The window for submitting applications to the highly competitive and prestigious Research Science Institute (RSI) at MIT is now open. The deadline for submissions is 11-January-2013 (receipt deadline not postmark deadline). This program allows the student to engage in an immersive research environment that essentially resembles graduate school. All of this is built on the [...]

Annually tremendous resources are being directed toward treating and finding a cure for cancer. However, another strategy to address this deadly disease is to study the causes and develop tactics that lead to prevention. This is the primary objective of the Cancer Prevention Institute of California (CPIC). Deerfield Academy is currently in conversations with CPIC [...]

Believe it or not, now is the time to start thinking about what science-related summer programs you would like to participate in. Last year Deerfield Academy had students learning and working as part of a variety of programs and laboratories. Some examples include: researching in a molecular biology lab exploring possible new therapies for cancer; [...]

Three years ago, Chris Waddell ’87 accomplished something incredible: he climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, the tallest mountain in Africa at 19,341 feet. What makes his feat even more incredible is that Mr. Waddell is paralyzed from the waist down, and he completed his climb unassisted, using an All-Terrain handcycle. Inspired by Mr. Waddell’s story, this summer [...]

Albany Road, Deerfield’s art & literary magazine, is calling submissions from students! If you are a poet, a novelist, an artist, or a photographer, Albany Road would love for you to submit your work to our first issue, which is to be published in the fall. Any material you have, especially those you’ve worked on [...]

Hopefully everyone is having a wonderful summer, and perhaps you have taken some photos of your trips and adventures these last two months. If you haven’t, or have some already in mind, Round Square, a world-wide organization of schools all over the globe of which Deerfield is a part, will be hosting its annual photo [...]