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  • Editor’s note: In this series, ºÚÁÏÍø students share stories about their summer experiences in offices, labs, and open spaces across the world. This summer, I am on campus working with Professor Barbara Hoopes in the biology department. Our lab is conducting research on genes that determine size variation in poodles.
    July 27, 2015
  • From photochemical pathways to early animation devices to homosexuality in the Arab world — undergraduate research topics explored this summer by students and faculty were presented at yesterday’s poster session. 
    July 24, 2015
  • Udall Scholarship recipient Sara Reese.
    Sara Reese ’16, of Midlothian, Va., is one of just 50 students nationwide to be awarded a Udall Scholarship in 2015. The Udall Scholarship is awarded to college sophomores and juniors for leadership, public service, and commitment to issues related to the environment or to American Indian nations. The scholarship honors the legacies of Morris […]
    April 20, 2015
  • Researchers hold the fern they discovered
    ºÚÁÏÍø professor Eddie Watkins published a new paper in the journal Brittonia with Rehman Momin â€™15, Wes Testo â€™12 and Jarmilla Pitterman, a professor at UC Santa Cruz. Brittonia is a specialized botanical journal managed by the New York Botanical Garden. The article outlines the discovery of a rare new hybrid fern in Costa Rica.
    March 17, 2015
  • Two recent talks by ºÚÁÏÍø professors give some context to the ebola outbreak response from two angles, one by a virologist examining the nature of epidemics, and the other from a perspective of government response, specifically in Liberia.
    October 3, 2014
  • ºÚÁÏÍø students are sharing their experiences conducting research with faculty members on campus and in the field. This post is by Peter Juviler ’15, Mae Staples ’15, and Kelly French ’15, who are being advised by Frank Frey, associate professor of biology and environmental studies. For centuries, the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) people have used plants to […]
    August 4, 2014
  • Changchang Liu, ºÚÁÏÍø class of 2015, works with biology Professor Engda Hagos on cancer research during a 2014 summer internship.
    Two ºÚÁÏÍø students and their professor have been published in The Journal of Molecular Carcinogenesis for new research into the regulatory processes that maintains genomic stability, which is impaired in cancer cells. This could one day lead to new treatments. Changchang Liu ’15, Stephen La Rosa ‘13 and Assistant Professor of Biology Engda Hagos received […]
    June 28, 2014