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Castellano named 2025 Goldwater Scholar
Tuesday, April 1, 2025
Third-year student Seren Castellano, double major in biology and anthropology and a minor in ancient civilizations, was named a 2025 Goldwater Scholar, the nation’s most prestigious scholarship for undergraduate students pursuing careers in research.
Summer Internship Opportunity for Students
Friday, March 28, 2025
There is short and paid internship opportunity for students interested in communicating science to K-12 students this summer!

Tootle and Weiner elected to latest class of AAAS fellows
Friday, March 28, 2025
Professors Tina Tootle and Joshua Weiner have been named 2024 fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general-scientific society and publisher of the journal Science.
Iowa researchers test how chemical used in plastics inhibits snail’s ability to reproduce
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Barbara Stay Memorial Lectureship
Sunday, March 16, 2025
The Department of Biology is establishing a Memorial Lectureship in honor of Dr. Barbara Stay.
Biology 2024 Newsletter Now Available
Friday, March 14, 2025
The Department of Biology's 2024 Newsletter is now available.

Biology researchers test how chemical used in plastics inhibits snail’s ability to reproduce
Thursday, March 13, 2025
The researchers in the Department of Biology tested the effects of dimethyl phthalate, a chemical used by some industries and found in consumer products such as insect repellent and plastics. The test subject was a freshwater snail native to New Zealand that has spread worldwide and is considered a bellwether for how other aquatic organisms may be affected by pollutants.
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