October 24, 2022, 2:51 pm
Dr. Valbona Hoxha, assistant professor of biology, recently a co-authored “ERI1: A case report of an autosomal recessive syndrome associated with developmental delay and distal limb abnormalities” in the American Journal of Medical Genetics. Ermal Aliu, M.D., assistant professor of pediatrics at Penn State Health, co-authored the article.
August 22, 2022, 12:37 pm
Daelyn Stabler ’23, biology, became the third LVC student recognized by the Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts’ Women of Impact: Celebrating Women in STEM Awards Program in the past four years. Stabler will receive the Marion C. Alexander Rising Star Award during the September 21, 2022, ceremony, as “A young female student making strides in her STEM Education.” She joins previous recipients Julianna Koehl ’21, chemistry (2019), and Fatima Madondo ’22, neuroscience major, chemistry minor (2020).
January 20, 2022, 4:48 pm
Elsevier published “Forensic Toxicology: Principles and Concepts,” the second edition of a textbook written by Dr. Courtney Lappas, professor of biology, and her father, Dr. Nicholas Lappas, professor emeritus, George Washington University. The new edition “takes the reader back to the origins of forensic toxicology providing an overview of the largely unchanging principles of the discipline.”
November 11, 2021, 3:27 pm
Erin Ziegler ’22, biochemistry & molecular biology major and environmental science minor, presented a poster, “The effects of deer, light, and competition on Podophyllum peltatum,” at the 2021 Pennsylvania Botany Symposium. Jake Beidler ’23, environmental science, Dr. Doug Becker, assistant professor of biology, and Dr. Rebecca Urban, director of environmental science and professor of biology, co-authored the poster.
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December 14, 2020, 5:20 pm
Dr. Rebecca Urban, director of environmental science and professor of biology, was interviewed by Harrisburg Magazine for the story “Now is the time when plants need help the most.”
December 14, 2020, 5:18 pm
December 11, 2020, 2:15 pm
Dr. Rebecca Urban, professor biology and director of environmental science, “shared guidance on how to identify invasive plants in your garden, and insight on the long-term problems they can cause,” on WHTM TV 27’s Good Day PA.