Mark your calendar!  The Fall Undergraduate Research Symposium is December 5, 2014 from 1:30-3:30pm in the Lobby of Life Sciences West.  Each Spring and Fall undergraduates present the results of the research they have been working during the semester. See attached flyer.

The Oklahoma State University Interdisciplinary Toxicology Program  awarded its first graduate fellowships to five doctoral students, four of whom belong to the Department of Integrative Biology.  Each award recipient will receive an annual stipend of $2,500 for research projects in toxicology, the study of the adverse effects of chemicals on living organisms. Congratulations to graduate students Adam Simpson, Shane Morrison, Patrick Cusaac, and Chris Goodchild, and their faculty mentors Jason Belden, Scott McMurry, and Sarah DuRant. 

Shane Morrison was honored for his outstanding oral presentation at the recent national conference for the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science in Los Angeles.  Congratulations Shane!  You can read more about his accomplishments here.

Shaun McCoshum recived a Love of Learning Award of $500 from Phi Kappa Phi, one of the nations oldest honor socieites. The Love of Learning Awards program begain in 2007 and helps fund graduate and professional studies. You can read more about the award here.  Congratulations Shaun!

Kristen Baum (Zoology), in collaboration with Julie Angle (science education) and Alan Noell (mathematics), was a primary contributor to a grant that brought $1.1 million of scholarship money to Oklahoma State for students pursuing careers as math and science teachers. The grant, funded by NSF, will be used to recruit future secondary math and science teachers and support them with scholarship funds internship opportunities and professional development during their first years as teachers. You can read more about the award here.