Zoology students learn to care for God’s dominion as they prep for vet school
Through the zoology (pre-vet) degree program at Liberty University, students are being prepared to do more than treat the health of creatures big and small; they are pursuing God’s calling to care for His creation. Program director and Associate Professor…
Forensic science students present research from Civil War-era DNA testing to bullet casings and fingerprinting at AAFS conference
Three Liberty University forensic science students presented intriguing research with applications for crime scene investigation during the annual American Academy of Forensic Science (AAFS) conference, a gathering of students and professionals from the United States and around the world. From…
Guest lecturer from Oak Ridge National Laboratory outlines career, faith values with science students
Students in the Liberty University Department of Biology & Chemistry were able to glean from renowned professor and researcher Dr. Rigoberto Advincula on Monday morning in the first of two special lectures scheduled for the semester, hearing about his wide-ranging…
Johns Hopkins professor delivers lecture on breakthrough reproductive biology research
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Professor Dr. Barry Zirkin visited Liberty University’s School of Health Sciences on Oct. 28 to deliver an illuminating lecture about his past and present work in reproductive biology research, marking the launch of…
Liberty students win five awards at Virginia Academy of Science collegiate event
A group of 47 students and eight faculty mentors from Liberty University’s Biology & Chemistry department attended the annual Fall Virginia Academy of Science Research Symposium at Ferrum College on Nov. 9. Students from 11 universities across the Commonwealth presented…
Summer internships give student scientists unique opportunity in university labs
For the last few months, three Liberty University undergraduate students from the Department of Biology & Chemistry have spent the summer learning the practices of a research lab environment at Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Md.), Uniformed Services University (Bethesda, Md.),…
Science students embrace research opportunities through annual ASSURE program
Taking six weeks out of their summer break, students and faculty from Liberty University’s Department of Biology & Chemistry engaged in research as part of the department’s ASSURE program, an annual summer intensive that introduces many students to the practices…
New biology & chemistry summer camp to help high schoolers study God’s creation
Liberty University’s Department of Biology & Chemistry is launching its first Summer Science Camp on June 24-28, a day camp designed for high school students and incoming Liberty freshmen to engage with a wide variety of scientific disciplines and be…
LUCOM research program offers student-doctors, undergraduates chance to present at national medical conferences
When students engage in scientific research at the postgraduate and undergraduate levels, they make discoveries and study intricate details of God’s creation, but they also develop skills and experience that will serve them in their future fields. Under Dr. Joseph…
Liberty biology professor plays part in discoveries of new snake species
After treks into the mountains of Ecuador, Panama, and Colombia with the Khamai Foundation, an Ecuadorian biodiversity protection organization, Liberty University Professor of Biology Dr. Kyle Harris aided in the publishing of two papers designating and further defining newly discovered…