Student Fellows

Fellows of the Parlee Center for Science and the Common Good are selected for their potential to become outstanding civic as well as scientific leaders.

Neuroscience major, Ashton Newswanger ’26 part in a ten-week NSF-sponsored Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) at the Center for Neurotechnology at the University of Washington. This culminated in his project, “Sex Differences in Anxiety and Locomotion After Cervical Spinal Cord Injury” which he presented at the University of Washington’s Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium.
As part of Tilly Dumaine's Parlee Fellowship experiential learning project, she volunteered as an EMT at the Phoenixville Free Clinic. This role provided an invaluable opportunity to explore public health and healthcare access issues within our local community.
With veterinary school in his sights, Parlee fellow Max Matalavage '25 interned at the Cape May Zoo where he helped train the wildlife & worked alongside the zoo's veterinary staff.
Over the summer BCMB major Aidan Tobin '25 worked as a Lehigh Valley Health Network Research Scholar and presented his culminating project titled “Satisfaction Survey of Live Kidney Donors Patients with Enhanced Recovery Protocol”
Julia Dees

What are Parlee Center Fellows?

Fellows of the Parlee Center for Science and the Common Good are students interested in science, mathematics, or medicine and in its impact on society. Fellows are expected to:

major or minor in science or mathematics or science/health policy;
pursue a career in science or medicine that involves them directly in the public sphere, or in science or health policy, or in explaining science to the public;
complete a minor in Science and the Common Good;
do independent research in science, mathematics, or science/health policy, and report it at a scientific conference;
engage in an internship that allows them to practice civic leadership at the intersection of science and society;
take on, while at Ursinus, a leadership role in engaging the campus community, in particular their peers, in an ongoing dialogue about science and the common good;
remain committed to these goals once they graduate and become Alumni Fellows.