Two undergraduate students are getting intensive, practical experience in molecular biological research this summer at Eastern Mennonite University with the help of a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant. Margaret Parker, a rising senior biology/pre-med major at EMU, and Obi Onuoha, a rising junior biology/allied health major from Virginia Union University in Richmond, are spending ...More
Using a Nikon Eclipse E200 photomicroscope, Rebecca Drooger examines a stained histological sample from the anterior prostate of a mouse.Photos by Matt Styer Doing research ...More
Campus facilities were in the spotlight at the quarterly meeting of the EMU board of trustees Friday and Saturday, Mar. 23-24. The 16-member governing body authorized the administration to proceed with planning and fundraising for the construction of new laboratory space and upgrade of EMU ...More
By Heather Bowser, Daily News-Record All five of EMU’s pre-med students were accepted into medical school for fall 2007. The 100 percent acceptance rate, an EMU release says, is “rare for any school” especially because the national acceptance rate last year was 46 percent. Typically, EMU sends four to nine students each year to med school. The students a ...More
Eastern Mennonite University will participate with two other local schools – James Madison University and Bridgewater College – in a summer research project, thanks to a special grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates) grant will provide funding for 12 students to do intensive research in molecular biology to addres ...More
A leading authority on medical ethics and stem cell research will give two presentations at Eastern Mennonite University. Gilbert Meilaender, a philosopher and teacher at Valparaiso (Ind.) University, will lead a science and ...More
Cascadia Publishing House, Telford, Pa., has released a new book growing out of a major conference on bioethics h ...More
Those who seek to plow straight rows and grow healthy crops in the fields of science and religion often encounter many rocks and other obstacles in their path. A group of EMU faculty from a cross-section of departments are seeking to improve growing conditions ...More
Richard Wright Richard Wright, professor emeritus of biology at Gordon College, Wenham, Mass., will speak on an environmental theme at the second Sute ...More
Dr. Owen Gingerich The first Suter Science Seminar of the fall semester will bring a reknown scientist/astronomer to campus. Dr. Owen Gi ...More
