GRIT Speaker Event Featuring Dr. Funmi Olopade
In celebration of Black History Month, the Graduate Recruitment Initiative Team (GRIT) will be hosting a discussion with Dr. Funmi Olopade on February 23rd at 4:00pm. Dr. Olopade (...
Eight UChicago Biosciences alums named inspiring Black scientists
Eight UChicago Bioscience alums, 6 PhDs and 2 Postdocs, have been named among 1,000 Inspiring Black Scientists in Amercia in the Crosstalk Cell Press Blog. Avery D. Posey (...
Dean’s Outstanding Teaching Assistant Prize awarded to Alexander Galluppi
DEAN’S OUTSTANDING TEACHING ASSISTANT PRIZE AWARDED TO ALEXANDER GALLUPPI
The 2019-2020 Dean’s Outstanding Teaching Assistant Prize for the best performance by a BSD graduate student who is TAing in fulfillment of the Divisional Teaching Requirement was awarded to...
Ecology & Evolution alum demonstrates value of urban ecology
Alumna Alison Anastasio, PhD (Ecology and Evolution, 2009) is featured in the Autumn edition of Medicine on the Midway:
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BSD faculty and graduate students share their UChicago stories
Thank you to the faculty and graduate students of the Biological Sciences Division who participated in these video projects for sharing their unique connections to the University of Chicago.
Sue Levison selected to receive BSD Staff Leadership Award
Sue Levison, graduate education administrator for Genetics, Genomics and Systems Biology and Human Genetics, has been chosen to receive the Leadership Award at the Biological Sciences Division's second annual...
Yinan Li, a graduate student at UChicago, gains understanding of gene regulation in neurons
Yinan Li, a graduate student at UChicago, wants to understand how transcription factors work through the study of C. elegans. Under Paschalis Kratsios, PhD, at the Kratsios Lab, they showed how a certain terminal selector was responsible in part for assuring a young neuron stayed on the...
Covid-19 Shifting Research Priorities: Expand Your Perspective Podcast with Chris Stamper and Linsin Smith
In Episode 3 of the Expand Your Perspective Podcast, "Coronavirus and COVID-19: Shifting Research Priorities" Immunology graduate student...
Christopher J. Schell, Ph.D (CEB 2015) is an Assistant Professor in the Sciences and Mathematics Division at the University of Washington, Tacoma.
Christopher Schell discusses racism and discrimination in the field as a Black scientist
Christopher Schell, an Assistant Professor of Urban Ecology at the University of Washington is quoted in the Chicago Sun-Times on the challenges of being a field scientist while Black. Schell received his PhD from...
BSD Graduate Programs Video
Thank you to all the faculty and graduate students who helped create this video on the BSD Graduate Programs.