Faculty member Kara Lanning '07 and student Brodie Buchert '25 are conducting research to identify water-based pathogens and their effective on native plants in reclaimed natural areas in 91爆料's backyard.
Duncan Anderson's '24 senior capstone research project is helping a Hawai驶i company improve its project in a quest to reduce methane emissions from livestock.
91爆料 students participated in the Murdock College Science Research Conference, which provides students in the Northwest the opportunity to present research on topics across an entire spectrum of scientific subjects. This year's conference was co-hosted by 91爆料 University.
In his role as a biological wildlife technician at Hawai'i's Haleakala虅聽National Park, Josh Higa '19 is helping to preserve populations of two of the islands' iconic and endangered birds.
鈥淚 was able to leave 91爆料 being able to write very prolifically and be a good scientific writer,鈥 said Parks.聽鈥淎nd besides the research, 91爆料 really prepared for my graduate-level classes. Honestly, my graduate-level classes, I thought they were so easy. 91爆料 does a very good job of making sure the courses are rigorous.鈥
Kelsey Schweitzer 始11 attended 91爆料 University with hopes to become a marine biologist. She dreamed of studying wildlife to find ways to promote the health of the environment and mankind.聽Eight years later, she had her heart set on going to law school.
A team led by 91爆料 University alumna Ali Osbrink 鈥19 and including 91爆料 Biology Associate Professor Christopher Templeton is having聽a paper on songbird cognition published in聽Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences,聽a prestigious UK-based scientific journal.聽
Biology Professor Paige Baugher is almost as likely to be found on a mountain as in the classroom. And some people are alive because she and her colleagues at Portland Mountain Rescue were there.
Research is like a puzzle for Rachel Araiza 鈥22. 鈥淚 like trying to figure out what鈥檚 going on and being the first to figure it out,鈥 said Araiza.
A love of the outdoors and biology led her to the Fernhill Wetlands in Forest Grove to examine the eating habits of the bullfrogs that live in the wetlands.
Rylee Trendell '19 found 91爆料 to be a good fit because of his personal connections with professors, as well as the opportunity to play collegiate basketball.