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Congratulations to Caroline Smith, from the Ackermans CVN Lab, for being awarded the Walter F. Coxe Research Grant through the Alabama Audubon!

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WALTER F. COXE RESEARCH GRANTS | Support Local Wildlife Research - Apply Today — ALABAMA AUDUBON
Discover Alabama Audubon's Walter F. Coxe Research Grants supporting local wildlife research initiatives. Apply now for seed funding to advance conservation projects.
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February 6, 2026 at 10:53 PM
Congratulations to alumni Zachary Foley, from the Jones Lab, for publishing his paper “Environmental Drivers of Xylogenesis in Taxodium Distichum (Bald Cypress) in the Southeastern United States”!

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Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences
<em>Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences</em> is an AGU journal publishing papers on the biogeosciences of the Earth system and the extension of this research to planetary studies.
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February 6, 2026 at 10:52 PM
The Annual Bog Witch Chili Cook-off is coming! The chili cook-off will take place on January 24th from 12:00-2:30pm in Bevill 1000! It is not too late to sign up with the link below as an attendee and/or make a chili for the cook-off!

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January 16, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Dr. Ackermans' CVN lab is hosting an educational livestream Tuesday December 9th from 7am-7pm CST. Tune in to watch a live competition of headbutting goat data collection and hear different lab members talk about their research around brain injury.
Link: nicoleackermans.com/Live
December 5, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Congratulations to UA biology PhD student Delaney Peterson of the Jones Ecohydrology Lab for the publication of her first dissertation chapter in Water Resources Research: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
Using Hydrogeomorphic Features to Quantify Structural and Functional Hydrologic Connectivity in a Coastal Plain Headwater Stream
Hydrogeomorphic features provide a key framework to study streamflow generation along the river corridor Across the study watershed, hydrogeomorphic features demonstrated distinct patterns of gro...
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September 3, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Today is a busy day for BGSA! Immediately following seminar this afternoon in MSB 1001 we will be hosting our first Town Hall of the year at 4pm. Afterwards, will be heading over to Loosa for our Welcome Back Social at 5pm!
August 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Congrats to Ayodele Oyadeyi of the Ackermans Lab for his successful M.S. Defense, “Assessment of Neurodegeneration Biomarkers in Headbutting Goats”!
June 13, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Congrats to Veronica Campbell from the Yoder Lab for successfully completing her MA project, "The Crossroads of Genetics and Socioeconomic Status: Where Epigenetic Changes and Modern-Day Exposures Meet to Increase Disease Risk in Underserved Populations"!
April 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
🎉Congrats to Tyler Altman for the defense of his MSc thesis entitled "Differential Effects of Beta Blockers on Coxsackievirus B3 Infection: Propanolol as a Promising Antiviral Agent." Tyler was co-advised by Drs. Kim Caldwell and Jon Sin.
April 18, 2025 at 7:15 PM
🥞THIS FRIDAY: Come out to the Math & Science Building for some homemade pancakes and to speak with your BGSA officers!
March 5, 2025 at 10:01 PM