By the time Mackenzie Meier crosses the graduation stage later this month, she will have logged more than 5,000 hours at work, earned the highest academic honors, and finished college early — all while carrying a full course load. For the University of the Ozarks senior from Knoxville, Ark., ambition has never been something you talk […]
When University of the Ozarks biology majors Jessie Wright (pictured, right) and Savea Cunningham (left) stepped into the labs at Louisiana State University this summer, they weren’t just participating in an internship—they were stepping into the frontlines of groundbreaking medical research. Over six weeks, the two Texas natives immersed themselves in studies that deepened their […]
Dr. Shalini Tiwari has joined the University of the Ozarks faculty as an assistant professor of biology, beginning in the Fall 2025 Semester. Tiwari has most recently served as a post-doctoral research associate with South Dakota State University and Oklahoma State University. She also served a post-doctoral fellowship at the School of Life Science at […]
Dr. Darrin Hunt, assistant professor of biology at University of the Ozarks, is the lead author of a new scholarly article on invasive mussels in streams in the journal Hydrobiologia and will discuss his research during a webinar on Wednesday, Oct. 30. Hunt’s article appeared in the July edition of the peer-reviewed aquatic biology journal […]
(Photos courtesy of Russell Jones, instructor of broadcast/video/multimedia storytelling) A group of University of the Ozarks faculty and students are taking part in a coordinated, multi-year research project that is examining the effects of an event that hasn’t occurred since Thomas Jefferson was president of the United States. The event is being called the Great […]
While Biology and Photography might seem like contrasting and divergent academic interests, University of the Ozarks senior Kathy Nash has found a way to combine the disciplines quite harmoniously. Nash, a senior biology major from Torrance, Calif., recently completed an ambitious independent photography project titled, “Echoes of Beauty: Capturing the Changing Ecology of New Mexico’s […]
A group of University of the Ozarks biology students were recognized recently in a NASA-supported national competition for their research project to help grow food on Mars. The team, Ozarks on Mars, received a best in show award for fall 2023 in the undergraduate/professional plant growth division of the Plant The Moon and Plant Mars […]
Spouses Dr. Darrin and Whitney Hunt have joined the University of the Ozarks faculty, beginning the 2023 Fall Semester. Whitney joins Ozarks as an assistant professor of sociology and Darrin as an assistant professor of biology. The Hunts, who met as undergraduate students at Wayne State University in Michigan, are moving from New York, […]
University of the Ozarks senior Kñeisha McDonald will begin pursuing a Ph.D. in biomedical sciences in the fall, the next step in a science journey that began when she was a small child growing up in The Bahamas McDonald, a biology major from New Providence, The Bahamas, will graduate on May 13 with Summa Cum […]
Six biology students from University of the Ozarks recently attended the South Central Regional Tri-Beta Convention in Cedar Hill, Texas. The students who attended included (pictured, from left) Faith Duran, Emily Spillers, Josue Maldonado Paredes, Joseph Chrisman, Victoria Lopez and Jayden Glover. Five of the U of O students presented research projects at the convention, […]