Dr. Tim Nuttle of the Biology Deparment was selected by Dean Zanich as this year's Outstanding Researcher in the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics. A reception will be held November 4, 2009.

Dr. Jeffery Larkin and Dr. Joseph Duchamp received an external award from the Pennsylvania Game Commission in the amount of $459,776 for their project “White Nose Syndrome: Multi-state Coordination, Investigation, and Rapid Response to an Emerging Wildlife Threat.”

Drs. Jeffery Larkin and Joseph Duchamp, Department of Biology, were interviewed recently for a radio series on Pennsylvania’s endangered and threatened wildlife.

Dr. Jeffery Larkin, Department of Biology, and two of his graduate students, Hance Ellington and Sean Gess, were invited to present their research on Pennsylvania fishers at the fifth International Martes Symposium.

Four Biology students received six awards at the 2009 Undergraduate Scholars Forum held on April 7 at IUP.

Ten graduate students working with Dr. Jeff Larkin from the Department of Biology presented their research at the 2009 Meeting of the Pennsylvania Chapter of the Wildlife Society in State College on March 28. Dylan Schneider was named Best Student Paper and Lindsey Heffernan, and Hance Ellington each were named runners-up for Best Student Paper.

Dr. Jeff Larkin was recently awarded a $60,000 grant to continue his research on “Golden-winged Warbler Response to Habitat Manipulation in Pennsylvania.”