Deborah O’Dell and April Wynn presented a poster titled “Transforming the Biology Major Through Course Based Research” at the AAC&U/PKAL meeting “Transforming Undergraduate STEM Education” held Nov. 4-5 in Boston. The poster was co-authored by O’Dell and Wynn and Biology Professors Andrew Dolby, Lynn Lewis, Alan Griffith and Deborah Zies. The presentation described changes in the biology major that ensure that every biology student participates in authentic research before they graduate.
Science Symposium Highlights Student Research
![More than 20 UMW STEM students came together to present research at the annual Summer Science Institute July 23.](http://www.umw.edu/news/files/2014/07/SSI-panoramic-140x90.gif)
![Ryan Barlow, middle, explains his research on astrophotography.](http://www.umw.edu/news/files/2014/07/ryan-barlow-poster-140x90.jpg)
![From left: Ben Kisila, associate professor of earth and environmental science, works with Luci Coleman to conduct research on the Chesapeake Bay.](http://www.umw.edu/news/files/2014/07/IMG_5344-140x90.gif)
![John Meadows restored a Mach-Zehnder to conduct research on slow light.](http://www.umw.edu/news/files/2014/07/IMG_3646-140x90.gif)
![Ruth Catlett, right, explains her research in parallel computing education.](http://www.umw.edu/news/files/2014/07/Ruth-Catlett-improving-140x90.gif)
Faculty Members Represent UMW at Virginia Academy of Science
Werner Wieland, Professor of Biological Sciences at University of Mary Washington, has been elected a Fellow of Virginia Academy of Science. Professor Wieland attended the Annual Meeting of VAS May 23-25, 2013 where his student Yoshi Takeda presented results from their work as part of the UMW Summer Science Institute entitled “Turtles of the Fredericksburg Canal: Introduced Species and Estimates of Population Sizes.
Professor Wieland has been an active member of VAS since 1984 and has held a variety of leadership positions in the Academy. In May 2005, he was elected VAS Vice-President and served as Program Chair for the 84th Annual Meeting in 2006. He was President of the Academy in 2007-2008 and has served as Editor of the Virginia Journal of Science since 2002.
At the same meeting Deborah O’Dell, Professor of Biological Sciences, was elected President of the Virginia Academy of Science. Professors O’Dell, Rosemary Barra, Theresa Grana, Stephen Fuller, Lynn Lewis, and Deborah Zies of the Department of Biological Sciences also made presentations at the meeting. Professor Stephen Gallik attended as Councilor for the Section on Biology.