Hope College Biology Department

06/10/2025

06/09/2025

SHARP biology students Olivia Lugo and Devon Tech (Yu lab) search for phage using electron microscopy

05/15/2025

Summer research🔬started this week! Here are some of our research students and faculty at Craig's Cruisers for mini golf ⛳☀️😁

05/07/2025

The Conservation Biology students got a windy beach field walk this spring, led by Prof. DeVries-Zimmerman. Students learned about how dunes form in inland freshwater areas and the importance of preserving them by letting them change with time.

05/06/2025

Students in Dr. Blake-Mahmud's Conservation Biology course toured important key infrastructure in the greater Holland area to understand what it takes to keep us warm, watered, and clean. They then wrote about these experiences for the public.

You can read about the effort it takes from Hope's amazing facilities team to keep the heat on at Hope in an article written by Anna Mayernik, London Yoder, and Max Wors here: https://anchor.hope.edu/features/what-does-it-take-to-heat-hope-college/

You can read about what goes on behind the scenes at Phelps in this article by Maddison Wilder, Skylar Davis, and Liz Kelley here: https://blogs.hope.edu/sustainability-institute/community-and-neighborhood/student-article-sustainable-initiatives-at-phelps-dining/

This course was developed with the assistance of the Green Team's sustainability curriculum grant.

04/25/2025

Students in the Biology service course for preservice teachers learned about ecosystem functioning through Michigan ecosystem models. Here they are sharing what they have learned with their peers.

04/24/2025

Students in Animal Behavior (Bio 370) enjoy a final lab field trip to the John Ball Zoo. What a beautiful day to observe a variety of behaviors! 🦆🐗🪲🐍🐅🐪🦜🦩🦦

04/16/2025

Congrats 🎉 to Sofia Rosenberger, Davi Zola de Araujo, and Philip Kerber for winning honorable mentions at ASBMB in the undergraduate poster session!

04/14/2025

Celebrate Earth Month🌎with a nature walk presented by the Conservation Biology class! Learn more about the birds of Holland and how to identify them🐦

04/10/2025

Students in Animal Behavior (Bio 370) and other Hope College volunteers worked alongside Scouting America troop #14 (Spring Lake, MI) and Venture Crew 2345 (Ada, MI) to establish a new Bluebird Nestbox trail at the ODC Network's Outdoor Discovery Center. This project was led in part by Grand Haven High School sophomore, Boden Aerts, for his Eagle Scout Project.

55 new boxes have been placed and tagged and are ready for new inhabitants 🐦 and scientists to study them👩‍🔬 👨‍🔬 !

04/09/2025

Our newest class of TriBeta inductees were initiated earlier this week! We are proud to celebrate the achievements of these students within our biology program. Welcome to the club!!