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Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Hellertown Man Named to Cornell Dean's List

Robert Ravier of Hellertown was named to the list for the Fall 2012 semester.

Robert Ravier of Hellertown has been placed on the Dean's List of Cornell University's College of Arts and Sciences for Excellence in Scholarship for the Fall 2012 semester, the school in upstate New York announced recently. The College of Arts and Sciences is Cornell University's largest undergraduate college, according to a news release. -Information provided by readMedia Newswire

Saturday, June 30, 2012

Borough Native Researching Epilepsy Using Fruit Flies

Hellertown native and recent Cornell University graduate Kaitlin Hardy is currently conducting research on epilepsy--which she suffers from--at Lafayette College.

A Hellertown native who recently graduated from Cornell University is making a name for herself in the fields of epilepsy research and advocacy, according to a story published in the Morning Call June 26. Kaitlin Hardy--who is now studying epilepsy in fruit flies in experiments at Lafayette College--was first diagnosed with a seizure disorder as a teenager, the story states. A Palisades High School graduate and former Parkettes gymnast, while studying and competing in gymnastics at Cornell, Hardy founded a support organization for students known as FACES (Facts, Advocacy and Control of Epileptic Seizures). She is currently working to develop a FACES chapter at Lafayette and hopes to be able to expand the organization nationally, according …

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