Biology

Tuesday, June 7, 2022

Six Westminster students were initiated in May into the Alpha Phi Sigma National Criminal Justice Honor Society in the Witherspoon Lakeview room on Westminster’s campus.

Friday, May 27, 2022

The Westminster College Drinko Center for Undergraduate Research has awarded eight fellowships for the sixth annual Summer Research Fellows program.

Thursday, May 26, 2022

Is your junior high student interested in the sciences? Then Westminster College’s Center for the Environment (CFE) has the perfect STEM-based summer camp.

Thursday, April 21, 2022

Four Westminster College students and two faculty members recently attended the annual meeting of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) held April 2-5, 2022 in Philadelphia.

Thursday, April 14, 2022

Four students have been selected to present their research at podium presentations during this year’s Undergraduate Research and Arts Celebration (URAC) on Wednesday, April 27 at Westminster College.

Thursday, March 10, 2022

A member of Westminster College’s biology faculty discussed American kestrels at the January meeting of the Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburgh (SSP) held at Duquesne University.

Wednesday, March 9, 2022

Westminster College student Ryan Armstrong will be a featured speaker in an online seminar about Ukrainian refugees at noon on Saturday, March 12. 

Thursday, March 3, 2022

Two Westminster College biology seniors sifted through the agricultural community to find its biggest store-grained pest was becoming resistant to traditional pesticides. Determined to find a natural solution to this issue, each student took a different approach—studying the rate of development versus mortality rate.

Friday, February 11, 2022

Three undergraduate students and two professors from the biology department at Westminster College presented their research at the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB) Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Ariz., from Jan. 3-7.

Friday, December 10, 2021

A Westminster molecular biology senior participated in an eight-week summer internship project titled “Genetic Determinants of Infertility” at UPMC Magee Women’s Hospital researching infertility loss in couples.