Graduate Student Glennon Bythrow Receives Provost’s Alfred W. Alberts Award in Biochemistry Graduate student Glennon Bythrow received the provost’s Alfred W. Alberts Award in Biochemistry. Alberts ’53 discovered lovastatin, the first of the class of cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins. Each year the Read More
Biology Professor Juergen Polle Featured at Annual Algae Conference Biology professor Juergen Polle moderated and spoke in the session “Genetic Modification: A Key to Improving Algae Feasibility?” at the 13th annual Algae Biomass Summit in Orlando, Florida, in September. Read More
Graduate Student Avdar San Receives Provost’s Pre-Dissertation Research Fellowship for the Sciences Graduate student Avdar San received the Early Research Initiative Provost’s Pre-Dissertation Research Fellowship for the Sciences. The $5,000 award recognizes academic interests and achievement and is intended to help support Read More
Biology Graduate Student Manal Farhat Receives Provost’s Estelle and James T. Ramey Scholarship Biology graduate student Manal Farhat received the provost’s Estelle and James T. Ramey Scholarship. Read More
HNS Professor Gets NIH Grant Melissa Fuster Rivera, assistant professor in the Health and Nutrition Sciences Department, was awarded an NIH mentored research grant to help fund her research on interventions to improve cardiovascular health Read More
Biology Chair to Moderate Panel at American Society of Microbiology Conference Peter Lipke, chair of the Biology Department, will moderate a session at the American Society of Microbiology’s annual microbe conference in Chicago next June. The session is titled “The Leaks Read More
Fighting Cancer by Awakening Our Immune Systems Biology Professor Anjana Saxena’s research explores whether antibiotics might be the cure. Read More
A New Scholarship Builds a Foundation for Brooklyn College Students Committed to Civic Engagement Susan Lee (Stecker) Walling ’66, and her husband Bob established a generous scholarship that will support civic-minded students in their efforts to improve conditions for their communities. Read More
Can Animals Read Minds? Research by Brooklyn College Philosophy Professor Robert Lurz Says Perhaps His work with chimpanzees and their cognitive abilities may reveal the evolutionary origins of what make humans exceptionally social animals. Read More
