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Upcoming Events
Join us for a cutting swap and propagation party hosted by Rachel Canalichio, the Wilbur Harlan Greenhouse Manager. Come by to trade your plant cuttings and learn how to propagate new ones! The party will be held in Bell Hall room 201 on Thursday, April 2nd from 12pm to 2pm
Department Newsletter
Read our monthly newsletter to learn about what our students and faculty are up to. The newsletter is used to celebrate our students and faculty achievements, share updates, and upcoming events.
Latest Newsletters: March 2026, December 2025, November 2025
Seminar Series
Join us on Friday afternoons to hear from local speakers and visiting scholars. Seminars are held at 3 p.m. in room 114 at the Smith Hall of Art unless otherwise specified.
December 2nd: Internal Seminars with speakers Shreya Prapneja, Christina Pavloudi, and Jennifer Brennan. Topics: Lung & Bronchus Cancer, the Deadliest Cancer in the World, and the Importance of Lung Cancer Screening; Targeted cultivation of novel microbial lineages from steam vent biofilms of Hawaii; Pachycephalosaurian Dinosaurs: a new look at systematics and their anatomy.
December 9th: Internal Seminars with speakers Ian Wilenzik, Awanti Shastri, and Allyson Evans. Topics: Northern Pangaean origin and early Laurasian regionalization by crown Squamata; Effects of climate change on social insect behavior; A novel form of extreme jaw protrusion in the hingemouth, Phractolaemus ansorgii.
News from the Biology Department
Marshes, Microbes and the Matrix of Life: Exploring Ecosystem Evolution
From the Chesapeake Bay to vents and volcanoes to D.C. parks, biology faculty detailed their field work on nature’s frontlines as part of a CCAS conversation series.
The Ecology of Plant/Animal Interactions: A Conversation with Biology Professor John Lill
In a video conversation with CCAS Dean Paul Wahlbeck, Professor of Biology John Lill discusses the interplay between plants and animals, and the impact of climate change on their coexistence.
Alumni Newsletter
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Latest Issues: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, 2018 (PDF)
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