Fall 2017 Biology News December 2017 December 14—Citizen science in our backyard! Jessica Joyner, a postdoc in the Muth lab, is coordinating a project looking at Brooklyn’s waterways. You can read more about her research here. Read More
Biology Professor Nicolas Biais and Colleagues Identify Mechanism Bacteria Use to Attach to Surfaces The study, published in the journal Science, may help researchers control the growth of bacteria. Read More
Scientists and Citizens Work Together in Brooklyn to Help Restore New York’s Waterways The data we collect gives concerned community members the information they need to lobby their local representatives, according to Dr. Jessica Joyner Read More
Spring 2017 Biology News July 2017 July 23—Congratulations to Carla Cervantes, a high school student working in the Schvarzstein lab, for her gold medal at the Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics (ACT-SO) regional competition Read More
#BCGrad2017: Accepted to 11 Medical Schools, Chelsea Batista ’17 Reaches the Next Step in a Lifelong Dream of Becoming a Physician As they prepare for the next stages of their lives, members of the Brooklyn College Class of 2017 share some details of their journeys from students to graduates. Find more Read More
Brooklyn College Junior Earns $5,000 Virginia B. Toulmin Scholarship Chukwunonso Nwasike’s plans to become a pediatric oncologist and help children with cancer have moved closer to success. Read More
U.S. News & World Report Gives Brooklyn College High Marks in Latest “Best Colleges” Ranking The college bested its 2016 performance and ranked highly on a number of the publication’s 2017 charts. Read More
Brooklyn College Students Dig Their Studies in the ‘Valley of the Dinosaurs’ When Anthropology Professor Stephen Chester takes a group of Brooklyn College students to the mountains out West, they gain new perspective on humanity’s place in time and space. Read More
Macaulay Honors College Student and Aspiring Physician Crowned Miss Upstate New York Shelley Jain, a Fulbright finalist and B.A.-M.D. Program student, wants to use her gifts to help others. Read More
Biology Professor Tony Wilson and International Research Team Unravel the Genetic Basis of Male Pregnancy Study of male pregnancy in seahorses suggests a common toolkit of genes across vertebrate evolution. Research has broad implications for understanding pregnancy in all animals. Read More
