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Inside the very hungry brains of preschoolers
Chris Kuzawa

Inside the very hungry brains of preschoolers

Childhood is understood as a time to learn and grow. What Christopher Kuzawa’s research shows is that learning and growing are interconnected.

How inflammation may prime the gut for cancer (external link)
A fluorescence micrograph of mouse colon shows dysfunctional and abnormal cells in green against a black background

How inflammation may prime the gut for cancer 

A study in mice suggests that even intestinal cells that appear healthy may hold epigenetic “memories” of earlier bouts of inflammation that can promote colon cancer later in life.

How does dopamine shape our choices? Thesis investigates (external link)
Sean Meng ’26 in the lab

How does dopamine shape our choices? Thesis investigates 

Neurobiology concentrator Sean Meng ’26 is fascinated by how individuals see the world. He first became aware of how differently people can experience the same environment while serving as a teaching assistant at a school in Lawrence, Massachusetts. There, he met Elmer, a first grader with severe autism who was, for the most part, overlooked. After spending more time with him, Meng found that Elmer truly “was seeing the world in very different ways.”