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Bio and Society PhD student earns national research recognition award
Carly Busch has been awarded a prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship and recently was awarded a “Research Recognition Award” from the American Physiological Society…
PhD student earns 1st place in poster competition at AAAS and a first-author publication in the same semester
Erika Nadile is a 2nd-year Biology and Society PhD student in Sara Brownell’s Biology Education Research…
Alumnus, Deryc T. Painter, Explores Implications for Social Interactions During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Now an Assistant Research Professor in the new School of Complex Adaptive Systems, Deryc T. Painter, in collaboration with fellow ASU faculty members Shade T. Shutters and Elizabeth Wentz, uncovered…
New Policy Memo on Recycling in Arizona
In September 2020, three Biology and Society graduate students, working with two other ASU graduate students, published a memo addressing how to reinvigorate recycling in Arizona through state-level…
Student Spotlight: Logan Gin
Biology and Society Ph.D. candidate Logan Gin has decided to tackle a challenge that has been largely understudied: how we can support students with disabilities in undergraduate science.
PhD Candidate Paige Madison Embraces Science Communication and Outreach Amidst the Pandemic
During a seemingly uncertain year with the spread of COVID cases around the world, PhD Candidate at the Center for Biology and Society Paige Madison has been making the best of 2020 by turning her…
Welcome New Biology and Society PhD Students!
The Center for Biology and Society is delighted to welcome a new group of PhD graduate students to the 2020 academic year. Read about their research interests, backgrounds, hobbies, and much more…
Welcome New Biology and Society Master’s Students!
The Center for Biology and Society is delighted to welcome a new group of Master’s students to the 2020 academic year. Read about their research interests, backgrounds, hobbies, and much more!
Student Spotlight: Anna Clemencia Guerrero
In 2018, cell biology experts from all over the United States traveled to Washington, DC, for a National Science Foundation, hereafter NSF, Ideas Lab. The topic of the program was “Understanding the…
Alumni Spotlight: Liz Barnes
I started my academic career in biology and society ten years ago when I transferred to ASU as an undergraduate student from a community college. At that time, I was a first-generation college…
Student Spotlight: Kelle Dhein
In the summer of 2015, I was setting up meetings all over ASU’s Tempe campus searching for a university job that would reduce my tuition so that I could earn a master’s degree on the side. To my…
Student Spotlight: Katie Surrey
From a young age I knew that I wanted to pursue a career focused on animals. Ignoring the classic predictions from friends and family that I would become a veterinarian (and knowing that I didn’t…
Student Spotlight: Theora Tiffney
My fascination with infectious diseases began with my mother's bedtime stories. Instead of the cheerful, popular chapter books that were school-approved introductions to reading, my mom fell back on…
Student Spotlight: Elizabeth Dietz
Hello from the middle of my PhD, where things aren’t exactly where I expected them to be. This past weekend, I was supposed to be in Philadelphia giving a talk on reproductive autonomy and genetic…
New study gives helpful tips for mentoring students with depression in undergraduate research
Depression is one of the top mental health concerns for undergraduates and COVID-19 is likely heightening students’ feelings of depression. A new study co-authored by Biology and Society Ph.D.…
Student Spotlight: Carolina Abboud
Biology and Society has been my academic home for six years. I’ve earned my undergraduate and graduate degrees here. And I have to admit that when I first showed up, I had no idea what I was doing.…
Students Share Positive Impacts of Social Distancing
As we are all finding ourselves at home, learning different ways of working, some things are harder or more frustrating. But we are also finding benefits and are enjoying the positive impacts that…