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The Spring 2008 Biology Newsletter is now available in pdf format.For all the recent news please see our:
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Some recent news:
Construction of the new building is underway, scheduled opening in early 2009. Look for future updates and photos.
We wish to thank Dr. Gray and Pam Williams for their generous contributions to continue the outstanding Williams Lecture Series, Dr. Walter Sheppe (Professor Emeritus and one of our own) for his generous contribution this year which establishes the Sheppe Lecture as an annual event, and watch for the hardworking 4x4 Chevy at the Field Station donated by Paul Martin.
Grant awards biology faculty brought in the most externally awarded grant dollars of the 18 departments in the Buchtel College of Arts in Sciences on average over the past three years. Thirteen faculty members are working on research sponsored by the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health or other nationally awarded grants or contracts. The department has seen an eight-fold increase in annual external funding over the last five years, to a current level of about $1.6 million.
In the last year media profiles of biology faculty appeared in Akron, UAs alumni magazine, BBC Wildlife Magazine, GEO Magazine, Crains Cleveland Business, Discovery.com, Akron Beacon Journal, The Plain Dealer and the Bath Herald.
Randy Mitchell received an NSF award to upgrade the Dr. Paul E. Martin Center for Field Studies and Environmental Education at the Bath Nature Preserve come out for a visit.
Todd Blackledge received a prestigious 5-year career award from NSF and his third NSF grant.
We have added two new faculty members Dr. Jessica Hopkins and Dr. Matthew Shawkey. Watch for further announcements about them and additional hires in future newsletters.
The first official class of PhD students started Fall of 2007 six very talented graduate students. See the overview of this new program on the first page of the current newsletter.
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