May 10, 2013
Inbar Maayan has been selected as 2013 Student of the Year for Biology and Society. The National Merit Scholar joined the Embryo Project in Biology and Society early in her career. Mayaan graduates this year, and will study evolutionary biology in Europe.
April 19, 2013
Congratulations to Sean Cohmer, Mark Craft and Lijing Jiang for honorable mentions as Teaching Associates of the Year for the School of Life Sciences!
April 18, 2013
Ann Kinzig was given Special Recognition at the 2013 Professor of the Year Award ceremony. Congratulations, Ann!
March 28, 2013
The Institute of Human Origins hosted a Panel Discussion at the grand opening exhibition showcasing Donald C. Johanson's (the Institutes Founding Director) collection of papers, photographs and correspondence tracing the evolution of thinking about human origins. The panel examined different views regarding such collections whether they are housed privately or archived for museum presentation.
March 18, 2013
Congratulations to Ben Minteer who has beeng named the recipient of the Faculty Achievement Award for Defining Edge Research in Natural Sciences and Mathematics! The Faculty Achievement Awards were conceived seven years ago to celebrate the top intellectual contributions at ASU annually in a number of specific fields of scholarship.
March 4, 2013
Ben Minteer is the new Maytag Proessor of SOLS. The appointment runs through June 2015. This position stems from an endowment set up at ASU by the Maytag family at the same time the family made possible the founding of the Phoenix Zoo. In this capacity Ben will help oversee some new programs that SOLS is currently developing with the zoo.
February 14, 2013
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS, or triple-A-S) yearly conference features a student poster competition. This year the annual conference was held in Boston, Massachusetts. Each year the Center for Biology and Society in collaboration with Barrett, the Honors College supports travel, lodging, and registration costs for selected students who have been doing individual research projects and want to present their research on the national stage.
January 7, 2013
The Spring 2013 Bioethics in Film Series will look at "The Brain" as it is depicted in film.
