Chris Schmitt Awarded 2022 Susan K. Jackson Award
Congratulations to Dr. Chris Schmitt, Assistant Professor in the Anthropology and Biology Departments for receiving the 2022 Susan K. Jackson Award. The Susan K. Jackson Award honors the late Susan K. Jackson, who served as a professor and administrator in the College of Arts and Sciences for over 30 years. Awardees embody her spirit in their […]
Spring 2022 Outstanding Biology Learning Assistant Awards
The Biology Department recognized the hard work and innovation of all of our Learning Assistants (LAs) by presenting “The Outstanding Learning Assistant Award” to a group of Biology LAs for the spring 2022 semester. These students presented a poster that was judged by the Biology Honors Committee to best outline procedures that will improve teaching […]
James Traniello Published in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Dr. James Traniello, in collaboration with anthropologist Jeremy DeSilva, recently published their article, “When and why did human brains decrease in size? A new change-point analysis and insights from brain evolution in ants” in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. This article has been recognized by over 50 media platforms including BBC, MSN, Newsweek, and AAAS […]
BU Research Team Awarded 2021 Campus Sustainability Research Award
A team of researchers, co-advised by Dr. Pam Templer of Biology and Dr. Lucy Hutyra of Earth & Environment, were selected to receive the 2021 Campus Sustainability Research Award. This award is given by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) and “honors higher education institutions for successful implementation of projects […]
Fall 2021 Outstanding Biology Learning Assistant Awards
The Biology Department recognized the hard work and innovation of all of our Learning Assistants (LAs) by presenting “The Outstanding Learning Assistant Award” to a group of Biology LAs for the fall 2021 semester. These students presented a poster that was judged by the Biology Research & Honors Committee to best outline procedures that will […]
Pam Templer featured in the Brink
A team of researchers, including Dr. Pam Templer, plans to break boundaries in an attempt to emphasize the links of illness and climate change. Some of the consequences this group has outlined include “injuries or deaths linked to severe storms, extreme heat, or uncontrollable forest fires; heightened risks for infectious diseases transmitted by ticks, […]
Alyssa Helmling and Vivian Shen Receive the 2021/2022 Marion Kramer Award
We are excited to announce that Alyssa Helmling and Vivian Shen are the recipients of the 2021/2022 Marion Kramer Award! The award was established in 2001 in honor of Dr. Marion Kramer, who earned her Bachelor’s degree in Biology from BU in 1963 and continued to have an extensive and successful career in biology and […]
Daniel Segré featured in Nature Protocols
Boston University Professor Daniel Segré authored a study that is now featured in Nature Protocols. The article, “A metabolic modeling platform for the computation of microbial ecosystems in time and space (COMETS)” demonstrates how a genomic-scale modeling system has become a useful tool for modeling cellular and physiology and growth. Segré describes how the […]
Jeff Marlow Receives DOE Grant
Congratulations to Dr. Jeff Marlow for receiving a grant from the DOE for his research on microbial communities. The Marlow Lab’s research seeks to understand microbial communities and how they they contribute to Earth’s environmental processes, as well as how they support life on Earth. Dr. Marlow and his team focus on microbial communities in […]
Jeff Marlow Receives Funding from Scialog
Assistant Professor Jeffery Marlow is among the 18 early-career researchers to get funding from Scialog: Signature of Life in the Universe, a new Research Corporation for Science Advancement initiative designed to bring us closer to answering basic questions about the possibility of extraterrestrial life. A total of eight teams of scientists will split a total […]