EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Matthew T. Miscikowski ’26

EDITORS

Robert H. Frazier ’26
Benjamin S. Gerber ’27
Luke A. Lindquist ’26
Wesley S. Krause ’29
Charles H. Redding ’27
Kaden D. Sawyer ’27
Aaron Y. Tong ’28

ADVISOR

Michael J. Wolyniak
Department of Biology

Cover Photo:

As the world becomes increasingly digital, we gain access to digital renderings of landmarks that transport you to their location with the click of a mouse. In these images, Andrew C. Winans ’25 has begun the process of creating high-quality renderings of Hampden-Sydney landmarks with the goal of creating a campus map that allows virtual visitors to explore our campus. This work was done under the supervision of Dr. Sean P. Gleason.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

News from the Hampden-Sydney STEM Departments
Stephen M. Ferguson, Ava R. Kreider-Mueller, Brian C. Lins, Hugh O. Thurman III, and Jennifer E. Vitale

Career Retrospective–Dr. Herbert J. Sipe, Jr.
Matthew T. Miscikowski ’26

Feature Articles

From Theology to Theory: The History of Psychology at H-SC
Lily A. Bauer ’29

Amphibians and our shared ecosystem
Nicholas I. Hutson ’26

William Henry Harrison didn’t die of pneumonia: Re-examining the myth and medicine of America’s shortest Presidency
W.T. Hillman Terzian ’08

Research Articles

Development of a Search and Rescue (SAR) for the people of the Alaskan Yukon-Kuskokwim (Y-K) Delta region
Elias R. Breeden ’26 and Sean P. Gleason

Genetic sampling for the conservation of Oncorhynchus clarkii lewisi
Bowen A. Charlebois ’26 and Mike Duncan ’02

Signal processing using wavelet transforms for electron spin resonance spectra
J. Anthony Cortez ’28, Easton K. Crockett ’28, Herbert J. Sipe, Jr., and Dylan Domel-White

Applying wavelet-based denoising techniques to electron spin resonance spectra
Easton K. Crockett ’28, J. Anthony Cortez ’28, Herbert J. Sipe, Jr., and Dylan Domel-White

Mapping salmonberry concentration through multispectral imaging
Gyabaah Kyere Gyeabour ’27 and Sean P. Gleason

How mutation load and neoantigens affect CLTA-4 and immunotherapy response in melanoma
Kamaludin Iqbal ’27 and Michael J. Wolyniak

A study of phenyl radicals of cur cumin and related molecules by electron spin resonance spectroscopy
Colin T. Mason ’28 and Herbert J. Sipe, Jr.

Observing near-Earth objects with the H-SC observatory
Landon M. Ostermann ’28, Spencer J. Schneider ’28, and Jonathan W. Keohane

Making a light curve for AGN* CXOJ190741+070650
Abram J. Rodriguez ’26 and Steven D. Bloom

Observation of Hat-P-56b using transiting
Matthew A. Toman ’27 and Steven D. Bloom