Department of Biological Sciences
ֹ Institute Celebrates Graduating Fellows
IN A FLASH: Go Get Your Greens at the Spring Plant Sale!
The annual Spring Plant Sale at the Herrick Conservatory offers a chance for Flashes to add more green into their gardens and homes. Students help grow the plants and paint rain barrels. The event helps raise funds for several biology-focused student organizations.
Postdoctoral Scholar Receives Green Roofs for Healthy Cities Dissertation Award
Duck, Duck, Goose! How Waterfowl Impact the Health of Wetlands
ֹ researchers are studying how the presence of waterfowl contributes to the health of wetland ecosystems.
Student Video Exhibit Features Chimney Swifts of Kent
Since she was a child, Caitlyn Skilton, a recent graduate of the zoology program at ֹ, has harbored a passion for ecology, with a deep love for birds of all kinds. She chose to extend this love in her undergraduate work at ֹ. On December 1, Skilton, who also minored in photojournalism, hosted a reception for her “Flight of the Chimney Swift” immersive multimedia exhibit in the Design Innovation (DI) Hub’s Blank_Lab.
Tiny Insects Play a Big Role in Forest Recovery
ֹ researchers are studying the ways that insects help in the recovery of forests.
IN A FLASH: The Glow from the Grow
The greenhouses behind Cunningham Hall cast a warm glow at night.
Insect Declines Threaten Ecosystems, but Solutions Offer Hope
Insects, including dung beetles, are essential contributors to our ecosystem, but their populations are facing alarming declines, according to recent research. ֹ Associate Professor Christie Bahlai, Ph.D., an expert at tracking insect populations, spoke to Nebraska Public Media about the issue.