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The Start to the New Year
Campus Life Update From the arrival of new students and the start of Italian class and immersion, to canonizations in Rome, this past week at CatholicTech has been a blur of excitement, learning, and new opportunities. Last Friday, September 5, we began to welcome new freshmen from the Class of 2029 to campus. As soon…
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The Key to Detecting Nanoplastics
Nanoplastics have become an increasing health concern as more research is compiled on the harm they cause in living organisms. Nanoplastics are so small that they can enter cells, tissues, and organs, and even cross the blood-brain barrier, causing toxic side effects. These nanoplastics are so small, it has proven challenging to quickly and reliably…
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Summer Adventures & the New Academic Year
Campus Life Update At the end of last week, members of the CatholicTech community were taking one more opportunity for adventure before greeting the class of 2029 arriving on campus and the start of the new academic year. One was traversing the countryside of Switzerland, and two were in Poland, enjoying churches and pierogis. One…
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Finding the Right Exercise
For those who do not particularly enjoy working out, science may have found an explanation and a better fitness match. Frontiers in Psychology recently published a study exploring the relation between individuals’ personality traits and preferred types of exercise. Based on the increasingly sedentary global population, Dr. Flaminia Ronca from the University College London Surgery & Interventional…
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Summer Pilgrimages: El Camino de Santiago
Campus Life Update As August concludes, the CatholicTech community is busy preparing campus for the arrival of our freshmen class and finishing up summer travels. Most notably, a group from CatholicTech recently finished a five-day pilgrimage on the Camino de Santiago! Inspired by the recent journey of a parent from the high school summer program…
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The Tenacious Test of Transplants: An Impressive Stunt by Surgeons
Animals have long been beloved by people. Whether domesticated as furry friends or owned for their production of staple farm foods, animals provide a broad range of benefits to civilizations worldwide. A recent groundbreaking event involving an animal put a group of Chinese surgeons on the map in the medical field. In the Hospital of…
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Prayer, Pilgrimage, and Community: CatholicTech’s August Adventures
Campus Life Updates As the summer lull settles over the hot afternoons of late August, members of the CatholicTech community have become more creative planning their adventures around the Italian vacation season. Some, to prepare for their pilgrimage to Santiago along the Camino, took a five-mile jaunt around Lake Albano which led to a stunning…
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Anticipating Earthquakes: Devastation in Myanmar
Many people are bewildered by earthquakes. While Hollywood movies showcase this scientific phenomenon as an ominous “sign of the times,” science understands earthquakes to be a natural response to the tectonic plates. The rigid pieces of the Earth’s crust, known as tectonic plates, are slowly shifting over the layer beneath them called the asthenosphere. A…
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Mass with Pope Leo on the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Campus Life Update On this day, the 15th of August, the Church commemorates the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, body and soul, into Heaven, who received a crown of immortal glory. Acknowledging Mary as the Mother of God, the Church grants the honor of hyperdulia, given to Mary alone, which places…
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The Adaptivity of the Human Brain: Neuroplasticity
Recent research from the DZNE University of Magdeburg, along with the Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research at the University of Tübingen, has determined that the human brain ages in layers. Specifically in the area of the cerebral cortex, which is responsible for tactile sensation, the human brain ages less. The cerebral cortex itself is…