Tropical Conservation Biology informational meeting

Monday, Nov. 19 | 4-4:45 p.m. | Langseth 118 Students in all majors are invited to an informational meeting for the Costa Rica course, aka Tropical Conservation Biology (BIOL 335, LASC 10). The course includes a 12-day trip to Costa Rica over spring break where students learn how the country has succeeded in balancing human activity and biodiversity conservation as […]

Tropical Conservation Biology registration open

Tropical Conservation Biology (BIOL 335, LASC 10) is a field course about the ecological, socio-economic and politico-cultural aspects of balancing human activity and biological conservation. The course includes a 12-day trip to Costa Rica over spring break featuring everything from snorkeling with sea turtles to walking through cloud forest canopies. Registration for the Spring 2019 is now open. If you […]

Barkhymer publishes research in Journal of Fish Biology

Alison Barkhymer (Cellular and Molecular Biology major) has published her research on zebrafish in the international peer-reviewed publication Journal of Fish Biology. The research was co-mentored by Shawn Garrett (Chemistry and Biochemistry Department) and Brian Wisenden (Biosciences Department). Alison measured changes in whole-body cortisol in response to the type of injury-released chemical compounds that result from an attack by a […]

Noyce Education Workshop

On Saturday, Sept. 29, MSUM hosted a day of STEM Workshops organized by the MSUM Noyce Program. This and future workshops are intended to better prepare future math and science teachers in the use of technology and new instructional methods. Preservice science and mathematics education majors from MSUM and Concordia along with professors from Concordia, NDSU, and MSUM were treated […]

MSUM Marine Ecology Lab open house

Wednesday, May 2 | 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. | Langseth 005 You are invited to the MSUM Marine Ecology Lab open house! It will be Study Day, Wednesday, May 2 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Langseth 005 (basement). There will also be free donuts (while they last). Come relieve some of your stress with stingrays, tropical fish, […]