Julissa Cruz Bautista ’25 represented Wesleyan at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minoritized Scientists (ABRCMS) in Anaheim, California on November 9-12. Cruz Bautista, a prospective molecular biology and biochemistry (MB&B) major, presented a poster on research she conducted in Assistant Professor of MB&B Candace Etson’s lab over the summer and concluded the conference with…
An Exploration Inside Accessibility Accommodations in the Sciences
College is hard enough on its own without having a disability. But for students who do have a disability or health condition that impacts their day-to-day functioning, college can feel infinitely more difficult at times. Students in STEM classes, especially, face a skew of deadlines that can seem never-ending, most notably if a student is…
From the Lab to the Clinic to the Gordon Career Center, meet Dr. Mildred Rodríguez.
For National Health Education Week this year, we are highlighting Dr. Mildred Rodríguez, the Health Professions Advisor and Program Coordinator for Wesleyan’s Gordon Career Center. Dr. Rodríguez had no idea she would become an academic advisor for health professions. She was in the first generation of her family to go to college and, unlike students at Wesleyan,…
Jaime Carrazco-Carrillo Slated to Represent Wesleyan SACNAS at Puerto Rico Conference
When Jaime Carrazco-Carrillo arrived at Wesleyan last fall from his hometown of Hermosillo, Mexico, he didn’t expect there to be many other Spanish-speaking students or professors on campus. Yet upon his arrival, Carrazco-Carrillo, now a second year Molecular Biology and Biochemistry (MB&B) graduate student, quickly learned about SACNAS, the Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics & Native…
Wesleyan Women in Science: Where it Started, Where it’s Been, and Where it’s Going
It was a warm day in early September and a cacophony of students’ voices could be heard streaming across Andrus field. But it wasn’t the sounds of students cheering at a football game, it was the fall club fair. The massive white tent outside of Usdan was packed with tables behind which eager club leaders…



