The Dickinson Biology Department's microscope collection is now on exhibit in the circulation desk area of the library through May 2.
This display is a public science education project produced by students in Professor John Henson's Spring 2025 Bio-Imaging course, which covers the theory and practice of light microscopic imaging. Student groups researched their individual microscopes and generated images using them - typically via the use of cell phone cameras with mirror-based illumination coming from cell phone flashlights. For the 1740 Matthew Loft built microscope, this means that this is the first picture taken from this instrument in the 285 years of its existence!