Did I Experience Concordia’s Goals for Liberal Learning in My Capstone Experience?
The purpose of this final essay to cover whether or not my experience in Neurochemistry as a capstone course covered Concordia’s goal’s for liberal ...
Author: Joseph Kennedy
Caps Off to My Concordia Capstone
Participating in the neurochemistry capstone course has been an excellent culmination of the life skills I’ve learned as a student at Concordia. While I still h...
Can Leptin Prevent the Obesity Epidemic?
Short answer, overall not signifiantly. More complicated answer is that in some individuals in the obese population, leptin might help with the return of normal...
What Does Your Brain Have to Do With Obesity?
Before last week, I rarely thought about obesity. Not because it wasn’t in my life – my Dad and most of my uncles are obese – it had just become so present that...
My Experience as a Special Education Aid – Dealing With Autism in Kids
Back in my home town in Montana I have had the pleasure of working as an aid alongside some of the staff in my old school’s special education department. ...
GM604 for Treatment of ALS – A New Hope for Treatment of the Disease?
The average person probably has not given too much thought about ALS, but if you’re looking at this specific of a topic you probably already have an above...
Perspectives on ALS End of Life Care
Last week, my neurochemistry class studied the debilitating neurodegenerative disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Throughout the week, we dove deeply i...
How Weed Works
What you might have missed amid the election results last Tuesday were the number of new marijuana laws that passed. Four states, California, Maine, Nevada, and...
Why I Believe Marijuana Should Be Legalized.
In this blog post I am going to give my thoughts about why I believe Marijuana, otherwise known as “weed” or “cannabis” should be legali...
New Evidence Shows Immediate Effects of Soccer Headers
As a former soccer player who has suffered three in-game concussions, I’ve often wondered about the effects that “routine” headers have on the brain. When I pla...