College of Arts and Sciences

Kacey Cope published a paper, "Exposure to artificial light at night during the larval stage has delayed effects on juvenile corticosterone concentration in American toads, Anaxyrus americanus" in the journal General and Comparative Endocrinology (link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2020.113508) in May 2020.  This work was completed while Dr. Cope was a PhD candidate...

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(For Photos and bios please click here). 2020 Department of Biology Undergraduate Awards   Daniel Burke Prize (for excellence in both biology and chemistry)……………………………….………..Cindy Ho Flora Stone Mather Alumnae Award (for outstanding academic performance in biology)………………………………….Alexa Smith Francis Hobart Herrick Prize (for outstanding biological research and academic excellence in biology) ……..Timothy Nehila J. Paul Visscher Memorial Award of...

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There are treatments, but no cures, for millions of people worldwide suffering from diseases such as multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy and leukodystrophies (rare genetic diseases that affect the brain and spinal cord). This is why Paul Tesar and his lab continue to conduct promising translational research using stem cells...

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On March 6-8, 2020, two affiliates of the Biology Department ran two workshops at the Special Species Symposium 2020. The Symposium is an annual weekend-long training event for veterinary students interested in exotic animals. This year it was hosted by the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Veterinary Medicine and...

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