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News
Josh Plotkin named as new AAS Fellow
Dec. 4, 2018
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In memoriam: Dorothy Cheney (1950-2018)
Dec. 13, 2018
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A message from the Department of Biology
“The horrific killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and so many others have shocked and saddened us all.
Illuminating interactions between decision-making and the environment
With a unifying model based in game theory, Andrew Tilman, Joshua Plotkin, and Erol Akçay of the School of Arts and Sciences inform dynamics in fields as diverse as ecology and economics.
FRUIT FLY LOVE SONGS
Yun Ding, Assistant Professor of Biology, studies the courtship behavior of fruit flies to learn how genes and brains evolve to change animal behaviors.
The Most Expensivest
Dr. Larry Rome, Professor of Biology, sat down with rapper 2 chainz last year to discuss his latest invention - the hoverglide backpack.
Coral reef resilience
Professor Katie Barott is examining the strategies that may enable corals to survive climate change.