What's Happening | Biology

2021

Departmental Fellows

2020-2021 Biology Department Fellows

Students with excellent academic performance and service to the department, with a positive attitude and contributions brought to the classroom and lab.

Date: March 21, 2021

2020

Departmental Fellows

2019-2020 Department Fellows

Students with excellent academic performance and service to the department, with a positive attitude and contributions brought to the classroom and lab.

Date: March 20, 2020

2019

Departmental Fellows

2018-2019 Departmental Fellows

Students with excellent academic performance and service to the department, with a positive attitude and contributions brought to the classroom and lab.

Date: March 7, 2019

Spotlights

Biology professor Warren Hauk discusses living with photophobia, which hasn't prevented him from teaching classes since being diagnosed in 2018.

Denison Magazine

Through darkness, a biology professor enlightens his students

A life-altering trauma triggered Warren Hauk's extreme light sensitivity. But it didn't keep him from sharing the beauty of the natural world.

Photo of Hauk speaking with some of his teaching assistants

Through darkness, a biology professor enlightens his students

A life-altering trauma triggered Warren Hauk's extreme light sensitivity. But it didn't keep him from sharing the beauty of the natural world.

Turtle

Denison Magazine

Sharing love for tutelage, turtles

Biology professors, married to each other and their work, discuss the unique role of a shared teaching position.

Professor Eric Liebl and Hannah Swahn '16

Just follow the molecules

“Every piece of data tells us something and points to a new question,” says biologist and geneticist Eric Liebl.

Dr. Bruce Spiess '76

Where We Go

Saving Lives

For years Dr. Bruce Spiess ‘76 has been helping to save lives as an open-heart anesthesiology specialist. Today, he’s poised to save thousands.

Hanada Al-Masri, Mohamed El-Sayed, Hannah Bennet

Building Public Speaking Skills

Hannah Bennet ’21 and Mohamed El-Sayed ’20 get great public speaking experience after a course that features a lot of listening.

Arin Waechter and Rebekah Funk '20

How We Learn

Occupational Therapy job shadow gives Rebekah Funk ’20 an edge up

Rebekah Funk’s job shadowing with Kendal at Granville gave her experience and insight into a future career.

Amanda Walsh, Jeff Thompson, Rachel Reardon

How We Learn

Mentorship Matters

Senior biology students gain valuable experience during four years of guidance by Biology Professor Jeff Thompson.

Herb Porter '13

Where We Go

The Synergy of Science and Stage

Strong mentoring and great skills helped Herb Porter '13 move from a research lab onto the Broadway stage.

Bee hotel sculpture

How We Learn

Buzz on Campus

Entomology, literature, and design are fed by imagination in this cross-disciplinary student project.

SarahKoslingPeaceCorpsNepal

Where We Go

Life in Nepal

A Peace Corps volunteer shares insights from her time in Nepal.

dna-structure

How We Learn

Problem-solving in the lab

Computational science helps research gene regulation.

CeCe McGee ’15

Where We Go

Holding the Trust

As the college's 2015 recent student trustee, CeCe McGee '15 will join the board of trustees.

Sara Wilkes '15

How We Learn

The wonders of wildlife

An internship at the Blue Ridge Wildlife Center filled Sara Wilkes's toolbox with skills she has carried forward into her life.

Michael McKinney

How We Learn

How to build an iPhone app

Simple doodles led Michael McKinney ’15 to create the iPhone game, Shape-Shift.

What's Happening

University News

Three Denison professors awarded tenure in 2024

Denison welcomes newly tenured faculty Cristina Caldari, Justin Coleman, and Philip Rudd.

In the News

Attorney Mark Snider '01 joins Cleveland law office as partner

Mark A. Snider '01 is joining Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP as a partner. His practice focuses on business and tax-related legal matters.

Students

Environmental passions infuse the arts

“I’m super passionate about the environment and a bunch of the paintings I do are centered around it.”

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