Recognizing Ben Fitzpatrick for his recently published a paper about hybrid salamanders and feature story in the New York Times.

Gordon Burghardt, professor with appointments in the Departments of Psychology and Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, recently had his research featured on the PBS show NOVA. The episode focused on the entire group of monitor lizards, which includes the largest lizard in the world, the Komodo Dragon.

Recognizing Kurt Lamour for his recent cover story in Nature detailing his genetic research into the cause of the Irish potato famine.

Daniel Simberloff, professor of environmental science, was quoted in a recent Associated Press article titled “Predators Battle Bugs, Become Pests Themselves.”

Alaina Willet, undergraduate student in biological sciences, recently won grant funding from the American Society of Plant Biologists 2009 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship program for her project entitled “Research of Arabidopsis plant to Find New Components of ERECTA Signaling Pathway through EMS Screen for Mutants.”