August 28, 2026: Stinky questions

Was your week as busy as mine?! As is typical of the first week of the semester, mine was a blur of new faces and registration challenges and computer system hiccups and questions. Lots of questions. ... read more

August 21, 2026: Learning from squirrels

Learning – that’s why you come to college, right? Maybe there are other reasons, too. To meet new people, to grow closer to God, to become a better citizen. But learning is part of all of these. ... read more

August 14, 2026: Summer Travels

STOP! Don’t read any further. First, go to our most recent post at www.instagram.com/aubiologydepartment  or www.facebook.com/AUBiology, and make some guesses. Where did your Andrews biology faculty go this summer??   ... read more

August 7, 2026: Chaos and Order

Sometimes chaos is necessary before order. When I clean, I often drag my stuff out from where it was accumulating and make piles of stuff: chaos. While you don’t want things in this state... read more

July 31, 2026: Breathing space

The weeks of July tend to be quiet ones here in the Science Complex. The summer classes of May and June have finished. Research projects are winding down. Vacation time is enticing, before the hectic semester begins. We... read more

July 24, 2026: The Conservatory

Have you ever seen a night-blooming cereus bloom? I haven’t either. I have two of them in hanging pots. About three weeks ago, one of them started to... read more

July 17, 2026: Abscission

I know that this is the height of summer (whew, it was hot outside this week), but let’s talk about fall for a minute. In September and October, at least here in Michigan, the days begin to get... read more

July 7, 2026: Happy Birthday!

We think life is beautiful and amazing! Consider the neuron at the top – drawn by Santiago Ramón y Cajal, these drawings were some of the first revelations of the complexity of our brain. If this one neuron... read more