This summer Biology Professor Carole Gibson was invited by the Office of Global Programs to teach in a pilot program at a boarding high school in Suzhou, China. The program offered a college course to Chinese students planning to study in the US so that they could become familiar with American-style teaching, group work, and expectations in…
Our local expert on vertebrate locomotion, Professor Miriam Ashley-Ross, was quoted on July 8, 2016, in an article on mudfish locomotion titled “Did early land animals get a leg up by using their tails?” The article was published in the Christina Science Monitor. Why study mudskippers? These fish use their front fins to propel themselves on…
The Wake Forest Department of Biology was well represented at the 2016 Hooding Ceremony of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences held in Wait Chapel on Saturday, May 14. Congratulations to new Ph.D.s Daniel Griffith, Monica Jenks, Kyle Luth, Ben Perlman, and Ashton Trawinski. Warren Boger, Albert Kim, and Jessica Martin received M.S. degrees….
Congratulations to graduating senior Taylor Ibelli, a biology major, who has been awarded her second New Investigator Award by the Society for Thermal Medicine (STM). The award included a travel grant to attend the 2016 International Congress of Hyperthermic Oncology (ICHO) which was held in April in New Orleans, LA. The STM is an international…
Think red sauce, salsa, or bruschetta is all there is to know about tomatoes? Watch Professor Gloria Muday of the Wake Forest University Department of Biology teach high school students the basics of genetics with tomatoes as her teaching tools. The results are positively delicious! Muday works together with Biology Professor Carole Gibson and Wake Forest undergraduates…
Wake Forest University homecoming events for 2015 are planned on campus for Friday, September 25, and Saturday, September 26. Of course there’s a football game, but there’s also a fun opportunity to reconnect with the Biology Department. On Saturday morning the Departments of Biology, Chemistry, and Physics will host a wild and crazy Deacon Demo…
Science students at Wake Forest University were enthusiastic participants in the first in a series of workshops titled How to Prevent a Panic Attack on Your First College Science Exam held Tuesday, September 8, in Winston 126. Professor Pat Lord of the Department of Biology served as an organizer, working alongside colleagues from the Chemistry…
Did you know that “stressed” is just “desserts” spelled backwards? Beginning science students often report feeling stressed by the mere thought of EXAMS. Wake Forest University freshmen (and any upperclassmen who need encouragement) can prepare for this fall’s exams by attending a series of workshops titled “How to Prevent a Panic Attack on Your First…
Wake Forest Biology Professor Miles Silman, holder of the Andrew Sabin Family Foundation Chair in Conservation Biology, is one of the organizers and lead speakers at a workshop dedicated to the use of biochar as the basis of sustainable agriculture in Lima, Peru, held August 17-18, 2015. This workshop was co-organized by the Peruvian Ministry of Environment…
Professor Gerald W. Esch is the new President-Elect of the American Society of Parasitologists (ASP). Esch assumed his new role, which includes serving as Chair of the Committee on Priorities and Planning, at the annual meeting of the ASP held in June 2015 in Omaha, Nebraska. President-Elect Esch will become President Esch in July 2016….
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