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Karen Fawley
May 1, 2018 • Posted in , ,

Fawley Joins Biology Faculty

Dr. Karen Phillips Fawley has been hired as an associate professor of biology at University of the Ozarks, beginning the Fall 2018 Semester. Fawley most recently served as a professor of biology at the University of Arkansas at Monticello (UAM), where she has worked since 2006. Prior to that, she taught at North Dakota State, […]

Dr. Sean Coleman

Newly Appointed Division Dean

Dr. Sean Coleman, professor of biology, has been appointed dean of the Division of Sciences and Mathematics at University of the Ozarks, effective June 1, 2018. Coleman replaces Stacy Key, associate professor of practice of mathematics, who has served as dean since 2012. “I am thrilled that Dr. Coleman has accepted the position of dean […]

Biology Lab
March 12, 2018 • Posted in , ,

Virus Hunters

A new hands-on science class at University of the Ozarks will have students hunting for undiscovered viruses to benefit the scientific community. The freshman-level, two-semester biology class is part of a national pedagogical program called SEA-Phages, which stands for Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science. The program is an initiative of the […]

Julio Molina Pinada
November 6, 2017 • Posted in ,

A Budding Scientist

University of the Ozarks junior Julio Molina-Pineda’s interest in scientific research just got ratcheted up a notch. The biology and chemistry major from Tegucigalpa, Honduras, took home first place in oral presentation in biology at the 2017 Arkansas IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) conference, held Oct. 27-28 at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. […]

Sconiers insects
November 11, 2016 • Posted in

Interest in plants and insects started early for Dr. Sconiers

University of the Ozarks Assistant Professor of Biology Dr. Warren Sconiers was just a child when he discovered he had a unique interest in nature’s smallest creatures. “I have always been interested in ecology and entomology. As a child I would play with plants and insects out in the yard and I would even get […]

Breanna Hiatt
October 5, 2016 • Posted in

Hiatt scaling new heights as campus leader

Breanna Hiatt has taken full advantage of the liberal arts curriculum at University of the Ozarks to find her true calling. The senior from Russellville, Ark., entered college as a pre-medicine major and changed to education before deciding that her love of outdoors and nature would be a great fit for environmental studies. Now she […]

Amanda Paz
January 26, 2016 • Posted in

Paz reaches new heights, depths in science research program

University of the Ozarks junior Amanda Paz spent her summer scaling the jungle canopies of a rain forest, scuba diving at one of the most ecological-rich reefs in the world and working with some of the most diverse animals on the planet. And, it was all done in the name of science. Paz, a chemistry […]

January 19, 2016 • Posted in

Chilton beats the odds with dental school acceptance

Sparked by best job rankings and bright job growth projections, applications into dental schools are at an all-time high and competition for the few spots has never been tougher. That’s why University of the Ozarks senior Bristol Chilton remembers the exact time and day when he learned that he been accepted into his first choice---the […]

July 14, 2015 • Posted in

England receives hands-on medical experience in Vietnam internship

Aaron England believes he will always remember the month of June 2015 as one of the most significant experiences of his life. England, a senior pre-medicine and biology major from Elkins, Ark., recently spent four weeks serving an international medical internship at the Pasteur Institute in Da Lat, a city of about 200,000 in the […]

June 12, 2015 • Posted in

Armadillos provide research subject for future veterinarian

Before coming to University of the Ozarks, Sheridan Barajas knew very little about the academic research process. She knew even less about armadillos. Senior biology major Sheridan Barajas operated on several armadillos as part of a research project she is working on with Professor Frank Knight. Now the senior biology major from Alvin, Texas, is […]