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Congratulations to Kaleigh Smith as she's been accepted to the University of Oklahoma Health Science Center! She will be pursuing a PhD from their Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program with a focus in Immunology and Microbiology.
She states that @hendrixcollege has helped by providing easy access to internships, like this one, that will give her the leadership and person-person experience she needs for her future as a physical therapist!
Somi Mathews ('24) has just been accepted to the Arkansas Geriatric Education Collaborative (AGEC) internship with UAMS being led by @hendrixcollege's Drs. Peszka and Gess! She will be learning what it's like to live with dementia to help create a safe and welcoming environment.
After, he is off to the University of Illinois at Chicago for the Post-baccalaureate Teaching Assistant Program in the Department of Biological Sciences! During this time, he will study how plants, birds, pollinators, and humans interact in urban and suburban ecosystems.
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Tristan ('22) who will be spending this summer as a research technician at the University of Minnesota! He will be collecting data on bumble bee nesting habitat choice and monitoring for daily nest traffic, gyne production, and survival.
Congratulations to Sydney Wagner who just got accepted to University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences! Planning to pursue a Bachelor's in nursing to specialize as a CRNA or pediatrics, she says that @hendrixcollege helped navigate her through nursing, especially Career Services!
Meet Jaclyn Reifeiss who will be pursuing a Masters in Biology at the University of Central Arkansas! She will be researching eastern collard lizards in response to fire suppression tactics in the Ozark glades to better inform glade restoration and land management practices!
Congrats to Savanna Watts for winning Third Place Overall Undergraduate Presentation at the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic Marine Mammal Symposium (SEAMAMMS) at the University of South Alabama! Savanna presented her research of the locomotor muscles of spinner dolphins.
John Henry has just been accepted into Clemson University's Biological Sciences PhD program! He plans to research interspecies or intraspecies variation in snake venom! He states that @hendrixcollege Baseball helped him develop time management, leadership, and personal discipline
She states that Hendrix College's Odyssey Program and Biology Department gave her the necessary research opportunities and skills to be successful!
More exciting news as @hendrixcollege student Jayla King has just been accepted into Yale University's School of Environment! Her potential research topic being large mammal ecology/conservation with a focus on mitigating human-wildlife contact.
Avery Olmstead, a student in Dr. Duina's lab, is working on a project to assess the genome-wide effects of mutations in chromosome components in yeast cells! Her work could provide insights to the molecular mechanisms in the neurodevelopmental disorder Bryant-Li-Bhoj syndrome.
Meet Alaina Ivers ('22) who just got accepted to UAMS College of Medicine! Alaina says that @hendrixcollege has helped her by allowing her to develop meaningful relationships with professors and providing opportunities to participate in research.
Last week, Dr. Dearolf led her Biology of Movement students in a EMG lab where students recorded their
bicep EMGs while holding books. This course is in workshop format in which class is a mix of lecture and applied exercises, allowing students to apply theory as they learn it.
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John Veon('18) and Dr. McClung have recently published a paper on how traffic noise disturbs waterfowl in Arkansas wetlands! John completed this research as a Biology undergrad at @hendrixcollege then got his MS from the University of Arkansas and is now a PhD student at UC-Davis
Professors Rick Murray, Jennifer Dearolf, and Shamindri Tennakoon were kept busy at the Majors Fair yesterday as they spoke with students about pre-med, health sciences, and biology paths here at @hendrixcollege! We’re excited to begin working with all our new majors!
Sharing Marine Mammal Science at SICB! Cooper Elliott (’23), a BCMB major and member of Dr. Jenn Dearolf’s Lab, presented a poster about his work on adult beluga whale locomotor muscles at the annual Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB) meeting in Austin, Texas.
The Environmental Biology class sampled macroinvertebrates at Cadron Creek for the #freshwaterbiodiversity lab and examined the critters before releasing them back to the water. It was a beautiful day and @ShamindriT and the class enjoyed being out in the field! #funinthefield
Come on out Friday to learn more about arctic ecosystems!
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