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July 22, 2019
Assistant professor and chair in environmental studies leading research into changing habits of butterflies in warming climate, with help of citizen scientists
Sarah Diamond, an assistant professor in biology and the George B. Mayer Chair in Urban and Environmental Studies, has been awarded a Natio...

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June 06, 2019
ϳԹ biologist explores wider uses for Namibian “orphan legume;” Marama bean grows in drought conditions and shows resistance to pests
Biology professor
and researcher Christopher Cullis said he pondered two big questions when he first
caught sight of the wild marama bean plant, its...

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June 04, 2019
Two of ϳԹ’s Class of 2019
graduates will gain international experiences in the coming months as
recipients of Fulbright U.S. Student Program grants.
Jasmin Bhangu, who majored in biology and business
management, received an English Teaching Assistant Grant in Poland, wh...

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May 06, 2019
ϳԹ biologists say combined effect of two species could be harming Ohio’s forest ecosystems; research could inform deer-park management
An overpopulation of whitetailed deer is contributing to the spread of invasive earthworms—a newly discovered link to understanding environmental ...

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April 16, 2019
ϳԹ, Holden Arboretum, Cleveland Metroparks Zoo and Cleveland Museum of Natural History join forces to expand research, education opportunities
A team of world-class science researchers and educators at ϳԹ, the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, the Cleveland Museum of Natural ...

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March 15, 2019
Riley Tedrow, a PhD candidate in the Department of Biology,
was part of a team of entomologists and malaria experts that have crafted an
efficient assay for monitoring mosquito populations responsible for malaria
transmission in Madagascar. The work, titled “Novel Multiplex Assay for Malaria
Vector ...

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February 11, 2019
New research could explain color variance in other species and predict survival, reproduction in warming climate for other animals
New research from ϳԹ in how dragonflies may adapt their wing color to temperature differences might explain color variation in other animals...

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December 14, 2018
Representatives from several ϳԹ departments and schools attended the annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students in Indianapolis Nov. 14-17.
The representatives were from the College of Arts and Sciences’ biology and chemistry departments, the School of ...

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November 15, 2018
Darin Croft, professor of anatomy, Denise Su, adjunct assistant professor of biology, and Scott Simpson, professor of anatomy, co-edited a volume titled Methods in Paleoecology: Reconstructing Cenozoic Terrestrial Environments and Ecological Communities, which was recently published by Springer.
It...

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October 30, 2018
ϳԹ scientists study acrobatic maneuvers of common flesh flies, offer first proofs of 70-year-old theory on nervous system controlling body rotations
A common flesh fly takes off and maneuvers effortlessly, her head and body steadied by a hidden, minuscule gyroscope-like structure t...