Department of Biology

The Department of Biology offers students the opportunity to study the living world, from biomolecules to ecosystems. Knowledge of biology is critical for addressing current medical, environmental, and social issues in our rapidly changing world.

Major & Minor Courses

Congrats 2024 Biology Award Winners!

Willie M. Reams Award in Biology: Chris Rawson
Nominee for the Clarence Denoon Award: Kalynn Cheeks
Nominee for the Cole Memorial Scholarship Award: Ariel Seidu
Nominee for the Van Divender Scholarship Award: Kalynn Cheeks
Biology Service Awards: Lesley Boadu, Shermin Uzair, Jillian Yates
Biology Teaching Assistant Awards: Olivia Beatty, Sarah Clark
Biology Junior Research Award: Jerry He

Biology Senior Research Awards: Olivia Beatty, Camille Walsh-Antzak
Biology Junior Achievement Awards: Jerry He and Lydia Wood
Biology Senior Achievement Award: Marina Ragoulina
John Neasmith Dickinson Memorial Research Awards: John (Zhiang) Fan, Chloe Ngo,
Jerry He, Amy Jablonski
Robert F. Smart Summer Research Awards: Katie Baker, Charlotte Brand, Elliot Delroba,
Emi Iguchi, Sarah Marsden, Camille Walsh-Antzak

Congratulations to this year's winners, and to all our biology majors!

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Upcoming Events

Feb 24

What Regulates the Regulators? Investigating Determinants of Transcriptional Regulation

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Feb 27

Black History Month Trivia Night

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Mar 06

Alexis Pauline Gumbs: “Earth as a Relationship: Critical Lordean Ecologies.”

4:30 PM

Mar 18

Osher & A&S Lecture Series: The Physics of Blood

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

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Biology Feature Stories

New Study Shows Increases in Rat Populations Around the Globe are Linked with Warming Temperatures and Growth of Cities

A new research study led by University of Richmond biology professor Jonathan Richardson shows that increasing rat numbers in cities around the world are linked to a warming climate and growth of cities.