Stories

Opening Doors and Opening the Mind

New Neuroscience Program at SCU enjoys its first academic year

Forging a Path to Neuroscience: Egwim

Christina Egwim '17 created her own academic journey - an Individual Studies major in neuroscience.

Forging a Path to Neuroscience: Hoover

Jonathan Hoover: Proud to be one of the first neuroscience majors at Santa Clara University.

Meet the Scholars

Neuroscience Student Researches Anxiety-Alcoholism Connection

Prestigious DeNardo Grant supports a 2-year collaborative research opportunity

The Neuroscience Department welcomes Lang Chen, PhD in September

Working towards justice for the disadvantaged

REAL student Olivia Mora ‘20 interned with the Federal Trade Commission investigating unfair business practices.

Taking Team Beetle From the Field to the Lab

REAL student Paola Valle ‘20 brings data from a summer of field studies in the Sierras back to Santa Clara for further review

Junior Max Bjorni named Goldwater Scholar

Neuroscience and Biology double major is the first Santa Clara University student to win the prestigious Goldwater Scholarship in over a decade.

Lindsay Halladay awarded Young Investigator Grant

SCU’s Lindsay Halladay has earned the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation’s Young Investigator Grant to support her research on the neurobiological and behavioral detriments caused by early life trauma.

Alex Quan ‘21 on ethics in the medical field

This article was written as a summary of an interview between Alex Quan and Will Thompson during the Neuroscience Capstone class in Winter 2022. Will Thompson graduated with a B.S. in Neuroscience with a minor in Biology in June 2022.

From Training Room to Bedside: Meghan Kennedy’s Path to Nursing

Interview of Meghan Kennedy '20 by Vivian Shao '22

Rumba Recall

Student fellow for the Center for the Arts and Humanities, Emma Rutter '23 is researching the connection between dance education and long-term memory over her senior year.

Trauma Paves the Way

Can we stop poor outcomes by tracing trauma’s path in the brain? SCU’s Lindsay Halladay wants to map it.

Learning from Discomfort

Immersed in another culture and away from the comforts of home, Melanie Eng ’24 completed an internship in Barcelona, Spain where she gained insight into her future career goals and adopted a more global worldview.

Meghana Reddy's Path to Clinical Research

Interview of Meghana Reddy '22 by Will Story '26

Your Brain on Anxiety

At SCU, Lindsay Halladay’s neuroscience lab is uncovering the link between early-life stress and life-long mental disorders.

Not an Afterthought

How pre-med student Isabella Reyes ’24 charted her course from aviation to disability advocacy.