Science

Jesuit Students Thrive at the UT Southwestern STARS Program

Over the summer, seniors Ryan Virkar and Jon Noquil participated in UT Southwestern's exclusive STARS program. This eight-week program, a non-residential program provides students the opportunity to work with a faculty host while researching a medical issue. Earlier this semester,...

Physics and Ultimate Frisbee: An Interview with Ms. Evans

This year, a total of 17 new faculty have joined Jesuit Dallas' mission of creating men for and with others. Spread out across all departments, these new teachers may teach different classes and come from different backgrounds. However, they...

Casimir Kenjarski ’24 Creates a Habit of Building Habitats

Hobbies allow for relaxation and a sense of escapism from the responsibilities of everyday life. I had the opportunity to sit down with Casimir Kenjarski '24 to discuss how he escapes with his hobby of reef keeping and building...

What’s Up with the New Science Grading System?

Students come to class and take a short quiz over what they learned the previous week. They quickly work to finish all the problems, and once they finish, they hand over the quizzes to their instructor. The next day,...

How Are Science Teachers Handling Coronavirus?

This past week I reached out to both of my science teachers and asked them how they were doing during these unprecedented times. This has been a huge time of adjustment where many feel overwhelmed due to rapid changes...

BREAKING: S.T.A.R.S. at UT Southwestern Canceled

On April 6, 2020, at 11:15 am, Dr. Lynn Tam released an email to all S.T.A.R.S. applicants informing them that for the first time in the program's history it had been canceled. The following message was sent to the applicants...

Jesuit S.T.A.R.S. Researchers Present Their Findings

Over the summer of 2019, three students of Jesuit's Medical Society participated in the S.T.A.R.S. Program. The S.T.A.R.S. (Science Teacher Access to Resources at Southwestern) program for students is a research program where students are paired with a mentor...

Jesuit Marine Biology Takes On the Grand Caymans

This July, the Jesuit marine biology program embarked on its eighth annual scuba diving excursion. After the Virgin Islands were mauled by Hurricane Irma in 2017, the program was left without a dive location. After experimenting in Hawai'i on...

Juniors Tackle Rube Goldberg Project

Recently, the sounds of marbles falling, saws cutting, drills whirring, and people shouting have become an ordinary occurrence in the upstairs B hallway. For roughly the past month, physics students have dedicated hours each day to perfecting their Rube...