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May 23, 2016 • Caitlin Burns
Over 1,000 Arcadia University students earned doctoral, master’s, and baccalaureate degrees at Graduate and Undergraduate Commencement ceremonies on May 19 and 20 on Haber Green. At Thursday's Graduate Ceremony, Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters recipient Lois Haber ’71, ’16H retired CEO and...
Apr 26, 2016 • Christopher Sarachilli
Dr. Sheryl Smith, associate professor of Biology, has been selected as the 2016 Michael L. Berger Faculty Scholars and Artists Prize recipient at Arcadia University. Dr. Smith is the second faculty member to receive this award, which was introduced by friends of Provost Emeritus...
Aug 11, 2015 • Christopher Sarachilli
Arcadia University’s Art Research Collaboration (ARC) Exhibition Program is pleased to present “Biodesign Atacama: Imagining New Life Forms in the Northern Chilean Desert,” on display in the Commons Art Gallery through Nov. 29. The digital images, printed 3D models, video animations, and other...
Jun 19, 2015 • Christopher Sarachilli
Nearly one hundred scientific illustrators from around the world will gather at Arcadia University for the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators (GNSI) Conference and Annual Meeting in July. Sponsored by Arcadia, DB Shaw Studios, and the Philadelphia Society of Botanical Illustrators, the core...
Jun 2, 2015 • Christopher Sarachilli
Dr. Sheryl Smith and Dr. Carlos Ortiz, along with student coauthors Frederic J. Deuschle ’12, Lauren A. DiLorenzo ’12, Katie L. Goeller ’12, Christopher R. Macchi ’12, Sarah E. Muller ’13M, Brittany D. Pasierb ’13M, Joseph E. Sable ’11, Jessica M. Tucci ’12, and Marykathryn Tynon ’13M, were part of...
Dr. Smith’s research interests include investigating a number of toxicants, including Bisphenol-A (BPA), Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP), butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA), and Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE), ubiquitously found in commercially available products and in our environment, for their potential effects on Drosophila development. Her group has found that exposure to a significant number of toxicants causes an alteration in body size during development, and have further found that several toxicants cause disturbances in the timing of onset of maturation. Dr. Smith has a specific interest in the non-monotonic dose response to endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs), such as BPA. She is using a variety of cell, molecular, and bioinformatic approaches to identify toxicant-induced disturbances in cellular pathways that control growth and development.