Pursuing Passion: Sarah Rosen ‘23 Leads the Way in New STEM Research

Karen Flores

Sarah Rosen has been conducting research for the past two and a half years that enables her to combine her passion for mathematics and physics while simultaneously being an active member of the community.

A senior mathematics major with a minor in physics and a concentration in theoretical physics, Rosen began her research the summer after her freshman year when she joined the Jasper Summer Research Scholars. The program provided her with background knowledge about the world of research and helped her build the foundation for her current project.

“The Jasper Summer Research Scholars was a great opportunity to learn more about research as a whole,” Rosen said. “This was around the time when I started getting the background information that I needed for my project. I learned about abstract algebra that I needed to use as well as graph theory. I started working through examples of how to reduce integral equations. Eventually, that culminated in a result on how to reduce a specific type of integral equation.”

She explained that during her time at MC, she has taken classes with Richard Gustavson, Ph.D., assistant professor in the mathematics department, three times. She reached out to him expressing interest in taking part in research, leading to him becoming her research advisor.

The title of their research is “A Reduction Algorithm for Volterra Integral Equations.” Gustavson explained to The Quadrangle the research he and Rosen have done in regard to integral equations.

“An integral is finding ways of generalizing sums, so if you want to find an area, you can evaluate an integral.” Gustavson said. “We have an unknown function inside an integral and you want to figure out what that function is. We’ve

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Kelly Kennedy Senior Writer

New policies have been implemented where students can now update their profiles to reflect their chosen name and chosen gender as of the 2023 spring semester.

According to the Manhattan College Chosen Name and Chosen Gender Identity Policies, students and employees are now able to elect to use a chosen name or gender different from the one legally noted in their account. These changes will be reflected in campus software such as DegreeWorks, Jasper Connect and on their campus ID.

These new policies were implemented in accordance with the New York City Human Rights Law. According to Title IX Chief Compliance Officer Goldie Adele, Manhattan College is one of many colleges in the area to adopt these new policies.

These new policies are now standard practice for many colleges regardless of religious affiliation. According to Adele, other Catholic colleges such as Fordham University, have also implemented similar policies regarding student’s chosen name and chosen gender.

This change will have no effect on a student or employee’s legal name or gender identification.

“These policies provide students an opportunity to be able to change their preferred name and also preferred gender, which they can do through Banner 9 on Self-Service,” Adele said. “However, this is not their legal name change, so their transcripts, diplomas and all those official documents will still have their legal name [or gender].”

According to the Manhattan College Chosen Gender Identity Policy, “Manhattan College is dedicated to the Lasallian Core Principles of Respect for All People and Inclusive Community. The college recognizes the many reasons why members of our community may wish to be identified by a gender other than what is listed on their legal records. Where possible, the college will allow students and employees to identify by a chosen gender identity.”

The call for change was spearheaded by the LGBTQ+ Task Force, co-chaired by Tiffany French and Rocco Mariaccio, Ph.D.

“In the 2020-2021 school year, our Director of Diversity and Equity oversaw the Diversity Council and conducted a Diversity Climate survey,” French said. “In that survey, it was discovered that our colleagues who are black and our colleagues that are LGBTQ+

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