Department of Biological Sciences
Two Researchers With ¹ú²úÂ×Àí Ties Explore the Power of Environmental Storytelling
For years, Lauren Kinsman-Costello, Ph.D., has studied wetlands and the complex ways they filter water, store carbon and support ecosystems across Ohio. Along the way, she found herself asking a different kind of question: how do you tell the story of science in a way that helps people feel connecte…
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Twins Finish Their Freshman Year at ¹ú²úÂ×Àí as Seniors
Just one more year at ¹ú²úÂ×Àí and 19-year-old twin brothers Ray and Will Maynard of Green, Ohio, expect to be graduating and, hopefully, off to medical school.
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¹ú²úÂ×Àí Scientists Partner with Boardman Schools to Turn Former Elementary Site into Living Classroom
When Forest Lawn Stormwater Park opened on the site of Boardman Ohio's Market Street Elementary School, it became something rare: a community wetland with deep roots. For the students whose parents once attended that school, the land carried memory. For ¹ú²úÂ×Àí researchers, it held dat…
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Why These ¹ú²úÂ×Àí Students Chose a Career in Podiatric Medicine
From a suturing workshop to a shadowing experience to a career-changing foot injury, three ¹ú²úÂ×Àí students found their way to podiatric medicine, and they want undergraduate students to consider it too.
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Citizen Scientists Explore ¹ú²úÂ×Àí Wetlands During Arbor Day BioBlitz
Students, faculty, staff and community partners gathered at ¹ú²úÂ×Àí’s Herrick Aquatic Ecology Research Facility (HAERF) on April 24 for the university’s Arbor Day BioBlitz, a hands-on event focused on documenting biodiversity across one of campus’s most unique research environments.Org…
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New Study Reveals How High-Altitude Birds Adapt to Life on the 'Roof of the World'
A new study led by Sangeet Lamichhaney, Ph.D., associate professor of Biological Sciences at ¹ú²úÂ×Àí, uncovers how mountain landscapes shape the survival of high‑altitude species living in some of the most extreme environments on Earth. The research, published in Molecular Ecology, foc…
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'Studying Is Fun’ – Brothers Spend Spring Break Hitting the Books as Medical College Admission Test Looms
While many students spent the spring break traveling or having fun in the sun, twin brothers Ray and Will Maynard spent the week studying.
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¹ú²úÂ×Àí biologists build genomic roadmap to study how birds adapt to thin mountain air
How do animals cope when oxygen levels suddenly drop? That question is at the center of research led by Sangeet Lamichhaney, Ph.D., associate professor and MA coordinator in the Department of Biological Sciences, whose team has assembled the first complete genome of the black redstart, a s…
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Ohio’s Restored Wetlands Are Filtering Nutrients Before They Reach Lake Erie
Ohio’s investment in wetland restoration continues to show promise, according to new findings led by Lauren Kinsman-Costello, Ph.D. associate professor of biology at ¹ú²úÂ×Àí. The results, published in the 2024 H2Ohio Wetland Monitoring Program Annual Report, offer valuable insigh…
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IN A FLASH: Doing It For The Ducks
The wetlands near ¹ú²úÂ×Àí's Kent Campus are a great location for studying wildlife. Researchers visited recently to install nesting boxes for ducks.
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