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Inside back cover Join HMC and the Groody as we celebrate the 35th anniversary of the Department of Biology and the 20th anniversary of the biology major. Find all the groodies in this issue by June 30, and win a prize!


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A Model Approach Computational tools help scientists solve problems and wrangle big data.


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Engineering Better Solutions Interdisciplinary teams explore cut- ting-edge bioengineering research.


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Biology of Behavior Researchers are studying the behaviors of worms, bees and other insects and the link to human disease.


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Campus Current Remembering Jean Platt; Community Connections; Commencement speaker; Sojourner Truth Lecturer; Teaching and learning building; Mathematical and computa- tional biology major; New Envi- ronmental Analysis emphasis


Faculty News • 8 Staff News • 12 Student News • 13 Student Research • 16


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Mudderings Australia trip; Outstanding Alumni; Upcoming Events; Family Week- end; Summer Send-offs; Manage Your Subscription


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Class Notes Alumni Profi les: John Harrell ’69, Ken Solomon ’67 and Barbara (Simmons) Hardwick ’92


This magazine was printed in the USA by an FSC-certifi ed printer that emits 0% VOC emissions, using 30% post- consumer recycled paper and soy-based inks. By sustainably printing in this


method, we have saved…


6.087 lbs. of wood, which is equivalent to 20 trees that supply enough oxygen for 10 people annually.


8,889 gallons of water, which is enough water for 516 eight-minute showers.


6 million BTUs of energy, which is enough energy to power the average household for 25 days.


1,846 lbs. of emissions, which is the amount of carbon consumed by 21 tree seedlings


grown for 10 years.


540 lbs. of solid waste, which would fi ll 117 garbage cans.


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