Despite the association between liberal arts institutions and the humanities, William Jewell College has a successful STEM program through which students have been able to present their independent research at national and international conferences. Sam Fulte, senior biochemistry major who is engaged in research about the human gut microbiome, described…
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Humans of Jewell
Daniel Bittel is a senior biology major at William Jewell College. Over winter break, he put his Journey Grant to use, traveling to northern Thailand. “We heard about a trip to Thailand and thought it sounded awesome so we talked to Jeff Buscher about it,” said Bittel. “The group that…
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Humans of Jewell
Charlotte Burns, sophomore biology major, hopes to bring the College Diabetes Network (CDN) to William Jewell College. CDN is a non-profit organization whose mission is to provide innovative student based programs to connect and empower students with Type 1 diabetes. It would be the first CDN chapter in the Kansas City metro…
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AFE: What has the Biology Department been hiding from us? The truth may shock you.
On Monday, March 14th, the campus of William Jewell College was on lockdown as the guardian beast of White Science Center was accidently let out. Nobody was injured because just about everyone was on mandatory Spring Break. The monster, affectionately named “Billy”, was able to leave White Science Center due to…
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Department Feature: Biology
Critical Thought and Inquiry (CTI) classes allow students to learn subjects outside of their major and to know professors in other departments. However, you take only one class in each of the CTI categories, so there are some faculty you may not know. This is the first part of a reoccuring series highlighting different…
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From the Journey with Joe Gunn
People normally associate the Galápagos with their college biology textbooks. The islands seem almost untouched, even mythical, as the place where Charles Darwin dreamed up his theory of natural selection. Many of us have heard of, or have at least seen a National Geographic program, about the giant tortoises and…
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