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Rising Christian Band Crafts Anthems of Faith, Hope, Love
The City Harmonic, a rising Christian rock band from Canada, performs music that “makes you reflect on what you really believe about yourself, your world and your God.”
Posted: Mon, September 17th, 2012 at 5:07PM

Astronaut Discusses Science of Space Travel to Mars
An astronaut and physiologist who has logged 16 days and 6.4 million miles in space conducting neuroscience experiments addressing the effects of space travel on human health will speak at Alma College.
Posted: Mon, September 17th, 2012 at 5:02PM

 

Spring Term at Alma is a one-month immersion on a single academic topic that offers learning experiences not typically available during the more traditional 15-week fall and winter terms. For example, during Spring Term 2012, students observed lizards in Bermuda, studied modern economic development in India, performed dance in Taiwan, examined renewable energy in Europe and investigated medicinal plants in the Amazon rainforest.

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Faculty Profile

Dr. John Rowe

Dr. John Rowe
Departments: Biology

Biologist John Rowe’s laboratory resembles a turtle zoo.

Children’s wading pools converted into baby turtle habitats are arranged in rows in his darkened lab. Large curtains surround each pool, with lights, some brighter than others, directly overhead. Students maintain the lab, take measurements and analyze data pertaining to the scientific question: Does the intensity of light affect turtles and their shell coloring and growth rates?

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