By Amanda RespessGrowing up in Statesboro on Georgia’s coastal plain, alumnus Houston Chandler (’12) spent his summers surrounded by wildlife while his parents — both biologists — studied birds and mammals. Houston preferred the cold-blooded creatures, though, and spent his time searching for salamanders and snakes.Chandler is now the science director for The Orianne Society, a nonprofit working to conserve imperiled reptiles and amphibians. He oversees the implementation of a broad...
Join Georgia College & State University's STEM Club at our first Science Cafe of the semester, as we have a discussion about criminal psychology, hosted by Forensic Psychologist Darcy Shores.The Science Cafe will be held Sept. 23 at 6:30 p.m. at Allen's Market, across from the downtown parking garage.
Join Georgia College & State University's STEM Club at our first Science Cafe of the semester, as we have a discussion about criminal psychology, hosted by Forensic Psychologist Darcy Shores.The Science Cafe will be held Sept. 23 at 6:30 p.m. at Allen's Market, across from the downtown parking garage.
Kali Holierhoek, MS Biology student, won the award for the Best Student Flash Talk at the 20th International Colloquium on Amphipoda in Lodz, Poland in early September. Kali delivered one of the 60 oral and 30 poster presentations at the meeting. The meeting is held every two or three years and hosts amphipodologists from around the world. Kali is a first-year graduate teaching assistant, studying intertidal zonation of amphipod crustaceans on Sapelo Island, Georgia, in Dr. Kristine...
Faculty, students and a recent graduate from the Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences attended the 20th International Congress of Myriapodology this summer in Srebrno Jezero (Silver Lake), Serbia. They presented three oral presentations:Lance Andrew (BS Environmental Science 2023, MS Biology 2025) presented “An overview of the millipede diversity of Georgia, USA” which focused on his research creating the first checklist and distribution maps for millipedes across the...
By Margaret SchellAfter three years conducting research at Georgia College & State University, Kun Yuan "Ivan" Chu (’25) looks forward to continuing his work this fall at the highly competitive University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UT Health Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, where for the next five-and-a-half years, he’ll pursue his Ph.D. in cancer cellular or molecular biology. During his time at GCSU, Chu earned a National Science Foundation fellowship to study...
by Margaret SchellIn a field once dominated by men, Dr. Melanie DeVore, professor and paleobotanist at Georgia College & State University, noticed biology has taken a turn. More women are pursuing their degrees in science thanks to mentors like her. DeVore sees science as the ultimate team sport where collaboration is key to solving problems.“We are building bridges,” DeVore said. “There are practical, real-life connections within academia.”DeVore makes a point to place students within...
Come, join us for our March Milly's Science Cafe, with a discussion on lunar exploration facilitated by Bea Czogalla, NASA Solar System ambassador. Held at Allen's Market at 6:30 p.m. March 26, across from the downtown parking garage.
Come, join us for our March Milly's Science Cafe, with a discussion on lunar exploration facilitatied by Bea Czogalla, NASA Solar System ambassador. Held at Allen's Market at 6:30 p.m. March 26, across from the downtown parking garage.
Approximately two dozen Georgia College & State University students and faculty traveled to Young Harris College for the Annual Meeting of the Georgia Academy of Science on March 7 and 8, 2025. The students delivered oral and poster presentations highlighting their STEM research. In the Biological Sciences section, Sydney Irons won the Best Undergraduate Oral Presentation and Ana Agi won Best Graduate Oral Presentation. In the Earth and Atmospheric Sciences section, Victoria Alden...
