Biology Department

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On the hunt for all that hops, slithers and crawls

Students in “Herpetology: Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles,” taught by senior lecturer Barbara Pytel, had a blast hunting for frogs, snakes, turtles and salamanders on a number of field trips this spring.

Lyme disease, an interdisciplinary problem

Understanding, treating and containing infectious disease requires more interdisciplinary mind-power and collaboration across fields, institutions and borders than most other big issues facing humanity today.