{"id":236722,"date":"2026-07-06T14:57:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T14:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/236722\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T14:57:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T14:57:08","slug":"class-of-2026-graduates-of-magis-honors-program-in-stem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/236722\/","title":{"rendered":"Class of 2026 Graduates of Magis Honors Program in STEM"},"content":{"rendered":"

Seven members of The University of Scranton\u2019s class of 2026 graduated from its Magis Honors Program in STEM. The program, which is one of the Jesuit school\u2019s five honors programs<\/a>. combines the development of STEM knowledge and research techniques with programming to further the students\u2019 understanding of the impact science has on society.<\/p>\n

The Magis Honors Program<\/a> in STEM offers talented students a more intense, interdisciplinary experience of research in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Courses taken over four years at Scranton combine a series of seminars on STEM and society with humanities courses. With guidance by faculty mentors, the students in the program develop, present and defend a thesis based on their individual research projects. In addition, the program requires participation in annual community service projects as well as professional development programs.<\/p>\n

The following members of Scranton\u2019s class of 2026 graduated as members of the Magis Honors Program in STEM<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Connor P. Brophy, Macungie, graduated, cum laude, as a Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology major and as a member of the University Honors Program. Brophy worked with faculty mentor Riddiman Medhi, Ph.D., assistant professor of chemistry, on a thesis project entitled “Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) and their ability to detect things in the environment.”<\/p>\n

Alyssa M. Cosklo, Fell Township, graduated, summa cum laude, as a Biology major. Cosklo worked with faculty mentor Amelia Randich, Ph.D., associate professor of biology, on a thesis project entitled “Characterizing the growth and morphology\/reproductive method of the marine Caulobacteria Henriciella pelagia.” Cosklo is the recipeint of the University’s four-year, full-tuition Presidential Scholarship.<\/p>\n

Grace L. Lloyd, Yardley, graduated, summa cum laude, as an individualized major and as a member of the University Honors Program. Lloyd worked with faculty mentor Marc Seid, Ph.D., professor of biologyon a thesis project entitled “Thermal dynamics of prion and protein misfolding: A compuational approach.”<\/p>\n

Alexa R. Martinez, Walden, New York, graduated, summa cum laude, as a Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology major. Martinez worked with faculty mentor Michael Hague, Ph.D., assistant professor of biology, on a thesis project entitled “Effects of transmission of the parasite Wolbachia.”<\/p>\n

Sheldon S. Myers, Downingtown, graduated, summa cum laude, as a Biochemistry major. Myers worked with faculty mentor Michael Fennie, Ph.D., professor of chemistry, on a thesis project entitled \u201cCyano and Azido Tryptophan Probe Synthesis for Use in 2D IR Spectroscopic Protein Structure Elucidation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hailey C. Patts, Harding, graduated, summa cum laude, as a Biochemistry major. Patts worked with faculty mentor Michael Fennie, Ph.D., professor of chemistry, on a thesis project entitled “Effects of the estrous cycle on Parkinson’s Disease in female mice.”<\/p>\n

Daniella M. Scanlon, Goshen, New York, graduated, magna cum laude, as a Neuroscience major. Scanlon worked with faculty mentor Chris Howey, Ph.D., associate professor and chair of the Biology Department, on a thesis project entitled “Ambient light at night and how it affects the behavior of male anoles.”<\/p>\n

Declan Mulhall, Ph.D., professor of physics and engineering, and Amelia Randich, Ph.D., associate professor of biology, serve as the directors of the Magis Honors Program in STEM.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Seven members of The University of Scranton\u2019s class of 2026 graduated from its Magis Honors Program in STEM.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":236723,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[81353,18270,101930,178,180,179,12041,274,101929],"class_list":["post-236722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-class-of-2026","tag-magis-honors-program-in-stem","tag-programs-of-excellence","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news","tag-stem","tag-the-university-of-scranton","tag-undergraduate-honors-programs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236722"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236722\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/236723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}