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How Much DON’T You Know About Ebola?

February 8, 2015
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Students in BIO367 (Virology) have developed a BuzzFeed quiz that lets you assess how much you know about Ebola. Check it out at Ebola Quiz. Professor Pat Lord encouraged her students to develop the quiz as part of their preparation for the Ebola: At Home and Abroad Symposium that will be held our campus February…

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STEM SLAM is Coming

February 3, 2015
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WFU undergraduates with science majors sometimes complain that generic job fairs don’t offer opportunities that match their specialized skill sets. This perceived mismatch is being directly addressed by the OPCD with an exciting new event. The first ever WFU STEM SLAM will be held at 6 PM on February 24, 2015, in the Broyhill Auditorium of Farrell Hall….

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Ebola: At Home & Abroad

January 31, 2015
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Want to learn more about Ebola? Feel a need to put recent events into a broader context that includes biological, medical, legal, and ethical perspectives? All members of the community are invited to attend the Ebola: At Home & Abroad Symposium on the evenings of February 12 and 13, 2015, 7 – 8:30 PM in…

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Keeping Score

January 27, 2015
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This semester yet another Biology faculty member has achieved a significant career milestone. It is Professor Ron Dimock’s 90th semester of teaching at Wake Forest University. Congratulations, Ron! That’s a lot of years of sharing your passion for comparative physiology, invertebrates, and marine biology with Wake Forest students. But all good things must come to…

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A Special EcoLunch

January 25, 2015
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MA in Sustainability student and Wake Forest alum Scott McCullough shared a photograph taken at the Department of Biology’s EcoLunch on Thursday, January 22. From left to right: Amanda Leland, Vice President for Oceans, Environmental Defense Fund; Sylvia Earle, Pioneering Ocean Explorer, Mission Blue; and Nancy Knowlton, Sant Chair for Marine Science, Smithsonian. This very…

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How Sweet It Is! WFU Grad Predicts a Bumper Crop of Maple Syrup in 2015

January 15, 2015
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Dr. Joshua Rapp, former graduate student of Miles Silman in the WFU Department of Biology, has discovered a new predictor of maple sap flow: seed production the previous fall. The research paper was published in the journal Forest Ecology & Management, but if you love maple syrup you’ll want to jump immediately to the recent…

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Esch Celebrates 100th Semester

January 13, 2015
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. When Professor Jerry Esch walked into 233 Winston Hall just before 11 AM on January 13 for his first meeting with his Spring 2015 Parasitology class, he achieved a career milestone of note: he began his 100th semester of teaching in the Department of Biology at Wake Forest University. Congratulations, Jerry! This achievement caps off…

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Perspectives in Biology Symposium Celebrates 30th Birthday

December 17, 2014
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On November 7-8, 2014, the Department of Biology hosted the 30th Perspectives in Biology Symposium. This annual event brings 3 notable biologists to campus to share their passion for science and recent research results with faculty colleagues from institutions throughout the southeast. Each invited speaker gives two seminars and has ample opportunity to meet with…

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Undergraduates Learn Genetics by Teaching Younger Students

December 17, 2014
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Want to learn genetics? Maybe the best approach is to to teach it to others! Professors Carole Gibson and Gloria Muday reported in a recent article that undergraduates learn more plant genetics by participating in a service-learning program than they do sitting in a classroom. Undergraduates enrolled in BIO 101 (Biology & the Human Condition)…

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Pre-Health Students Support Missions of Mercy

December 17, 2014
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The Department of Biology is so proud of the numerous biology students who volunteered their time at the November 2014 Missions of Mercy free dental clinic. Many of the student volunteers represented the Pre-Medical Honor Society Alpha Epsilon Delta; others represented the Pre-Dental Student Association (PDSA). You can read more about Missions of Mercy. Or watch…

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