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Karen Arndt to give lecture at Genetics Society of America meeting
From PittWire News:
Karen Arndt, professor in the Department of Biological Sciences in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of…
Pymatuning Lab of Ecology and Dr. Cori Richards-Zawacki featured in Pitt Research News
Pitt Research News featured our Department's very own Dr. Cori Richards-Zawacki and the…
Clark Lab research on high-altitude animal olfactory adaptations featured in PittWire
Professor Nathan Clark's lab recently had some work featured in a PittWire article written by Patrick Monahan. You won't want to turn your nose up at the findings about how animals' olfactory systems have adapted to living at high altitude over time!…
Professor Graham Hatfull Elected to the National Academy of the Sciences
Dr. Graham Hatfull, the Eberly Family Professor of Biotechnology and member of our Department of Biological Sciences, was inducted into the prestigious National Academy of the Sciences as part of the 2025 class.
“I was stunned at the news,” Dr. Hatfull said. “It is an…
Professor Nathan Clark Featured on NPR's Morning Edition
Pitt Biological Sciences professor Nathan Clark was featured on National Public Radio's Morning Edition program on January 2, 2025. The Clark lab's contribution to a Science Advances paper about the genome of an endangered and rarely-seen marsupial mole were highlighted.
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Dr. Brodsky Selected as a Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Professor Jeffrey Brodsky, Avinoff Professor in Biological Sciences, was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The American Academy of Arts and Sciences is one of the oldest learned societies in the nation, and the membership, nominated and elected by peers, has included not only…
Department Graduate Student NSF Fellowship Winners Announced
We were recently delighted to learn that two students in our department won NSF graduate fellowships and one received honorable mentions. Student winners included Katherine Sharp (Brodsky lab) and Crystal Lara-Santos (Carlson lab). The honorable mention winner was Trapper Hobble (Turcotte lab).…
Department Graduate Students Win Mellon Fellowships
Two-term Mellon Fellowships are awarded to doctoral students of exceptional promise and ability across the disciplines in the Dietrich School, and recent awardees include Morgan Kok (Brodsky lab), Faith Rovenholt (Stephonson lab), and Tasniem Fetian (Arndt lab). Congratulations on the receipt of…