Biology major Jillian Stark is spending the spring 2010 semester and early summer on a study aboard experience in Australia. She is studying abroad with the School for Field Studies Tropical Rainforest Program, and her reflections were recently posted on the SFS website.
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Biology major studies abroad in Australia
This past spring semester, Sara Jackrel ’10, a biology major with a concentration in environmental studies, lived an ecologist’s dream when she spent four months studying rainforests in Australia through the School for Field Studies (SFS). “I had always wanted to go to Australia. I thought it was very important, since I am going into…
The 2017-2018 TCNJ–Novo Nordisk Lecture Series
The School of Science, School of Nursing, Health, and Exercise Science, and School of Business are pleased to host and co-sponsor the TCNJ–Novo Nordisk Lecture Series during the 2017-2018 academic year. The series theme is “Understanding Obesity: A Multidisciplinary Challenge” and will include four lectures throughout the year. Series Theme: “Understanding Obesity: A Multidisciplinary…
School of Science Welcomes Seven New Full-time Faculty Members
The School of Science is pleased to welcome seven new full-time faculty members for Fall 2017. Brief biographical sketches are listed below. Nick Battista (Assistant Professor of Mathematics) is an applied mathematician specializing in mathematical biology, scientific computing, and numerical analysis. He earned bachelor’s degrees in both mathematics and physics, as well…
Gary Dickinson
Dr. Gary Dickinson, assistant professor of biology, is both an advocate and practitioner of faculty-student collaborative research and an experienced scientific researcher in his own right.
Two Interdisciplinary Presentations Highlight Connections Within and Beyond Science
Extragalactic radio sources are the largest connected objects in the universe, often spanning over a million light years. They are produced by jets of hot, low density plasma moving at nearly the speed of light that are launched from the vicinity of supermassive black holes at the centers of galaxies.
Distinctive Experiences
Deep Engagement Exploring mysteries, positing answers, reporting findings: Our students are fully integrated members of a scholarly community that thrives on scientific inquiry and research. Sparked by the intellectual explorations of the lab and the classroom, our students develop a perpetual thirst for new ways to learn and discover. Research, colloquia, interdisciplinary courses, student…
What the Evolution/Creation Debate Can Teach Us about the Relationship between Religion and Science
The School of Science, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of Biology, Department of Philosophy, and the Politics Forum at TCNJ were honored to host Dr. Michael Zimmerman, Professor of Biology and Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington, for a presentation in our Spring 2015 lecture series.