College of Letters & Science
Katherine is currently a PhD student in the Damschen lab. Katherine plans to graduate this summer. Check out her spotlight article to learn about Katherine, her research, and more. 1.Explain your research so that your grandparent or a 5-year old would understand it? Grasslands around the world are threatened because of the increasing presence of …
Biz is currently an MS student in the Orrock lab. She plans to graduate this summer. Her research areas are ecology and animal behavior. Learn more about her dream job, hobbies, and more in her spotlight article. 1. Explain your research so that your grandparent or a 5-year old would understand it? I am using …
Nathan is currently a PhD student in the Turner lab. Nathan plans to complete the degree this spring, check out his spotlight profile and learn more about Nathan and his experience at UW-Madison. 1) Explain your research so that your grandparent or a 5-year-old would understand it. I study how forests are changing with a …
Congratulations to Joel Lord, who was the recipient of the L&S University Staff Excellence Award, yesterday. Joel has an amazing impact on both iBio and Biocore instructional operations, research and daily lives of everyone in our department.
Nathan Kiel is a Doctoral candidate in iBio graduating May 2024. Before he transitions to the next phase in his career, we talked with him about his research and graduate student experience in iBio and UW-Madison. Nathan’s research focuses on understanding how forests are changing with a warming climate and widespread wildfire. He has done …
Congratulations to Grace Wilkinson for receiving a 2024-25 Vilas Associates Award!
Thirteen faculty members have been chosen to receive this year’s Distinguished Teaching Awards, an honor given out since 1953 to recognize some of the university’s finest educators.
Garret Knowlton, M.S. student in iBio, received the Ecological Society of America’s Katherine S. McCarter Graduate Student Policy Award (GSPA). Students in the 2024 cohort are engaged in advocacy with an interest in science policy. Along with other awardees, Garrett will travel to Washington, D.C., for policy, communication and career training followed by meetings with …
Congratulations to Dr. Guilherme Gainett, former iBio graduate student, and Professor Prashant Sharma on their paper published last week in the Journal Current Biology. They report that a living species of daddy longlegs has two additional sets of underdeveloped eyes as embryos, implying that the species diversified earlier in the evolutionary tree than scientists believed. …
In August 2023, Maggie Langwig and Katie Klier, PhD students in the Freshwater and Marine Science program, had the opportunity of a lifetime: A research cruise exploring hydrothermal vents near the Galápagos Islands. Not only did they obtain some of the first microbiological samples from this vent system, but they were also a part of …