Fall 2018 SURF Award Winners Announced

Congratulations to the following Biological Sciences Fall 2018 Support for Undergraduate Research Fellows (SURF) Award winners! Fall 2018 Winners Leo Bohlmann (Alberto) Karly Cushway (Alberto) Sarah Haq (Wimpee) Brian Holmgren (Strickler) Loretha Jack (Young) Mohammad Karzon (Saffarini) Bernard Muransky (Rodriguez)… Read More

Emily Latch will Speak to National Academy of Sciences Wolf Taxonomy Committee

Dr. Emily Latch has been invited to speak to a committee of experts convened by the National Academy of Sciences. The committee has been convened to determine whether the red wolf and the Mexican gray wolf are valid taxonomic species and… Read More

Ken Brockman Featured on Cover of The Journal of Immunology

Former Bio Sci graduate student, Ken Brockman is co-author on a work that was published in the current issue of The Journal of Immunology and is featured on the cover. Ken was mentored by Associate Dean Daad Saffarini. Congratulations to Ken on… Read More

Dr. Sam Wasser Helps Track Ivory Poachers Using Elephant Tusk DNA

Director of the Center for Conservation Biology at the University of Washington and UWM alumnus, Dr. Samuel Wasser is helping to track ivory poachers using elephant tusk DNA! Read about his work here: https://www.nytimes.com/…/scie…/ivory-poaching-genetics.html