Biological Sciences News Archive
Biology majors Bennett Luo, Cooper Tatterson, and David McGraw visited Southside Elementary School on March 27 as part of the school’s Mad Scientist Day. The students, who are also members of Marshall University’s BS/MD program and Science Olympiad at Marshall University, led hands‑on science activities for second graders. During the… Read More
Children and families gathered for Family Science Fun Day and enjoyed a variety of hands‑on STEM activity stations. The event drew strong participation and enthusiasm from both students and parents. The College of Science thanks the volunteers who helped set up and run the activity stations, whose support made the… Read More
The Marshall University Department of Biological Sciences traveled to Mobile, Alabama, last week to attend the 2026 Association of Southeastern Biologists (ASB) annual meeting. Faculty and students represented Marshall University with a strong showing of research presentations. The department delivered 11 total presentations at the conference, including six oral talks… Read More
Instead of a traditional Spring Break, a group of College of Science students took their learning across the globe with a two-week trip to Bacolod on Negros Island in the Philippines. The experience, organized by Dr. Tom Jones, Associate Professor in the Department of Natural Resources and Earth Sciences, blended… Read More
Dr. Holly Cyphert, associate professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, recently hosted a NASA Outreach Day that brought seventy fourth- and fifth-grade students from Meadows Elementary to campus for a full day of hands-on science exploration. Throughout the day, students rotated through interactive activities in the physiology lab, where… Read More
The Department of Biological Sciences at the College of Science proudly highlights recent presentations by members of the Palmquist lab at the 2026 Society for Range Management Annual Meeting held February 7–11 in Monterey, California. The event brought together researchers, land managers, ranchers, students, and agency professionals to explore rangeland… Read More
A graduate student in the Department of Biological Sciences at the College of Science is receiving support for his research from a regional nonprofit dedicated to environmental education and restoration. Brian Brillhart, a master’s student at Marshall University, has been awarded a mini research grant from Appalachian Headwaters, a Lewisburg-based… Read More
Despite snowy weather, the Marshall University College of Science helped make another Green & White Day a success by welcoming prospective students and families to campus. Green & White Day is an admissions open house designed to introduce future Herd members to academic programs, student life and campus resources at… Read More
The Tait Lab in the Department of Biological Sciences recently returned from the annual meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, held this year in Portland, Oregon. Undergraduate researchers Sandra Gerges and Jessi Lin represented Marshall University with poster presentations on their projects. Gerges shared her work on… Read More
Dr. Anne Axel, Dr. Kyle Palmquist, and Dr. Pamela Puppo from the Department of Biological Sciences have published a new research article in the journal Vegetation Classification and Survey. The paper, “Characterizing and mapping coastal vegetation on a sea island in the southeastern USA,” presents advanced ecological mapping and vegetation… Read More