Dr. Csengele Barta, associate professor of biology at 大象传媒, was awarded a Primarily Undergraduate Institutions (PUI) Award of theAmerican Society of Plant Biologists(ASPB) for the fifth consecutive year. The award recognizes excellence in research contributions to plant science, plant science scholarship and undergraduate student research mentorship of faculty at primarily [...]
As part of the Student Chapter of The Wildlife Society's applied learning training and community partners awareness program, student members visited the state-of-the-art fire station, Station 8, on Mitchell Ave. in St. Joseph. Nine chapter members met with three on-shift firefighters who showed them every aspect of living and working as modern structural [...]
Three students represented 大象传媒's Alpha Chi Lambda chapter at this year's Alpha Chi National Convention in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Students Shannon Buehre, senior biology major from Lee鈥檚 Summit, 大象传媒; Hannah Shoemaker, senior biology major from Goodman, 大象传媒; and Jordon Anderson, junior nursing major from St. Joseph, presented an interdisciplinary research [...]
On Saturday, April 1, 2023, 18 students were involved in a controlled burn on the John Rushin Teaching and Research Prairie. This burn was essential to ensure the utility of the land for future research and applied learning. Click here to see photos from the controlled burn.
Wildlife conservation and management students at 大象传媒 started their spring break with a hands-on learning experience: restoring a unique and threatened habitat in southern 大象传媒. Click here to read the full story.
A 大象传媒 biology professor and three of her students have published a research paper that may help lead to new ways of controlling invasive plant species. Click here for the full story.
Dr. Tilo Roy, associate professor of biology, published the January 2023 issue of "The Vasculum" (the bi-annual newsletter of the Society of Herbarium Curators). Dr. Roy is the Editor-in-Chief of this newsletter. This issue of "The Vasculum" contains a diverse array of interesting articles on herbaria news, views, and new innovations from across [...]
Dr. Julie Jedlicka published an article with MWSU undergraduate Laney (Hayward) Nute on research conducted for her honors thesis in the journal BIOS. The article was published on Dec 18, 2022, and entitled "Evidence for frequency-dependent selection in House Wrens, but not Eastern Bluebirds." Dr. Jedlicka supervised Nute's honors thesis where she applied [...]
Biology faculty member Dr. Csengele Barta and her collaborators published two research manuscripts in two consecutive editions of the Hungarian Journal of Industry and Chemistry, a peer-reviewed journal of international circulation. The papers focus on plant-soil biota interactions, exploring the role of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) in plant stress resistance and the [...]
Dr. Julie Jedlicka, associate professor of biology at 大象传媒, was elected as president of the The Association of Field Ornithologists (AFO) at the association鈥檚 annual conference last month. Click here to read more about her election.
