A few years ago, Biology Professor Tim Parshall, Ph.D., approached Environmental Science Professor Kelly Anne McKeown, Ph.D., to ask if she could isolate the bacteria in ticks that leads to Lyme disease.

Meg O’Hare ’77, M.Ed. ’97 received a breast cancer diagnosis in September 2014, only one month after retiring from her 34-year teaching career.

Veronica Rovatti ’19 finds Mozart’s Violin Concerto in G major to be both upbeat and joyful. Earlier this semester, she performed it as a finalist in the Jefferson Symphony International Young Artists Competition.

Shannon Fitzsimmons ’19 was coming off a recordbreaking junior year, in which she set four school records and was a member of the Owls swim team, which had its best-ever finish at the New England competition in the spring of 2018.