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Tag: Biology
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2021 Rising Graduate Scholars: Meet Nzinga Mack
Nzinga Mack grew up with anatomy and physiology textbooks lying around the house. She had older siblings working in medicine. From an early age, she thumbed through the pages, fascinated. She thought she would become a doctor too, but she ultimately fell in love with research.
March 15, 2021
Latinx
Two Yale Faculty Named Among 100 Most Inspiring Hispanic/Latinx Scientists
Cell Mentor, an online professional resource for scientists created by Cell Press, just named two faculty at Yale among the 100 most inspiring Hispanic/Latinx scientists. As part of National Hispanic Heritage Month, a committee of scientific advisors selected Drs. Daniel Colón-Ramos and Enrique De La Cruz, based on scholarly achievements, mentoring excellence, and commitment to […]
September 23, 2020
News Roundup
Colorado State -Pueblo to Offer State’s First Cannabis-Related Degree
Colorado State University (CSU) – Pueblo will offer the state’s first cannabis-related degree program this fall. Titled “Cannabis, Biology and Chemistry,” the program will focus on the underlying science in cannabis fieldwork by offering coursework similar to that of a double major in biology and chemistry as well as two areas of emphasis: natural products […]
February 10, 2020
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2020 Emerging Scholars: Dr. Maria Rosa
An elementary school classroom activity called the “reading rainbow,” which highlighted the day in the life of various careers, sparked Dr. Maria Rosa’s desire to pursue marine biology. One of the books she had read focused on a female marine biologist who worked with sea turtles both inside and outside the lab.
January 30, 2020
STEM
Dr. Johnna Frierson Supports New Generation of Biomedical Science Students of Color
Dr. Johnna Frierson leads a new office at Duke University School of Medicine called IDEALS or Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Advancement, and Leadership in the Sciences, created to serve graduate and postdoctoral students doing research in biomedical sciences.
November 25, 2019
STEM
Dr. Idalis Villanueva Teaches By Example
Dr. Idalis Villanueva discovered her interest in engineering during high school when her chemistry teacher in Puerto Rico began pushing her in that direction. Now, Villanueva is an assistant professor of engineering education at Utah State University, where she is using her own experience as a first-generation, Latina woman to help inspire students — especially women and people of color — to pursue and excel in STEM fields.
August 5, 2019
Asian American Pacific Islander
Weaving Scientific Breakthroughs
When spider silk biologist/geneticist Dr. Cheryl Hayashi was the recipient of the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship in 2007, she saw it as an affirmation that it’s okay to work on something that might seem offbeat.
April 29, 2019
STEM
Dr. Gerald Griffin: A High Note in Neuroscience
Dr. Gerald Griffin developed a deep interest in biology as a teenager growing up in Opelika, Alabama, where he also excelled in swimming, Taekwondo and music and toured Europe in college with the United States Collegiate Wind Band.
February 4, 2019
News Roundup
Tuskegee Alumna, Administrator Named Interim Provost
Dr. Roberta Troy, a Tuskegee University faculty member, has been appointed interim provost and vice president for academic affairs. She succeeds Dr. Tejinder Sara, who served as provost since July 2017 and recently returned to retirement. Troy was scheduled to retire at the end of the summer semester, but delayed her retirement to accept the […]
July 27, 2018
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