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Seren Castello

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!
Tina Tootle and Joshua Weiner

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.

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.
Maurine Neiman and Bryan Guevara

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.