Sewanee’s neuroscience community welcomes all members, from the neuro-curious to the newly declared major to the graduating senior. Discover the many ways to connect with other students, interact with faculty, plug into social and professional networks, and expand your neuroscientific world.
Interested in pursuing a degree in neuroscience, or just neuro-curious? Our Brightspace page is filled with valuable resources, tips, and ways to get involved in our community.
Sewanee is a designated peer review site for the undergraduate neuroscience journal IMPULSE. IMPULSE publishes scholarly reviews and research papers written by undergraduates like yourselves. As a peer review site, Sewanee students can serve as anonymous reviewers for papers submitted to IMPULSE to be considered for publication.
We’re looking for students who are interested in joining our IMPULSE peer review team!
This experience provides:
- A sense of neuroscience research being done in labs at other universities
- A better understanding of the peer review process
- A way to hone your logic, critical thinking, and writing skills
- A way to encourage and promote good, sound science being done in the world
You do not need to be a neuroscience major or minor – just neuro-interested! For more information, please contact Dr. Cammack, Faculty Advisor for Sewanee’s peer review team, at kmcammac@sewanee.edu
The Neuroscience Club (aka The Sewanee Neurds) promotes Neuroscience on campus and in the local community. Members coordinate Brain Awareness Week (BAW) activities, professional development panels, movie nights, and faculty colloquia. Everyone is welcome.
Nu Rho Psi is a national honors society in neuroscience. The University of the South is proud to have been granted a charter for the Delta Chapter in Tennessee, in December 2022, and induct its first members in Spring 2023. Eligible students are identified each spring and will be notified via email.
An enthusiastic advocate for the emerging field of neuroscience, Anna Püsök (C’23) sets expectations high for potential majors, describing the tight knit community of students who have all been through the same classes together with the close support of professors. Because of neuroscience’s newness at Sewanee and in general, there’s freedom as well: “It was really nice that I had so much space to work…and such a good support system to work with.”
Sewanee’s undergraduate research program gives students the opportunity to explore new ideas, sharpen their research skills, and get a head start on a career or graduate school. Almost a quarter of students here were involved in mentored research projects last year, in the sciences (of course)—but also in the arts, English, politics, and more. Students have the chance to wow their peers by giving talks and presenting posters during Scholarship Sewanee, the annual celebration of student scholarship and creativity.
As a pre-health student, you’ll be surrounded by an environment of support and opportunity. Enriching curriculum, clinical internships, expansive advising, and a strong alumni network combine to create a solid foundation for your medical career. The structure of programs help ensure that you are well-prepared for your journey after Sewanee.
The Sewanee-at-Yale internship is an eight-week experience in biomedical research at the Yale Child Study Center at the Yale School of Medicine. Interns are placed in research laboratories, exposed to clinical settings, and get to see the day-to-day workings of a behavioral neuroscience research laboratory.
The Journal of Sewanee Science, a semiannual magazine, was founded in 2015 as a venue for Sewanee students to highlight their work. All research articles are reviewed by Sewanee alumni, giving both past and current students the opportunity to participate in, and learn from, the process of scientific publishing. The Advent 2018 issue features Amanda Watters and her research on pre-gestational oxycodone exposure and its impacts on maternal motivation, caregiving, and drug seeking.
