News
News items about the Biology Department. For a complete list of News, please go to the Newsroom. To submit an item, please contact JJ Boehm, director of media and community relations, at ext. 4055
December 14, 2017
SVSU professors to use Braun Fellowship to study signs of metabolic syndrome, managing patient flow in health care
Saginaw Valley State University will support two professors in their scholarly endeavors to improve people’s health. Jay Scott, associate professor of biology, and Danilo Sirias, professor of management, have been awarded SVSU’s Braun Fellowship.
July 26, 2017
March 2017 Faculty Profile - Sylvia Fromherz Sharp
For being too much of a distraction in seventh grade, Sylvia Fromherz was asked to spend the rest of class sitting outside in her Catholic school’s atrium.
June 7, 2017
SVSU partners with K-12 schools to prepare ‘chief science officers,’ thanks to grant from The Dow Chemical Co.
Saginaw Valley State University hopes to send students back to their K-12 schools to serve as leaders and “chief science officers” when the new school year begins in the fall.
May 16, 2017
Mackenzie Allen: Portrait of a 2017 SVSU graduate
Mackenzie Allen arrived at Saginaw Valley State University with her sights set on an academic path that would lead her to a profession helping bodies heal.
May 10, 2017
SVSU student examines causes of fraud in honors thesis
Nearly 16 years have passed since the public became aware of widespread fraud at Enron, an energy company that ultimately had one of the biggest bankruptcies in American history. Legislators have enacted stricter laws to try to prevent future such catastrophes, but just last month, banking giant Wells Fargo was outed in the latest scandal.
May 1, 2017
SVSU honors students deliver thesis presentations
Fifteen students from Saginaw Valley State University’s Honors Program delivered their thesis presentations Friday, April 7, inside Gilbertson Hall on SVSU’s campus.
May 17, 2016
SVSU chooses next class for leadership development program
A Saginaw Valley State University selection committee chose 10 students to participate in the 18th class of the highly competitive Roberts Fellowship Program.
October 22, 2015
SVSU graduate overcomes medical struggles, moves on to medical school
Micah Whitehead's career goal is to work as a cardiothoracic surgeon, helping patients experiencing problems with their hearts and lungs.
October 1, 2015
SVSU partners with Healthway Compounding Pharmacy in research to improve lab safety
Saginaw Valley State University students and faculty will spend the next year helping a local pharmacist create a cleaner environment for the medicine formulated at his Saginaw Township-based compounding pharmacy laboratory.
April 29, 2015
Brandon Skwirsk
Brandon Skwirsk knew he wanted to become a doctor in the sixth grade.
April 28, 2015
Miranda Strasburg
Strasburg in August will jump to a doctoral program when she moves to Oxford, Ohio to attend Miami University’s Ph.D. program in ecology, evolution and environmental biology.
April 28, 2015
April Lukowski
Lukowski this fall will begin postgraduate studies at the University of Michigan, where she is enrolled in the Ph.D. program for chemical biology.
October 28, 2014
Tami Sivy - Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Tami Sivy - Assistant Professor of Chemistry
October 20, 2014
Biology Prof Researches Cardiovascular Physiology and Disease
Jay Scott-Assistant Professor of Biology
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Dr. Jay Scott
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