Students to Bike Across the Country for FACE AIDS
Biology majors Michael Henry and Vadim Kogan have chosen to spend their summer vacations biking across the United States to raise money and awareness for the FACE AIDS organization.
Biology Alumna Embraces Role as Miss Illinois
Whitney Thorpe-Klinsky’10 reflects on her recent competition in the Miss America pageant in Las Vegas and her continuing role as Miss Illinois.
Wesleyan to Join National Genomics Research Initiative
Illinois Wesleyan will participate in a year-long National Genomics Research Initiative course, allowing first-year students to isolate soil-dwelling bacterial phages and analyze their DNA.
Harper Named Lewis Chair of Biology
R. Given Harper has been named the George C. and Ella Beach Lewis Endowed Chair of Biology. Endowed professorships and chairs honor faculty members who have distinguished themselves in teaching, research and service.
Environmentalist Alumna Speaks, Donates Papers
Sandra Steingraber '81 returned to her alma mater to donate her papers to a new special collection at The Ames Library, and to discuss her writings that bring awareness to the link between cancer and the environment.
Biology Graduate Creating Bridges to Conservation
Jeffrey Klemens '98 is working to make conservation research in Costa Rica accessible and understandable, so the luxury of a national park can prove useful for its citizens.
Documentary Traces Alumna's Struggle to Shed Light on Environmental Links to Cancer
Sandra Steingraber, a 1981 biology graduate of Illinois Wesleyan, tells the story of her personal struggle to uncover environmental causes of cancer in a new release of her book, Living Downstream, and a documentary by the same name.
May Term Travel Courses Offer Vivid Classrooms
Witnessing a rainforest ecosystem firsthand is an incomparable experience, and is one of many learning opportunities made possible during Illinois Wesleyan's May Term.
Biology, Chemistry Majors Selected to Present Research at National Conference
Two students have received travel awards to attend a national conference in San Francisco, to present findings from summer research they conducted as part of National Science Foundation programs.
Professor Discovers New Frog Species
Assistant Professor of Biology Edgar Lehr and a research partner recently discovered three new species of frogs living in the forests of southern Peru.
Emerita Professor Dorothea S. Franzen Dies
Dorothea S. Franzen, who taught biology at Illinois Wesleyan from 1952-1977 and was named Teacher of the Year in 1967, died Dec. 31, 2008, at age 96.
Professors Retire After 37 Years
Bruce and Norma Criley retired after decades teaching biology at Illinois Wesleyan, and former students have established an endowment fund in their honor.
Student, Faculty Member Collect Deep-Sea Species in Bahamas Voyage
In the second expedition of a four-year project funded by the National Science Foundation, Associate Professor of Biology Will Jaeckle and Craig Brauer '08 collected and studied the invertebrate larvae of deep-sea species.