Biology and Environmental Science News

Congratulations to graduating biology major, Montrell Vass, on his appointment as a Research Technologist in the Department of Neuroscience at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Montrell has accumulated a wealth of research experience through multiple summer internships at Johns Hopkins dating back to high school. In this new position, Montrell will be working in Dr. Daniel O'Connor's lab on a research project to map the neurons in the mouse brain as well as record how sense perception is represented in the brain. Montrell hopes to gain important skills and knowledge which will make him a competitive applicant for entry into a Ph.D. program in the future.

Biology alumnus, Curtis McInnis, is first year medical student at the Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine in Blacksburg, VA. ...Click here to read more.

Alumna Alexa Gannon (Biology ’18) started her graduate studies this August in the Ph.D. program for Molecular Genetics at University of South Florida....Click here to read more.

Dr. Rivka L. Glaser’s proposal for an invited session on genetics education was accepted to the 2019 American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) Annual Meeting!...Click here to read more.

Congratulations to biology alumna Jess Eisenberg on receiving her white coat from VCU School of Dentistry! ...Click here to read more.