Kevin Emerson, associate professor of biology, has recently been published in Parasites and Vectors titled, “Evidence for family-level variation of phenotypic traits in response to temperature of Brazilian Nyssorhynchus darlingi.”

In this article, Emerson and colleagues show that there is variation in traits associated with malaria transmission and biome-of-origin, temperature, and family genetics.  These are important factors to be considered for future mosquito control strategies.

Several students and faculty of the Theater, Film and Media Studies department (TFMS) at St. Mary’s College of Maryland represented the College at the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCATCF) region II, January 14-18 at the University of Maryland, College Park.

Sarah Latchney, assistant professor of biology and neuroscience, has recently been published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) titled, “B cells migrate into remote areas and support neurogenesis and functional recovery after focal stroke in mice.”

On February 1, 2020, the Board of Trustees of St.

Karen Crawford, professor of biology, has recently been awarded a Whitman Fellowship from the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL). The award will be used to cover laboratory space and housing at MBL in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. Crawford will use the award to continue her sabbatical research project investigating the use of CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing to knockout specific gene functions in developing embryos.

The Office of the President presents “Nurturing the Compassionate Community: An Evening to Honor the Legacy of Lucille Clifton” on Saturday, February 29 at 7:30 p.m. (doors open at 7 p.m.) in Auerbach Auditorium of St. Mary’s Hall. The event, co-sponsored by the VOICES Reading Series, is free of charge and open to the public.  The evening will feature poetry readings and reflections to honor St.

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St. Mary’s College of Maryland’s Center for the Study of Democracy, along with the Maryland State Board of Elections, will host a Maryland Election Administration Forum on Thursday, March 12, from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. at Cole Cinema, Campus Center on the College’s campus.

On Wednesday, Feb. 19, from 4:45 – 6 p.m., Professor Carys Mitchelmore, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, will discuss aquatic toxicology and coral reefs. Her lecture, titled “Are Sunscreens Killing Our Coral Reefs?” takes place in Schaefer Hall, room 106 on the St. Mary’s College of Maryland campus.

Sue Johnson, professor of art, has been awarded a fully-funded residency fellowship by The Millay Colony for the Arts.  The colony is one of the oldest multidisciplinary artist residencies in the world.  Since its inception by Norma Millay in 1973, thousands of writers, poets, visual artists, screenwriters, playwrights, filmmakers, an