Mimicking Nature: Dr. Kristen Siaw’s Innovative Sabbatical Research 

Dr. Kristen Siaw, assistant professor of physics and chemistry, spent the last year on two different sabbaticals conducting research on Gordon’s campus and at Boston University in zinc oxide and microfluidics.

The Hidden Math in Everyday Life: Dr. Karl-Dieter Crisman’s Research on Cyclic Orders  

Dr. Karl-Dieter Crisman, along with former research students Abraham Holleran ’22, Micah Martin ’21 and Josephine Noonan ’23 recently published a research article in “Mathematical Analyses of Decisions, Voting and Games,” Volume 795, of Contemporary Mathematics, a well-known series of conference proceedings in academic math. 

Gordon in Orvieto’s 25th Anniversary: A Pilgrimage Through Faith and Culture  

On June 13-14, more than 100 students, faculty and staff of the Gordon in Orvieto program traveled back to the Italian hill city to celebrate the program’s 25th anniversary.

Creating Pathways to Peace: Gordon’s Collaborative Efforts for Global Harmony  

Gordon and the European Center for the Study of War and Peace (ECSWP)—the host for Gordon’s Balkans semester—recently completed a pioneering practical peacemaking initiative funded by a grant from the Lilly Fellows Program involving schools like Harvard University and Messiah University to incorporate peacemaking into curricula and student life of their universities.

24 in 24: Highlights from the 2023–24 Academic Year at Gordon

Let’s look back! From groundbreaking research to the spreading of Shalom to athletic triumphs, 2024 was a memorable journey for the Gordon College community. In recognition of the faithful collaboration that makes our community unique, let’s revisit 24 highlights from the 2023–24 academic year.