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Neuroscience undergraduate student featured for her research on schizophrenia and related disorders

Ellie Wojcikowski, an undergraduate student majoring in Neuroscience, works in two research labs on campus studying schizophrenia and related disorders.
Katheryn Rothenberg

Biology faculty member receives grant from the Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust

Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Katheryn Rothenberg, assistant professor in the Department of Biology, received $382,644 for work to explore the role of a particular protein—Rap1 GTPase—in controlling cell migration.
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 a 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.