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Mike Liang, second year student at Calvin University
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Liberal arts education expands opportunities for future doctor

Mike Liang came to Calvin with a clear goal: to prepare to become a doctor. One year in, his goal...
Tick on grass
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Unraveling the Tick Puzzle

Since the summer of 2020, Calvin professor and Certified Wildlife Biologist® Will Miller has conducted research on the spread of tick populations across west Michigan. Seniors Jocelyn Nieze and Myles Radersma completed their second summer on his research team.
Two Calvin students holding a sheet outdoors after doing tick dragging.
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Student Research Leads to a Major Discovery 

On Friday, May 31, Telo Onyango, Jocelyn Nieze, and Myles Radersma were walking along a path in...
Professor Doug Vander Griend and Student Aerin Baker doing research together at Calvin University.
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Trio of Calvin students earn nation’s most prestigious STEM research award

Aerin Baker (Saugatuck, Mich.), Maggie Grabill (Ada, Mich.), and Ava Tatko (Grand Rapids, Mich.)...
A student at Calvin University doing fluorescence research
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Carnegie Classification recognizes Calvin University’s commitment to research 

Excellent teaching or robust research and scholarship. “It’s not either/or at Calvin,” said David...
Zach Guikema organizing plastic ziplock bags full of sediment he collected from rooftops.
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Discovering Community and Space Dust

With a trowel in one hand and a bucket in the other, Zach Guikema walks along the roofline of the...
A student smiles as she performs research in a lab at Calvin University.
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A Summer Full of Stem Research

When the spring semester winds down, research at Calvin ramps up. Every year, dozens of faculty work...
A professor and four students all in maroon lab coats smile at the camera.
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Opportunities illuminated in student's first year at Calvin

When Mariana Dykstra was looking at colleges, she had two basic criteria. She wanted to study in the...
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