Kelly DeToy '07 recently learned that she has been accepted to the MD/MPH program at SUNY Stony Brook. Kelly conducted several research projects during her time at Bard and was interested in parasitology. She was also an ace at Boggle. Since graduation, she has been working as a research technician at the Center for Infection and Immunity at Columbia University. We congratulate Kelly on this well-deserved achievement.

Cameron Ogg, a Bard biology major, has just begun an internship at the Dutchess County Department of Health where she will be working on monitoring cases of tick-borne diseases in the county. Ogg will also be helping to organize a spring conference to educate local health care providers about emerging diseases in the Hudson Valley.

Bard College's biology department recently hosted the biannual meeting of Hudson Valley biologists. Professor John Ferguson hosted the event, which brought together research students and faculty from Bard, Vassar College, Marist College, and SUNY New Paltz.

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Bard biology professors Felicia Keesing and Mike Tibbetts, together with colleagues at several institutions, recently received funding from the National Science Foundation to study anaplasmosis, an emerging infectious disease of humans. The researchers will be determining the role of particular host species in infecting ticks with the bacterium that causes anaplasmosis, conducting large-scale field experiments, developing mathematical models of the transmission of this disease, and working with the Dutchess County Department of Health to monitor incidence and educate local health care providers about the disease. Each year, several undergraduates will be conducting research on the project.

Assistant Professor of Biology Philip Johns and his colleagues, including Visiting Research Professor Ken Howard, recently published a paper in the prestigious Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences The National Science Foundation issued a major press release about the work, which helps explain a long-standing puzzle in evolutionary biology. To see a slideshow about the work, check out http://www.nsf.gov/news/newsmedia/termites/.
Website: http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2009/10/02/0907961106.full.pdf+html
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Website: http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/201009120600/NEWS04/9120351

All current students concentrating in biology, chemistry, computer science, mathematics or physics are eligible to apply for a Distinguished Scientist Scholar (DSS) Award. These awards are given to exceptional students who have distinguished themselves academically in one of the disciplines in the division of Science, Mathematics and Computing.Please note that this is a very competitive process and only a few awards will be given out each year. Please download the application guidelines for further information.
For more information download this file: DSS application memo 12-13.pdf