Stevenson University Biology

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Originally uploaded by Meredith Durmowicz

Summer time is as busy as the rest of the year for the School of the Sciences…this May, 48 eighth grade students from the Crossroads Middle School spent two weeks on campus with science students and faculty, experiencing a “slice of college life”. The students attended biology, [...]

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Several biology graduates were recognized with all-university awards at the May 2010 Baccalaureate Service. Matt Bramble (on left) was the recipient of the Knott Achievement Award, which recognizes the student who has achieved exceptionally well academically, served others and contributed to the life of the university while [...]

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Spring 2010 Poster Session
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Twenty-five sophomores, juniors and seniors presented their spring research and internship at the annual School of the Sciences Spring 2010 Poster Session. Topics ranged from DNA cross-linking studies and embryonic stem cell development to an analysis of the NFL draft and psychiatric evaluation in [...]

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Brittany Fromm
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Congratulations to Brittany Fromm (MT ‘10)! She’ll be working as a medical technologist at Northwest Hospital after graduation. Brittany will be a generalist in the clinical lab, which means she’ll be able to work in any of the lab disciplines.

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Originally uploaded by Meredith Durmowicz

The Biology Department saw 27 students graduate in the May 2010 commencement ceremonies! It was a beautiful day to watch our students walk across the stage to receive their diplomas. And now it’s on to the next big thing…professional and graduate schools and careers! Congratulations Class of 2010! We are so [...]

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BD Outstanding Business Partnership Award
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The Maryland State Department of Education recently honored BD Diagnostics president Philippe Jacon with the Outstanding Business Partnership Award – Postsecondary at the 26th Annual Career and Technology Education Awards of Excellence. The award recognizes the longstanding partnership between BD Diagnostics and Stevenson [...]

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Mt students teach the NURS 310 class
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That is what the nursing students in NURS 310 recently learned when the medical technology seniors came to their class to teach them about the clinical specimens taken from patients, how they are used in laboratory tests to diagnose and determine treatment and how [...]

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Double congratulations go to alum Zach Haney (APMATH ‘07, BIO ‘08)! Zach will be attending the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine in the fall on a Health Professions Scholarship from the United States Army. With the scholarship, Zach’s tuition is fully paid and he will [...]

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Spring 2010 Animal Behavior class
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The BIO 270 Animal Behavior class found the poetry in animal behavior when, as part of a group assignment, they created poems about monarch butterfly migration. The exercise was part of a POGIL (Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning) module in which the students [...]

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Dr. Wendy Kimber
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Biology faculty member Dr. Wendy Kimber has been awarded a Stevenson University Faculty Research Development Grant for the 2010-2011 academic year. Dr. Kimber will use the funds to continue her research into gene expression patterns in mouse embryonic stem cells this summer. So far, her [...]

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