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Graduate Student Russell Engleman wins Outstanding Paper Award

April 24, 2023

Graduate Student Russell Engleman won the Outstanding Paper Award at the Spring 2022 graduate awards ceremony for his paper Occipital condyle width (OCW) is a highly accurate predictor of body mass in therian mammals. His article can be found here: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-021-01224-9

Graduate student Ellyn Evans wins the Joanne Westin, Leonore A. Kola, and Dean’s Instructional Excellence Award

April 24, 2023

The Biology department wishes to congratulate Ellyn Evans for winning three awards at the Spring 2022 Graduate Student Awards ceremony. 1. The Joanne Westin Award is presented annually to a graduate student in the Department of Biology who has demonstrated excellence in undergraduate teaching. A request for formal nominations was...

Biology faculty Ron Oldfield publishes exchange with New York Times Best Selling Author Jonathan Balcombe

April 13, 2022
Jonathan Balcombe, New York Times

Biology faculty Ron Oldfield publishes exchange with New York Times Best Selling Author Jonathan Balcombe Ronald G. Oldfield, senior instructor of biology, published an article, titled “You Can’t Betray a Fish: One Reason Eating Fish May Cause Less Harm Than Eating Cows,” for the Journal of Animal Ethics on March 22, 2022, with a...