Bioscience professor and fish behaviorist Brian Wisenden is being recognized with the Outstanding Service Award for his incredible impact on our science departments. He started the Oceanarium, helped expand the Regional Science Center, and created over 20 classes from scratch, but what he’s most proud of is mentoring students. “My biggest accomplishment, I think, has been the mentorship of student research,” he […]
A newly published study in the Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education introduces a novel icebreaker activity designed to enhance student engagement and collaboration in life science classrooms. The article, titled “A Group-Forming Course Content-Focused Icebreaker for Life Science Classrooms” (DOI: 10.1128/jmbe.00173-24), presents a structured approach to group formation that integrates course content from the very first class session. The […]
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 […]