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Undergraduate Biology Degrees Centralized

Mason’s undergraduate biology degree programs have found a new home. Previously housed in both the Molecular and Microbiology (MMB) and Environmental Science and Policy (ESP) Departments, the programs have been centralized under Director Larry Rockwood, a professor in the ESP Department.

 
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Math Professor Emelianenko Receives Oak Ridge Powe Award

Assistant Professor Maria Emelianenko has won a Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award from the Oak Ridge Associated Universities.

 
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In Search of Better Beef and a Greener Cow

Working from a computer lab, Mason bioinformatics researchers have entered the virtual barnyard to look for genetic clues about the evolution of cattle.

 
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Charting Stars and Gases in 40,000 Galaxies

Imagine charting stars and celestial gases in about 40,000 nearby galaxies.
That’s the responsibility facing Mason astronomer Jessica Rosenberg. She’s been creating an enormous dataset — a huge extragalactic survey — which she and her colleagues will use to help answer fundamental questions facing astronomers today.

 

Professor and Students Win J. Shelton Horsley Research Award

 
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