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Students Get Certified Through Local EMS Academy

Pre-health cohort puts in the time and effort, with an eye toward medical careers.

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Dickinson Launches Human Anatomy Course

Learn more about Dickinson's first Human Anatomy course.

Kirsten Guss

Who Doesn't Love a Good Origin Story?

Kirsten Guss, associate professor of biology and John R. & Inge Paul Stafford Chair in Bioinformatics, discusses genetics and the innovational nature of bioinformatics.

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Stafford Fellowship in Bioinformatics Gives Science Students a Leg Up

The new fellowship supports research and internships both on campus and off, across the academic year and through the summer.

Celebrating Internship Scholarships at Dickinson

Chris '05 and Emily '06 Cocores Return to Campus for Internship Celebration

Student gather to thank alumni couple for their generosity in funding internship opportunities.

Jamie Bugel

Supporting Hardworking Farmers

Former biology major Jamie Bugel ’13 followed her interest in nutrition to become director of the Dane County Farmers’ Market in Madison, Wis., the largest producer-only market in the country.

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Biology Major Jobs and Graduate School Acceptances 2023

Biology majors to join Peace Corps, enter the medical field and pursue graduate school.

crystal Reynaga in a biology lab

NSF Awards Crystal Reynaga $450,000 For Upcoming Research

Assistant Professor of Biology Crystal Reynaga was recently awarded a grant to study how frogs and toads navigate complex environments.

Portrait of John Mather

Astrophysicist for NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to Give Talk at Dickinson

John Mather will receive Dickinson’s annual Joseph Priestley Award.

Professors Mike Roberts and Jeff Forrester in a lab

Interdisciplinary Cancer Research Project Lands $100,000 Grant

With leukemia in the crosshairs, two Dickinson professors will spend two years training students for a future in medicine and biomedical research.

Galil Cohen

Student Snapshot: Galil Cohen ’23

“Studying immunology in the midst of the COVID pandemic has made for especially relevant lessons,” says Galil Cohen ’23, a biochemistry & molecular biology major and a Red Devil soccer player.

Supporting Service

Inspired by granddaughter Laney Herndon '22, Albert '60 and Virginia Alley established a program to make health-focused service trips available to students planning related careers.

Daniel Yamoah

Student Snapshot: Daniel Yamoah ’23

Meet Daniel Yamoah ’23, a multiple-scholarship awardee who's preparing for a career as a physician through student-faculty research and opportunities made possible by the Dickinson alumni network.

Jack Drda

Student Snapshot: Jack Drda '24

Jack Drda '24 has interned at a hospital and has researched rare plant species, the effects of invasive species on trees and a little-known autoinflammatory disorder.

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