Williams Biology News and Special Events

On July 16, 2006, Dr. Francis Collins,
Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute, dropped by the Biology Department to visit with some of the students on campus doing research for the summer.

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Alumni currently in research positions return to campus to share their experiences with students.

Mountain Day Photos

Each year on Mountain Day the Chemistry and Biology Departments meet on the field of battle for a rousing game of softball. In Fall 2005, the softball field was too wet for use, so instead we met for a game of kickball on the Science Quad.

March 13, 2006: Raymond Strives to Promote Diversity in the Sciences.
February 21, 2006: Williams Faculty/Student Work Published in Leading Neuroscience Journal.
January 31, 2006: HHMI Undergraduate Researcher Turns Up the Heat on Hibernation.
November 16, 2005: NSF Awards Support for DNA Analysis Instrumentation Lab at Williams College.
January 26, 2005: Swoap's Research on Aerobic Health Published in Science magazine.
January 11, 2005: Biologist Robert Savage Receives NIH Award in Investigation of Cellular and Molecular Processes.
November 5, 2004: Biologist Lois Banta awarded NSF grant.
October 28, 2004: Williams Professors Daniel V. Lynch and Wendy E. Raymond share in $2.5 Million Grant from The National Science Foundation.
October 28, 2004: Biologist Lara Hutson Receives NIH Grant
August 10, 2004: Simone Bras, biology major, is chosen to work at University of Sao Paulo, Brazil.
May 7, 2004: Junior Elizabeth Gluck Awarded APS Research Fellowship.