Relay for Life luminary sale

The MSUM Biosciences team will have luminaries to decorate in the CMU Tuesday, April 9 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. (or until the luminaries run out). Any donations to help fundraising for Relay for Life will be accepted and appreciated. Come show your support for those you know battling cancer and who have survived cancer. Or come out to […]

Brian Wisenden presented seminar at Lehigh University, Bethlehem

Brian Wisenden, Biosciences Department, gave an invited departmental seminar to the Department of Biological Sciences at Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pa., on March 27. The title of his talk was “Larval morphology, performance and fitness and the evolution of parental care in convict cichlids.” This talk relied upon data collected by MSUM Biosciences undergraduates Anthony Stumbo, Patrick Self, Justin Sheierl, Kurtis […]

College of Social and Natural Sciences lecture tonight

Professor Daniel McEwen, Biosciences, will give a lecture Tuesday, April 2 at 7 p.m. in Science Lab 118. The title of the lecture is “Food Webs, Science, and the Global Climate Change Controversy: Perspectives from an Arctic Biologist.” The lecture is part of the College of Social and Natural Sciences lecture series. The lectures focus on current issues in the […]

Writing about socio-scientific issues

Meena Balgopal (formerly Biosciences Dept. and currently at Colorado State University) and Alison Wallace, Biosciences, have published a featured article “Writing about socio-scientific issues: a “write” way to improve decision-making skills” in the March issue of “The American Biology Teacher” journal of the National Association of Biology Teachers.