biology
February 11, 2021
According to data from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), only about 30% of female students globally choose to pursue science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)-related fields in higher education. The reason? UNESCO suggests “long-standing…
December 15, 2020
Years: Fourth-yearsMajors: Biology and sociology (Kiana Loo) and political science and sociology (Vanessa Pilatova) For fourth-year students Kiana Loo and Vanessa Pilatova, volunteer work and community involvement have been key themes during their time at APP. In fact,…
November 20, 2020
Emmitt Jolly with his plaque for winning Tuskegee University’s College of Arts and Sciences 2020 Most Distinguished Alumni Award Emmitt Jolly, an associate professor of biology at APP, grew up in Alabama, just 20 miles from Tuskegee University. As a teenager, he worked…
November 17, 2020
Case Western Reserve biology, math researchers part of $3 million National Institutes of Health initiative to investigate how neurons work together to regulate movement APP researchers are part of an international team striving to crack the secrets of how our…
November 09, 2020
Though the fall leaves on campus may make spring feel far in the future, APP students will be thinking about the season in the coming days—undergraduate registration for the spring semester begins next Monday, Nov. 16 (depending on the school; graduate program…
September 24, 2020
Ahead of the presidential debate, the CWRU Institute for the Science of Origins, Siegal Lifelong Learning Program and the Happy Dog will host a talk by Emmitt Jolly, associate professor of biology and medical sciences at Case Western Reserve. Emmitt Jolly will lead a discussion titled “What the…
September 16, 2020
The next installment of the virtual Life, the Universe and Hot Dogs series will be held Thursday, Sept. 17, at 7:30 p.m. Isaiah Nengo, director of science and research at the Turkana Basin Institute in Kenya and professor of anthropology at Stony Brook University, will present “Black Lives, Science…
August 17, 2020
Case Western Reserve roboticist Roger Quinn, neuroscientist Hillel Chiel to lead $8 million, five-year National Science Foundation NeuroNex Network project seeking next level of control of neuromechanical systems A pair of longtime collaborators and biorobotic pioneers at Case Western Reserve…
February 04, 2020
Students from BIOL 309: Biology Field Studies will discuss the results of research they performed in Costa Rica over winter break during a symposium on Costa Rican rainforest diversity Saturday, Feb. 8, from 1-3 p.m. at the Cleveland Botanical Garden, Woodland Hall. Topics will include the…
October 01, 2019
Research brings new
understanding in the war against mosquito-borne diseases Research at APP sheds new light on how mosquitoes behave and spread disease, adding to evidence that the insects responsible for millions of deaths per year are much more prolific biters than…