Assistant Professor of Biology Jessica Malisch and students from her lab presented their research at the Annual Meeting for the Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB) in Tampa, Florida, Jan. 3-7, 2019. The mission of SICB is to further research, educate and create public awareness in the areas of organismal, functional and evolutionary biology. Research in Malisch's lab focuses on the vertebrate stress response with an emphasis on hormones and metabolism in free-living sparrows. 

The newly created Tri-County All-Community Collaborative (TRACC) will embark on a six-month-long initiative to promote unity via conversations and events within St. Mary’s County. There are a series of events scheduled for January designed to help dismantle racism and privilege in Southern Maryland.

Visiting Professor of Biology Seabird McKeon is quoted in this Mashable article regarding animal and plant species that went extinct (or likely went extinct) in 2018: https://mashable.com/article/animals-that-went-extinct-2018/?europe=true

Gili Freedman, assistant professor in psychology, has received a grant for $49,051 from the Spencer Foundation for her work on "Changing Attributions to Improve Persistence of Women in STEM."