鈥淭hese shorebirds are important, but it鈥檚 just as important to know which areas need to be monitored and protected to support the horseshoe crabs,鈥� Witters says. 鈥淚f we lose the habitat and areas they use to breed and lay eggs, it will be hard to get that habitat back and keep the populations sustained.鈥�

As a nationally recognized聽high-research university,聽麻豆传媒在线 gives students early access to faculty-led projects, which allowed Witters to join a lab in her first year and keep building her research skills in one continuous five-year path.

That early start is built into 麻豆传媒在线鈥檚 academic model:聽麻豆传媒在线 offers more combined programs聽than any other institution in New Jersey, giving students a head start on graduate study and careers. For Witters, that has meant not just upper-level science courses, but real ownership of a research question and presenting her findings at scientific conferences.

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Molecular Biology majors Nour Shalash and Mehjabin Begum placed 1st in Medical Assisting and 3rd in Medical Terminology, respectively. Medical Humanities major Elijah Austin placed 2nd in Medical Spelling. Placing in the top three of their categories, three members qualified to move on to the International Leadership Conference, which will be held in Houston Texas this June.

In addition to the winners, 麻豆传媒在线 HOSA was awarded the first place trophy for the Standards of Excellence award (Postsecondary Division). This award recognizes HOSA chapters that are committed to fulfilling the HOSA mission of promoting career opportunities in healthcare and medicine.

This was our first year attending SLC, and I could not have been more proud of our chapter. It was a gratifying moment to see our school鈥檚 name on the winning boards alongside other NJ colleges. It was even more exciting to receive the Standards of Excellence award, especially because this is our first year as a chapter!

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Charles believes his creative and promising research project helped him receive two national awards. First, a which was designed to promote underrepresented minorities in science. Charles was one of 10 awardees selected nationally for this scholarship. The second award was the Award from the Society of Toxicology for a skills development training program. Charles will be flown out to California to attend the annual Society of Toxicology conference in March. Charles was one of the 25 awardees selected nationally for this program. Through both of these programs Charles will be receiving one-on-one mentoring and advice from industry leaders and professionals.

Charles鈥� research team has grown adding both mentors and colleagues. Dr. Ulrich and Mary Lou Gubler have joined Charles as mentors for the more molecular aspects of his research project. Both are retired scientists from the pharmaceutical company .聽This year Zachary Bonelli, a senior Biochemistry major, has joined the team as Charles鈥� research partner and right-hand man.

Charles and his team hope that their findings help lead to innovative therapeutic treatments through the use of nutraceutical supplements. Charles Plans to apply to medical school to become a physician in the future.

In terrestrial environments, soil is the largest organic carbon sink and offers the greatest opportunity to mitigate the global carbon imbalance. Soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks, or SOC storage, originate in detritus and organic compounds released from plant roots; these compounds effectively store the carbon that plants absorb from the atmosphere. However, the capacity for soil to store carbon varies across climatic conditions and among vegetated biomes. The extent of soil carbon stored in urban environments remains largely unknown.

In this study, doctoral student Shih-Chieh (Peter) Chien and his advisor Dr. Jennifer Adams Krumins conducted a meta-analysis by collecting SOC data from the published literature. They defined each study location as a natural, urban green space, or urban intensive habitat. Then, they compared those carbon stocks within defined climatic zones, dominant vegetation types, and with respect to the Human Footprint (a unitless value of 0鈥�50, an indicator showing the extent of human disturbance) in each study location. Peter鈥檚 analysis revealed that SOC stocks are higher in natural than in urban habitats, and he found a negative relationship between SOC and the human footprint in natural but not urban habitats. The highest SOC and greatest variation in natural habitats reflect the varied environmental conditions and vegetation types which characterize the way natural soils store carbon. Critically, these factors are less influential in urban environments where anthropogenic influences dominate. Urban ecosystems tend to be uniform as they are defined by human living constraints. This decreases variability in SOC stocks across increasing values of the Human Footprint.

Their research not only provides a useful reference for future natural resource management and urban design, but it also highlights the importance of urban SOC storage to managing global soil carbon budgets.

This research is also being written into a blog in the website of Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative (GSBI), and the work will be published in the beginning of 2022.

To support a student with sincere interest in botany or in conservation efforts affecting the plant environment.

Eligibility

Preferably a Biology major. Cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher in the major. Experience in horticulture preferred.

Amount

Up to $700, to be applied to tuition and fees for the following academic year.

To financially assist full-time undergraduate and/or graduate students majoring in one of the degree programs offered in the Department of Biology. The Award is intended to assist students who are in need of emergency funds.

Eligibility

Undergraduate recipients must have successfully completed one year of Biology core and collateral courses with a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.5 at the time of application. Graduate students must have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.0 at the time of application.

Essay

500 words max; explain your need for emergency funds

Amount

Approximately $250-500

To financially assist one full-time undergraduate student enrolled as a Biology major at 麻豆传媒在线 with an intention to teach. Student should be enrolled in field biology studies.

Eligibility

Full-time undergraduate enrolled as a Biology major in the Department of Biology and Molecular Biology at 麻豆传媒在线, in good academic standing with a minimum 3.0 cumulative grade point average. The Scholarship will be awarded on the basis of academic achievement; the financial need of a candidate will be a consideration. A recipient may receive a scholarship for a maximum of two years.

Essay

500 words max; describe your studies in field biology and your personal career goals, as well as your need for financial support.

Amount

One scholarship per year, to be used the following academic year; amount varies based on fund availability.

The Hadley Fund provides grants for undergraduate students who have displayed both excellence of work and need for financial assistance to complete their research and independent study projects in Biology.

Eligibility

Demonstration of academic excellence and financial need.

Essay

500 words max; describe your research project and explaining your need for research funds.

Amount

Up to $500, to be used during the following academic year.