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Greetings from the Biology Department. It is -25 F outside right now and the walk to work was punctuated by the cracks and pops of contracting wood in the trees along Ole Ave. It has been a few years (1999) since our last newsletter so there are many changes and much to report about life in the Biology Department over the intervening 11 years. One thing that never changes, however, is bright, inquisitive students and an engaged, research active, and caring faculty. More
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 When I first met Professor Gene Bakko, I was in the middle of my second year at St. Olaf and still wavering somewhere between the undesired “Undecided Major” and whichever degree caught my fancy on any given day (Math today? How about Spanish? Chemistry? Dance?). When I took Gene’s vertebrate biology course in the spring, however, my undergraduate flip-flopping came to a sudden halt. More |
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 Did you take Winter Ecology with Gene? Would you like a copy of your research paper? If so, email Tory with your name and the year you took the class. We'll send you a scanned version via email.
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| Here are some stories about recent biology faculty and student activities on campus.
The science behind excess fat
Cleaning up the Cannon
Students build remote controlled cave explorer
Research experience leads to pursuit of graduate school
Two St. Olaf research projects earn DNR funding |
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| During a recent presentation at her Alma Mater, Dr. Helen Piwnica-Worms reminisced about entering St. Olaf College in 1975 wanting to pursue a career as a teacher. At that time she could not have imagined the extraordinary, expansive, and fulfilling journey she was about to embark on. More |
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| If you are a medical professional or fluent Spanish-speaker, please consider joining current St. Olaf students for a medical brigade to Honduras for the first week of February 2012! |
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| We love hearing from you! Email us and let us know what you are (or aren't!) doing with your biology degree. We will put your info into the next alumni newsletter. Maybe you'd even like to come back to St. Olaf to give a department seminar... or host a student internship in your field of work... or tour Regents Hall... Whatever it may be, stay connected! |
