Biology

Biology News is a quarterly publication of the EWU Biology Department that highlights activities around the department, faculty and student research projects, important announcements and awards and alumni updates. Open the current issue to find out what's happening in the department. Or, click on the issues link below for all newsletters. Articles listed at the bottom of the page link to the Biology News issue in which they were published.

Biology News Past Issues 

All Biology News issues are pdf files and require Acrobat Reader to open. If you don't have the latest version of Acrobat Reader, go to the Adobe website for a free download. As a pdf file, e-mail and web links in the newsletter may not work. Write down the links (or copy/paste) to access on your browser. Word documents can be e-mailed on request.

Sue Murphy, Operations Manager
EWU Biology Department
258A Science Building
Cheney, WA 99004
Phone: 509.359.6809
FAX: 509.359.6867
E-Mail: sue.murphy@ewu.edu

Article Links

• 2008-09 Faculty Appointments
• 2008-09 Graduate Fellows
• Amgen Donations Welcomed
• Anatomy & Physiology Lab Tour
• ASLO/NABS Presentations (2010)
• ASM Presentations (2010)
• Artistic Biologists
• Biology Benefactors
• Biology Department Gets DNA Sequencer
• Biology & Ed Majors Teach MESA Students (2006)
• Biology & Natural Science Education Majors Teach MESA Students (2008)
• Biology Faculty Selected for Library Grant (follow-up article, "Improving Student Research Skills")
• Biology Seminars (link to web page)
• Biology Seminars (Winter 2009)
• Biology Seminars (Spring 2009 - bottom of page 3)
• Biology Student Successes (Winter 2011)
• Biology Students Create Display
• Blast From The Past
• Blast from the Past Revisited
• Brown Returns to Sweden
• Cassava Gets Extended Shelf Life
• Darwin Day Celebration (2009)
• Darwin Day Celebration (2010)
• Darwin Day Celebration (1011)
• Elwha River Research
• Engaging Young Women in Science
• EPOC & the Desert Iguana
• EWU Hosts State Science Olympiad Tournament (2006)
• EWU Satori Program Teaches Gifted Students
• EWU Student Research & Creative Works Symposium - 2007 Abstracts
• EWU Student Research & Creative Works Symposium - 2008 Awards & Abstracts
• EWU Student Research & Creative Works Symposium - 2009 Awards & Participants/Topics
• EWU Students Study Medicine in Central and South America
• EWU Study Monitors Nitrogen and Carbon Cycling in Lake Roosevelt
• Electrofishing Boat's Maiden Voyage
• Field Botany Excursions (includes link to Proceedings: Field Botany Excursions Spring Quarter 2009)
• Field Botany Excursions (includes link to Proceedings: Field Botany Excursions Spring Quarter 2011)
• Fish Field Guide
• Fisheries Staff Changes (Winter 2011)
• From Bombs to Books
• Graduate Student Awards & Presentations (Fall 2009-Winter 2010)
• Graduate Student Lands Research Position
• Graduate Students Present at ESA Annual Meeting
• Grant Develops STEM Teachers
• Hancock Leave Productive (Fall 2011)
• Hancock Writes on Professional Leave (Fall 2010)
• Homecoming 2009
• Improving Student Research Skills (background article, "Biology Faculty Selected for Library Grant")
• Inland NW Aquatic, Riparian, and Wetland Symposium
• Intern Found Niche (an internship success story)
• Internship Leads to Cash Prize
• It's Rock Science!
• Lang-IBI,2 Calculates Stream Conditions
• Marshall Creek Watershed Study (Satori Students Get Feet Wet)
• Math-Science Partnership (Biology alumni attend Summer 2005 workshop)
• MESA Students Visit EWU (2005)
• Mini Chromosome Technology Allows Gene Stacking
• O'Connell Professional Leave (Fall 2008-Winter 2009)
• Plant Genetics Increase Crop Yield: Cassava and Sorghum
• Prism School Visits EWU Biology Department 
• Prescribed Burning Beneficial to Forest Growth
• Research Presented at Riparian Ecology Conference in Sweden
• Riparian Ecology Class (2008, includes link to "Proceedings," a student-produced report)
• Riparian Ecology & Freshwater Invertebrate Zoology Proceedings (Spring 2010)
• Running Start Teacher Jump-Starts Students (profile of Randy S. James, alumni)
• Scholz Named "Best of the West Educator of the Year"
• Science Olympiad Club Holds Invitational Tournament
• Students Present at NCUR
• Students Shine Spring Quarter [2003]
• Students Teaching Students
• Study Seeks Link Between Dinosaur and Bird Breathing Mechanisms
• Summer Internships (2010)
• Teachers in the Making (includes MESA visit, Spring 2011)
• Wagner Poster Wins Prize
• WSU Funds EWU Student in Biotechnology Research
• Worm Wrangling Nets Unexpected Results
• WWAMI/RIDE Programs Utilize Biology Faculty"You Can't Go Home Again" (accounting of Prakash Bhuta's Professional Leave in India 2006-07)