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Biology is not a spectator sport. At Beloit you’ll do more than learn about biology—you’ll do what biologists do.
Build scientific creativity. Design experiments and answer real-world questions.
Clone a gene. Be the first person in the world to discover and publish its sequence.
Test water quality. Collect water samples from the Rock River Lagoon.
Make kimchee. Discover how well different recipes encourage fermentation.
Program a robot. Compare brains and computers.
Biology students become engaged citizens of the world by applying biological principles and methods to real world problems.
If designer and biologist Aaron Nesser’11 has his way, your next pair of tennis shoes won’t last thousands of years in a landfill.
This summer Gabrie Simmons ’22, biology major and Spanish minor, participated in the Pakula Biomedical Fellowship. She worked with anthropology professor, Leslie Williams to examine the prevalence of periodontal disease in response to stress caused by the Black Death in Germany.
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The American Ornithological Society published an article about Ken Yasukawa’s research regarding the behavior of baby Red-winged Blackbirds in the presence of predators. Beloit alums–Jessi Sollengerger ’16, Josie Lindsey-Robbins ’17, and Ellie DeBruyn ’20–participated in this research during their time here as students.
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