Shippensburg University biology students Robert Long and Alissa Dorsey, and chemistry students Kate Tarbert and Landon Herzog, spent the summer of 2026 conducting research through Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) grants and Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) programs, supported by the SU Foundation. “REU programs provide an excellent opportunity for our undergraduates to work in…
Study abroad opportunities have taken Ship students around the world — from Europe to down under in Australia, students have immersed themselves in new ways of life and cultures, learned from experts in the classroom, gained experience in their selected fields of study and gained valuable internship opportunities. Spring 2026 study abroad undergraduate students: …
Incoming freshman student and biology major, Jordi Wells, recently created a traditional saree for the Duck Brand’s annual Stuck at Prom Scholarship contest.
Biology graduate student Molly Brown was awarded the Outstanding Biology Student Award from Shippensburg University and presented research at the Commonwealth of PA Biologists (CPUB) annual meeting. Molly Brown conducted research alongside Bailey Schwartz and Kornilow. Their presentation explored the effects of light availability on salt spray tolerance in Monarda punctata, most widely known as…
In June 2024, the Botanical Society of America hosted the National Botany Conference in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Attendees learned more about a variety of research topics, including endangered species conservation, plant adaptation and environmental stressors. Heather Sahli, faculty member in the biology department, presented her ongoing research on the Pennsylvania endangered dwarf iris, Iris verna.…
The department of biology's,Heather Sahli, and students present research on endangered species at National Botany Conference.
Emeleigh Luckenbaugh (Biology Student and presenter), ) Dr. Walter E. Meshaka Jr. (Director of the Section of Zoology and Botany, State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg) and Dr. Pablo Delis (Professor of Biology and Graduate Major Advisor) gave an oral presentation titled “Comparative Population Size, Structure, and Survivorship of Two Eastern Milksnake, Lampropeltis triangulum, Populations in…
Dr. Heather Sahli was a co-author on a paper that was published in the journal New Phytologist entitled, “Rapid evolution of a family-diagnostic trait: artificial selection and correlated responses in wild radish, Raphanus raphanistrum.” Read it here. Dr. Sahli and undergraduate student Leslie Taylor were awarded a Summer Undergraduate Research Experience grant in 2023 where…
Dr. Sahli chaired the statewide Vascular Plants Technical Committee for four years. This committee is a subcommittee of the Pennsylvania Biological Survey and plays an advisory role in helping DCNR identify plant species that have a risk of extirpation from the state of Pennsylvania. For More: http://www.pabiologicalsurvey.org/pabs-technical–standing/vascular-plants-technical/vptc-members.html