26 and Cricket Mohring ’28, are conducting research this summer on how plants in the pineapple family respond to nitrogen. The team’s study is funded by a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant.
Jabaily, Rowley-Lange, and Mohring are hoping to develop the tropical bromeliad family, which has over 3,500 species, as a model group for understanding how nitrogen scarcity can influence physiology, growth, and nitrogen cycling through ecosystems. They are conducting experiments on ten species in the CC Greenhouse in the Barnes Science Center, varying the amount of nitrogen received by the different species. The plants’ growth, development, and decay rate are carefully tracked over time. Ultimately, this project will help provide a more detailed framework for understanding the evolution of plant diversity.
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Henry Moraja ’25 Awarded CBYX Placement
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Photo provided by Moraja ’25
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By Julia Fennell ’21
Henry Moraja ’25 will spend the next 11 months in Germany after being selected for the 2025-2026 Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals (CBYX).
“I am incredibly excited to have the opportunity to spend more time in Germany and continue my study of German language and culture,” says Moraja, who majored in German. “CC’s German Department and the study abroad options it offers inspired me to pursue this program, and I feel well prepared to take advantage of this great experience and learn from the challenges it will present to me.”
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Libation Lecture: Squaring the Circle — with Quilts!
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Photo provided by the FAC.
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Imagine five friends in a quilting circle decide to make five quilts in a “round robin” sort of way. Is it possible to find a way to pass quilts among five people so that each person works on each quilt, and no person passes to the same person twice? The pursuit of an answer leads to “Latin squares” — mathematical objects with a thousand-year history and modern applications. Come to Libation Lecture: Squaring the Circle — with Quilts! with Associate Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science Beth Malmskog on Friday, Aug. 15 at 5:30 p.m. and learn all about it.
The journey doesn’t stop there, though; this talk will describe how one simple problem connects quilting, taste testing, combinatorics, group theory, graph theory, number theory, music, Tom and Jerry, and the power/limits of modern computing. We may be starting with just a simple quilt, but we’ll end up with some mathematical mysteries that remain unsolved to this day.
Themed Cocktail: Square Root Spritz — A zesty and refreshing twist on the classic spritz, featuring ginger beer for an earthy “root” flavor.
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RoCCy’s in his main character era, checking out the cool interactive tables with some employees at the new 707 Pizza. Photo by Khloe Haney for CC.
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