Grimal Grove pond restoration
May 11, 2020
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Like a Purple Messenger From a Brighter Time, a Pond Grows in the Florida Keys

Members of a student group opened their social media posts on Tuesday, May 5, to find that the well they built in 2019 had created a bubbling pond and a vibrant purple lotus flower was blooming atop . . .

Remote learning options
March 30, 2020
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Faculty in Hands-on Disciplines Get Creative With Remote Learning Plans

As classes resume remotely today, some faculty in disciplines where hands-on learning is essential—such as nursing, the lab sciences, and the arts—have been working extra hard to replicate a . . .

December 16, 2019
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Virtual Reality Project Makes Field Work Accessible and More Efficient

Question: How long does it take to complete a field trip to three different forests, located miles apart, so students can see the woods at different stages of growth? Answer: Just one afternoon, . . .

December 5, 2019
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Aisiku Interdisciplinary Grants Encourage Collaboration to Move Science Forward

Thanks to funding from the Aisiku STEM Center, two interdisciplinary research projects are demonstrating how collaboration among faculty can move science forward. "It's an exciting way to support . . .

Imoigele Aisiku gives a lecture at Worcester State University.
October 2, 2017
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Imoigele Aisiku Kicks Off Bridge to Excellence Lecture Series

Taking research from the lab to the patient’s bedside is essential for the advancement of medicine, but the number of scientists who are also physicians is not growing, according to Imoigele Aisiku . . .

Worcester State University entomology students at Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology
April 7, 2016
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Entomology Class Visits Harvard's Zoology Collection

Assistant Professor of Biology Sebastian Velez, Ph.D., recently took a group of students in his Entomology class to visit Harvard University's beetle collections at its Museum of Comparative . . .

Worcester State University Students in the Dominican Republic
July 14, 2015
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Students Study Dominican Republic’s Biogeography

Biology Assistant Professor Sebastian Velez runs a lab course that offers our students hands-on learning in the extreme. In the span of 10 days, they immerse themselves in the culture and ecosystem . . .

Worcester State University MCPHS University Transfer Agreement
May 24, 2012
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Worcester State and MCPHS Sign Three New Transfer Agreements

At a joint event this afternoon, MCPHS University President Charles Monahan Jr. and Worcester State University President Barry Maloney signed three new articulation/transfer agreements between the . . .

Worcester State University alumnus and photojournalist Brian Skerry talks to biology students.
April 28, 2008
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National Geographic Photojournalist Addresses Honor Society

World renowned photojournalist and 1984 Worcester State College graduate Brian Skerry delivered a talk entitled, “Fade to Blue: Stories of Marine Conservation,” at the Chi Iota Chapter of the . . .

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