Paighton Volk, a biology major and founder of Letters of Love at MSUM, delivered a speech to her peers at Fall commencement on Dec. 19. She wanted to emphasize the importance of giving back, no matter how much time her peers have to give. “Service can be intimidating, and there are a lot of things to juggle in college, but taking […]
Did you know that male and female systems respond differently to the same virus? That’s part of biology student Hadiya Farrahmand’s research at MSU Moorhead. At a national gathering of over 6,000 undergraduate and graduate science students – the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minoritized Scientists (ABRCMS), Hadiya won an award from the Biomedical Research Conference for Minoritized Scientists […]
Immune literacy has garnered significant attention in recent years due to the growing threat of emerging infectious diseases. Despite the rapid pace of immunological discoveries and their societal relevance, coordinated educational efforts have been notably rare. In 2019, just before the COVID-19 pandemic began, Dr. Sumali Pandey from the Biosciences Department at MSUM initiated a project to unify immunology education […]
On Friday, November 1, Richard Lahti (Chemistry & Biochemistry) and MSUM Life Science Education Alumnus Jake Pundsack co-presented “Go on a date with data! Bringing out the relationship between computational modeling and data science in a secondary biology classroom” at the Minnesota Science Teacher Association Conference on Science Education. During the opening ceremony, Jake was also named the secondary […]
Patrice Delaney, an ecology and evolutionary biology graduate who also earned a certificate in scientific illustration, was featured in a recent story about monarch butterflies migrating through our region. She is a project manager and biologist at United Prairie Foundation and was the inspiration and creator of the hummingbird sculpture garden on campus. By Kjersti Maday, Inforum FARGO — Right now, […]