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Microbiology Teacher-Scholar Postdoctoral Fellow

March 25, 2019
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| employment, Microbiology, molecular biology, Regina Cordy, Sheri Floge, Teaching
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POSITION FILLED, May 2019 The Department of Biology is currently searching for a Teacher-Scholar Postdoctoral Fellow in Microbiology to join our staff.  If you are interested in this opportunity, please visit the following link for further information. This position offers opportunities to gain and refine expertise in teaching and mentoring undergraduate students while also pursuing…

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Posted in employment, Microbiology, molecular biology, Regina Cordy, Sheri Floge, Teaching

Anderson featured by New York Times

December 19, 2018
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| Avian Biology, Biodiversity, David Anderson, ecology
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Dr. David Anderson WFU Biology professor was quoted in a New York Times feature article on Climate Change and its effect on wildlife. “As Seas Warm, Galapagos Islands Face a Giant Evolutionary Test.” by Nicholas Casey and Josh Haner. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/12/18/climate/galapagos-islands-ocean-warming.html

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Posted in Avian Biology, Biodiversity, David Anderson, ecology

Meet the new Teacher-Scholars: Biology

September 7, 2018
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| Microbiology, molecular biology, Regina Cordy, Sheri Floge
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We are pleased and excited to welcome our two new Faculty members, Dr. Regina Joice Cordy and Dr. Sheri Floge.  The Undergraduate College published a brief article on our two new members that can be found below! Meet the New Teacher-Scholars: Biology When Cordy and Floge applied for the same Assistant Professor position, the department…

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Posted in Microbiology, molecular biology, Regina Cordy, Sheri Floge

Dining Dilemmas, Food for Thought

May 31, 2018
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| Bioethics, Outreach, Pat Lord, undergraduate
Pat Lord and students

The WFU News Service recently featured a story about Dr. Pat Lord and Prehealth students involved with a very special program called Dining Dilemmas. This program, directed by Dr. Pat Lord, has held events which encourage students to explore bioethics and build community. Since the program began in 2012, Dining Dilemmas have drawn a diverse…

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Posted in Bioethics, Outreach, Pat Lord, undergraduate

Cassie Freund Featured in CBC interview

March 19, 2018
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| Biodiversity, ecology, Outreach
pokemon parade baloon

Cassie Freund was recently featured in a radio interview with the CBC.  She studies Tropical Forest Ecology and Biodiversity.  Cassie recently published a very popular article at “Massive Science” titled “What Pokemon GO can teach Conservationists about Public Engagement” (reference: link) Cassie talks about Pokemon GO’s massive popularity and some ideas to leverage similar “gamification”…

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Posted in Biodiversity, ecology, Outreach

Family Weekend

November 3, 2017
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| research, undergraduate
poster presentation

Family Weekend at Wake Forest kicked off last Friday with Undergraduate Research Day, sponsored by the URECA Center. It’s great to be able to welcome families and friends to campus with this student-centered event. Biology Professor Brian Tague roamed several levels of a very sunny ZSR Library with his camera and sent along photos that…

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$900K NSF Grant

October 10, 2017
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| cell biology, Funding, Gloria Muday, plants, research
arabadopsis plants

The National Science Foundation awarded $900,000 to an interdisciplinary group led by Dr. Gloria Muday examining how hormones affect growth and development of the roots of Arabidopsis thaliana, which is a genetic model used to provide insight into other plants. This collaborative grant brings together researchers in biology, computer science and mathematics who began working together…

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Posted in cell biology, Funding, Gloria Muday, plants, research Tagged Muday, Outreach, Plants, Research

Automated feedback: The new science of grading STEM papers

September 21, 2017
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| Dan Johnson, Faculty, STEM, Teaching
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September 13, 2017 by Alicia Roberts | media@wfu.edu | 336.758.5237 Science educators at Wake Forest University are testing how automated feedback combined with new one-on-one teaching methods can improve scientific writing from STEM undergraduates – and result in better explanation of research to the public. The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded the research team…

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Posted in Dan Johnson, Faculty, STEM, Teaching

Muday, Pan, Ranjbar Win National Teaching Tools Competition

February 24, 2016
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| Gloria Muday, plants, Teaching, undergraduate

Professor Gloria Muday, and students Bethany Pan, and Par Ranjbar recently won a national contest sponsored by the American Society of Plant Biologists to develop teaching tools that can be used in K-12 and college level biology which teaches about the effects of climate change, drought, and water deficit on plants.  Their teaching tool is…

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Posted in Gloria Muday, plants, Teaching, undergraduate

Teaching with Tomatoes

November 2, 2012
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| Gloria Muday, Outreach, Teaching

Peter Chawaga of the Wake Forest News Service recently published an article about the outreach efforts of Drs. Gloria Muday and Carole Browne.  These professors along with the support of graduate and undergraduate students execute an outreach program to the public schools.  The focus of this program is to teach genetics using heirloom tomatoes as…

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Posted in Gloria Muday, Outreach, Teaching
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