Alumni News Archive
We’re thrilled to shine this week’s Graduate Student Spotlight on Ellie White, who has been awarded a highly competitive Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation (NSF)! Ellie, a Physics M.S. student in the Department of Mathematics and Physics, is using the fellowship to support her graduate education and… Read More
The College of Science is proud to announce that alumnus Nick Kegley has successfully defended his dissertation to complete his Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from The University of Georgia, where he conducted his research in the Haltiwanger Lab. Dr. Kegley received both his B.S. in Biochemistry (2017) and… Read More
The 86th Annual Award Banquet was held on Saturday, April 12, 2025 at the Marshall Health Network Arena in Huntington, WV. Among the awarded honorees were two alumni of… Read More
Congratulations to Brendin Flinn for successfully defended his thesis and for his recent publication! Brendin, the first author on the publication, developed the idea in CHM 678, Applied Microscopy in Research, with Dr. Norton and David Neff. His co-authors include Marshall undergraduates, Hayden O’Dell and Kara Joseph, and from… Read More
Congratulations to Canary, winner of the Feature category at the 2024 Jackson Wild Media Awards! This remarkable achievement is a testament to the entire Canary team’s dedication. The film follows Marshall University and College of Science alumnus Dr. Lonnie Thompson as he seeks Earth’s history contained in… Read More
Congratulations to Walker Tatum, recipient of the inaugural Current Student Dr. Ronald G. Area “3 C’s” Award! Presented on April 13th during the 85th Alumni Awards Banquet in the Brad D. Smith Foundation Hall, this honor celebrates Walker’s exceptional commitment to Marshall University’s community, current students, and alumni. As Student… Read More
Congratulations to Caroline Cartwright, former student in Dr. Chirchir’s lab, on her publication in the Journal of Human Evolution. The paper is titled “Trabecular bone volume fraction in Holocene and Late Pleistocene humans”. Her research confirmed existing work suggesting that modern humans have ‘lightly’ built skeletons in having low bone… Read More