January 2025 Newsletter
January 2025, Welcome to the new semester and the new wing of Donnelly Science (or should I say Bloomfield Hall?!).
News & Highlights
News
November 2025 Newsletter
November 2025, Hi Scientists! First off, I want to thank everyone who contributed to the “Cool Things” bulletin board last month. It has been awesome to see what our students are proud of. Feel free to continue to add to the board (I still have...
October 2025 Newsletter
October 2025, To celebrate October we’re trick-or-treating in the Biology Department! No costume necessary.
September 2025 Newsletter - Welcome Back!
September 2025, Perhaps our biggest new development is the addition of two new faculty members! You can read more about Dr. Rachael Best and Dr. Steve Kutos in section 2. Be sure to give them a big Loyola welcomes when you see them around campus!
Advice and Memories from the Class of 2025
May 16, 2025, We asked our graduating seniors to reflect on their last four years and to share advice and memories with us. This is what they had to say.
Medical Humanities Presents Posters
May 5, 2025, Medical Humanities: Intersections of Visual Art and Health Science (BL188) held their end of semester poster session on Thursday, May 1st in the McManus Theatre lobby.
Biology Honor Society Inducts 2025 Class
April 11, 2025, Loyola University Maryland’s Theta Chi Chapter of the Beta Beta Beta National Biological Honor Society is proud to announce the induction of 71 new members this year.
Biology Major Amaya Jones-Core Wins Prestigious Choudhury Sarkar-Dey Medal
March 14, 2025, Amaya Jones-Core, Biology major, was awarded the Choudhury Sarkar-Dey Medal at the 2025 STEM Excellence Event.
Biology Students Recognized at 2025 STEM Excellence Event
March 14, 2025, Members of the Natural and Applied Sciences division gathered on Friday, March 14th for the annual STEM Academic Excellence Event. 18 senior Biology majors were honored at the event.
Biohealth Students attend Bio Innovation Conference
October 10, 2024, On October 10th Professor Michael Tangrea brought a group of 12 Biohealth majors to the Maryland Tech Council’s annual Bio Innovation Conference in Bethesda, Maryland.
Other Highlights
- Loyola adds endowed professor in innovation to advance scientific research in biohealth
- Allison Meyers ('17) Ph.D Candidate, Molecular and Cellular Biosciences PhD Program Wake Forest University
- The Grove - Exploring Biology 101: Intro to Forensic Science
- The Grove - Exploring Biology 310: Botany
- Dr. David Rivers wins $50,000 National Science Foundation grant to create a network to prep students for careers in biotechnology
- Loyola University Maryland (PI’s Bernadette Roche, Elizabeth Dahl, Bahram Roughani) received a $5000 award from MADE CLEAR (Maryland and Delaware Climate Education Assessment and Research) for their grant, “Increasing Capacity for Climate Change Education across the Curriculum at Loyola University Maryland”.
- At the Deans' Symposium held Friday, March 20, Rebecca S. Brogan, Ph.D. was named the 2015 Harry W. Rodgers, III, Distinguished Teacher of the Year. Dr. Brogan is an Associate professor of Biology and has been with Loyola University Maryland since 2005.
- Loyola University biology professors Dr. Rebecca Brogan and Dr. Christopher Thompson win $274K grant for high-tech microscope.
- Loyola biology professor Dr. Lisa Scheifele receives National Institutes of Health grant to fund research on genome instability.