Department of Biology

Jacki Zevenbergen’s MS thesis, published in Animal Behaviour, was recently highlighted in the New Scientist. Jacki recieved here MS in 2007 under the direction of Dr. Todd Blackledge (UA Biology). Read the article here:

http://www.newscientist.com/channel/life/mg19826625.600-hungry-spiders-spin-deadlier-webs.html

Dr. Beverly Brown will receive the Charles Edwin Bessey Teaching Award. In honor of Charles Edwin Bessey, this award recognizes outstanding contributions made to botanical instruction. This award will be given out at the annual Botanical Society of America meeting this coming August. Dr. Brown was a Ph.D student of Dr. Randy Mitchell (UA Biology) through Kent State. She also received her MS degree from the University of Akron.

Congratulations Dr. Brown!