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Student holding turtle

Biology

…gene expression in northern turtles. A philosophy of collaboration upholds and enhances our commitment to collaborative science research and outreach. Many of our biology professors work in partnerships with government agencies and non-profit institutions to conduct research, create internships, and find future jobs for you. Biology overlaps with many natural…

Northland College student Hattie Hoffman plays guitar

In Pursuit of Biology, Music, & Environmental Justice

Name: Hattie Hoffman Majors: biology with a music minor Keeps busy with ECCO Haus, the Sustainability Department, REuse Room, and NCAA softball It’s not always easy to merge two distinct halves of a whole brain. Sophomore Hattie Hoffman grew up surrounded by music, harnessing intuition and creativity through instruments from…

Northland student holds biological specimen

World Solutions Via Evolutionary Biology

Jessica Mohlman Accepts Dream Job

Profile: Jessica Mohlman Graduated: 2015 Major: biology and natural resources—fisheries and wildlife ecology Hometown: McHenry, Illinois Jessica Mohlman’s passion for biology and conservation first started when she was a child. “While many of my friends dreamt of being princesses and astronauts, I dreamt of being a scientist,” Jessica says. “I…

Northland College student holding phone.

The Woman Behind the Screen

…seriously,” said her coach, Peter Macky. “She’s always there to be a friend, supporter, and mentor to her teammates.” Mikaela can’t pinpoint how or why she fell in love with biology. “I’ve always been an outdoorsy kid—camping and hiking,” she said. Plus, her mom is a nurse. “Biology doesn’t gross…

Professor Sarah Johnson holds measuring tape at Stockton Island

Monitoring Vegetation in the Apostle Islands

Student-Faculty Research

…the site of a long stretch of singing sand, Assistant Professor of Biology and Natural Resources Sarah Johnson (NC class of 2002) and three students measure elevation, dune health, and juniper statistics like width, height, sex, and mortality. The National Park Service has contracted with Northland College to monitor dune…

Northland College alum Julie Anderson poses with sculptures.

Exploring the Natural World through Sculpture

Julie Anderson '00 Owns and Operates Studio in Steamboat Springs, Colorado

…so by her undergraduate studies in biology, as well as botany, hydrology, chemistry, and ecology. What makes her sculptures so unusual are the manmade touches like buttons, zippers, and screws within organic forms, “alluding to man’s manipulation of nature.” Q. As a biology major, how did you get introduced to…

Snapping turtle

Turtles, Temperature & Sex

…turtles and snapping turtles. She and biology student Caitlin Ginnery worked on two research studies this past summer. Ginnery took Bieser’s Methods of Molecular Biology and “fell in love with genetics.” In one semester, she went from being pre-med to wanting to focus on genetics and is now looking at…

Stephanie Red Cloud Muise

Second at National STEM Conference

…for Steph, for those of us who serve as her mentors, and for the greater Northland community.” A natural resources major with a minor in biology, Muise worked with Katie Stumpf, assistant professor of biology, and Paula Anich, assistant professor of biology and natural resources, on this senior thesis project….