Tag Archives: Biology
Gannon announces endowed professorships
Michael Ganger, Ph.D., associate professor of biology, and Christopher Magno, Ph.D., program director and assistant professor of criminal justice, have been named to the second class of Gannon University’s Cooney-Jackman Endowed Professorships. The Cooney-Jackman Endowed Professorship was created in 2011
A new approach to New Year’s resolutions
Many people use the beginning of a new year to better themselves in one way or another. Setting a new year’s resolution can be a fun challenge, but it comes with great responsibility to hold true to this goal for
Z is for zoology
Students who study biology must examine every living organism, from a single cell to the largest ecosystem – or all creatures great and small, as the poem goes. For those particularly interested in the processes and behavior of animals, Gannon’s
Scientists present research at Ridge Center
This article by Colleen Langham originally published in The Gannon Knight on Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012. Gannon University students competed for first place awards Thursday and Friday at the eighth Annual Research Symposium. The Symposium, which took place at the Tom Ridge Environmental Center
Minor considerations after a major change
I’m halfway through my first semester as a psychology major and things are going really well. I’m getting all A’s and loving my classes, teachers and classmates. And at this point, most people are aware of my switch, so I’m
Changing my major, studying my mind
At the end of the last year, I wrote a blog post about being halfway through college. I discussed how unusual the feeling was and my amazement at the changes it had brought about, especially in my academic and career
Prep for college, have faith in ‘you’
As the name of my blog may suggest, one of the topics I like to discuss is faith. While I normally like to place an importance on faith in terms of religion, I’d like to take a step back from
Having a light bulb moment at my summer job
Thomas Edison is most famous for the invention of the lightbulb. And while the attribution isn’t exactly correct – Edison didn’t create the lightbulb, but rather designed a long-lasting, usable filament – his contributions are no less significant. Commenting on
Science through the looking glass
Graduated cylinders and volumetric flasks line the shelves of the chemistry department. Gannon’s Zurn Science Center is home to many programs — including chemistry, biology and engineering. Use Facebook to Comment on this Post Other stuff you might like:VIDEO: High
My perfect summer of pencils and paperbacks
Summer is finally here, which means, as an old school rhyme goes, “No more pencils, no more books, no more teachers’ dirty looks.” Well, at least there’s no more dirty looks for me this summer. The books and pencils, however,
