Category: Biology

“The biggest activity I’ve been involved with is Eastern’s Prairie Restoration Project. It includes my own research, but also with helping students with their independent research and creating a foundation for my career.”  

By Katelin Killoy, Rebecca Brown, and Camille McNeely This summer a team from EWU’s biology department and partners from the Methow Beaver Project collected data from 13 streams across the Methow and Okanogan watersheds. We focused our efforts on incised streams in wildfire affected areas. Stream incision occurs when channel downcutting into the stream bed…

Resources Accessed to Cultivate and Encourage Resilience (RACER) is an NSF-funded project focused on understanding the persistence and retention of newly hired secondary science teachers in high-need settings.

A group of five EWU Biology faculty recently received the exciting news that the Department of Education is awarding our department $646,737 over the next three years to allow us to provide a graduate education to students who might not be able to attend graduate school without substantial financial assistance.

Join us June 2nd, 2021 for the spring research symposium featuring the Social Justice in Research Panel McNair Alumni Plenary Session, more than 50 student presentations, and a brown bag lunch with EWU alumni pursuing careers in research. You must register for the symposium to receive the zoom link! View the full schedule of events…

“There are different degree tracks that can be tailored to your interests and career goals.” Watch as EWU Biology bachelor’s alum and current grad student Christina Ramelow shares more of what makes the EWU Biology Program so exceptional.

“EWU’s Biology and Chemistry Departments take great pride in giving you the right amount of resources and guidance to help you achieve your goals.” Hear how an undergraduate degree in biology at EWU led to alumna Tiana Joy’s acceptance to grad school:  

“I decided Eastern Washington University was the best fit for me based on the degrees that they offered, the classes they had, and the cost of tuition as well.” Learn more about why Lucy chose to transfer to EWU, the funding she has to do research at Turnbull Wildlife Refuge and how her research focuses…

“After receiving my bachelors, I plan on going into a graduate program to work on my PhD in environmental toxicology and afterwards becoming an environmentalists”. Hear from Mori Williams, and Environmental Science major who and has taken advantage of many research opportunities during his time at EWU, preparing him for graduate school.

Take a moment to hear from our friend Rachael Pentico about her experience as a biology major at EWU. Rachael is an undergraduate student with the Biology Department. She also spent time at Spokane Falls Community College where she focused on economics, with an emphasis on environmental policy. Her interests and research focus is on ecology…