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Division and Alumni News

Eight ̽»¨Â¥ student-athletes have been honored by Diverse: Issues in Higher Education as recipients of the 2020 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar award. Three of the eight recipients are biology majors:  (senior, basketball),  (junior, gymnastics) and  (junior, volleyball).

Pioneers@Work are testing for COVID-19

̽»¨Â¥ alumni at the American Institute of Toxicology (AIT) Laboratories, a division of HealthTrackRx, are at the forefront of the battle against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). AIT employees, including 23 graduates of ̽»¨Â¥ STEM programs, have been working around the clock to conduct, aid and enhance COVID-19 detection within 24-48 hours of sample receipt.

̽»¨Â¥ launches new biotechnology master’s degree

To support one of the state’s top six industry sectors with greatest economic growth potential — biotechnology and life sciences — Texas Woman’s University will launch a new program this fall that combines biology and business with an industry internship.

Butterfly garden wins Business Yard of the Month award

The ̽»¨Â¥ Bettye Myers Butterfly Garden has received the May Business Yard of the Month award from Keep Denton Beautiful. Designated as a Monarch Waystation, the butterfly garden boasts a lovely variety of flowers, including coneflowers (bachelor buttons), poppies, evening primrose, larkspur, phlox, gerbera daisy, and cornflowers. Find Phase II of this garden by the Little Chapel in-the-Woods and enjoy the Carroll Abbott Wildlife Sanctuary. The sanctuary is a section of the garden dedicated to the memory of Carroll Abbott.

"Give the humble potato (Solanum tuberosum) a place in your vegetable garden," writes Nat Mills, Ph.D., a professor in the ̽»¨Â¥ Department of Biology and guest contributor for the Denton County Master Gardner Association.