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ASU Students Share Experiences from AAAS 2025 Annual Meeting

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Souls of SOLS, March 2025

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Souls of SOLS, February 2025: Highlighting graduate student stories

Leading innovation at the Stanford Healthcare Design Challenge

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Souls of SOLS, January 2025

Note: This story is part of an ongoing series profiling graduate students in the School of Life S

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Souls of SOLS, November 2024: Highlighting Student Stories

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Virtual beehive research course bridges gap for online students

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Souls of SOLS, October 2024: Highlighting Graduate Student Stories

Note: This story is part of an ongoing series

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Nurturing a passion for environmental education

Souls of SOLS, September 2024: Highlighting graduate student stories

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Alumni highlight: Sierra Planck, class of 2023

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SOLS students travel to Australia, bringing 39 ant colonies back to Tempe for research projects

From top left to bottom right, this month's featured alumni are Nicholas Maalouf, Win ‘Victoria’ Aung, Shade Shutters, Owen McKenna, Katie Surrey, and Michelle Govani

SOLS Alumni Highlights: June 2024

This article is part of a series of profiles for SOLS alumni stories.

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Scientists generate the first complete chromosome sequences from non-human primate

A team of researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health have generated the first comple

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Recent graduate Bryan Yavari hopes to make a difference in people’s lives, improving communication between doctors and patients

Bryan Yavari, a 2024 graduate who majored in neuroscience, has closed the chapter of his collegia

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SOLS faculty and graduate student earn FWA awards for mentorship and research

Each year, the Arizona State University Faculty Women’s Association (FWA) recognizes outstanding

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New "Ask a Biologist" episode offers a look at the various forms of dementia

Souls of SOLS, May: Highlighting Graduate Student Stories

Note: This story is part of an ongoing series profiling graduate students in the School of Li

Souls of SOLS: Highlighting graduate student stories

Note: This story is part of an ongoing series profiling graduate students in the School of Life S

Swarm of locusts

Latest "Ask a Biologist" episode explores the world of locusts, grasshoppers and swarm prevention

Ask a Biologist is a website and podcast dedica

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Souls of SOLS: highlighting graduate student stories

Note: This story is part of an ongoing series profiling graduate students in the School of Life S

From left to right the alumni showcased in this article are Liz Barnes (Class of 2018), Douglas Lawton (Class of 2021) and Justas Birgiolas (Class of 2019)

SOLS Alumni highlights: Liz Barnes, Douglas Lawton and Justas Birgiolas

This article is part of a series of profiles for SOLS alumni stories.

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Paving the road to their future: how SOLS students are taking their education to the next level with internships

School of Life Sciences students ElanaGrace Fernandez and Nabhan Fakrudin are working hard - on a

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Souls of SOLS: highlighting graduate student stories

The research that goes on in the School of Life Sciences spans a huge and fascinating variety of