Reed astrophysicist Prof. Alison Crocker [physics 2014–] was recently honored for her outstanding efforts in science research and education, winning the Lynwood W. Swanson Promise for Scientific Research Award from the Murdock Trust. The award recognizes her research on the relationship between star formation and galaxy structure and her involvement of undergraduates in this work. Dean of the Faculty Nigel Nicholson notes that Prof. Crocker has been instrumental in establishing Reed’s current astronomy program and the long term vision for it. “What I really appreciate about Alison is how she’s worked out a way to bring astrophysics to undergraduates,” Nicholson says. The Murdock Trust, which aims to support scientific research at undergraduate institutions in the Pacific Northwest, agreed about her achievement. Reed College is an institution of higher education in the liberal arts devoted to the intrinsic value of intellectual pursuit and governed by the highest standards of scholarly practice, critical thought, and creativity. Its undergraduate program of study, leading to the degree of Bachelor of Arts, is demanding and intense and balances breadth of knowledge across the curriculum with depth of knowledge in a particular field of study. The goal of the Reed education is that students learn and demonstrate rigor and independence in their habits of thought, inquiry, and expression.
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