News
(Dec. 18, 2020)
$1.5M NIH Grant Funds ALS-Linked ResearchAssistant Professor Carlos Castañeda is studying the regulation of liquid-like protein droplets in hopes of determining what causes diseases like ALS.
(Oct. 15, 2020)
Cheaters Don’t Always Win: Extinction May Be Prevented By Diverse Communities of Mutually Beneficial SpeciesA&S biologists' study on the persistence of mutualisms is published in the prestigious journal "Science."
(July 7, 2020)
Fostering Students’ ‘Tree-Thinking Skills’A&S biologists win the Thomas Henry Huxley Award for their creation of an evolutionary learning module.
(April 8, 2020)
Underwater Rock ConcertA&S alumna studies communication behavior of harbor seals in Alaska.
(March 3, 2020)
Biotechnology Program Offers New Master’s DegreeCombined B.S./M.S. and stand-alone M.S. programs launch in fall 2020.
(Feb. 14, 2020)
First African American Appointed to SU Biology in 1948 Advocated for Diversity in Science EducationJames Hope Birnie carried on his family’s legacy of leadership.
(Feb. 11, 2020)
Student Research Sprouts Renewable EnergyDakota Voitcu investigates how fungi impact plant growth.
(Oct. 9, 2019)
Prestigious Grant Supports Ph.D. Student’s Whale ResearchBiology graduate student Julia Zeh receives highly competitive National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship