Chapter Officers

Faculty Advisor
Dr. David Coughlin
djcoughlin@widener.edu

President:  Sonia Solomon
Vice President: Kasey Butt

Requirements for Membership

Minimum 2.75 GPA overall and 3.0 GPA in Biology

Minimum second semester sophomore status

Involved in a research project outside of a specific course*

Have made a presentation of their research results at a public meeting or forum either on or off campus, in poster or oral format. If the presentation is to be made off campus, the student must also display the poster or present the oral to the Biology faculty at an appropriate on-campus forum.

Students who do not meet all of the above criteria but who are still involved in a research project outside of a specific course are eligible for "associate" membership. Students may be either full or part time and "graduate" members may be inducted as well.

*Biology 499 is acceptable as a research experience for regular membership in BBB regardless of whether or not the 499 is used as a free elective or to replace an upper division elective.

Member Inaugurates New Fund for Undergraduate Research

Regular member and long time SGA representative Nick Caputo, a 2003 Widener graduate, has donated funds to establish the Caputo Biology Student-Faculty Research Collaboration Fund. The fund will provide financial resources for one or more undergraduate biology students engaged in collaborative research with one or more faculty members. We thank Nick for his generosity, and look forward to awarding the first of these scholarships in the next academic year. 

Recent Grants and Awards to Members

Mohit Sirohi received a Beta Beta Beta research grant in 2006 for his work on the isolation and characterization of parvalbumin from rainbow trout. 

Muthuramanan "Ram" Rameswaran and Hareth Madhoun both received Beta Beta Beta Research Grants in November 2004 for their work on the influence of atrazine on the immune systems of adult Northern Leopard Frogs (Rana pipiens).

Muthuramanan "Ram" Rameswaran and Hareth Madhoun received a Sigma Xi Grant in Aid of Research in January 2004 for "Is Atrazine an innate immune system disruptor in adult Northern Leopard Frogs (Rana pipiens)?"

Matthew J. Colombo received honorable mention for the oral presentation of :The Effects of Environmental Acidification on the Inflammatory Response of Rana pipiens by Matthew J. Colombo and Jaime L. Andrew  at the BBB Regional Conference at the University of Delaware Newark, Delaware.  March 23 2003. 

Jon Schiavi is the recipient of  the Sebastian and Sharon Faro Research Award for 2003-2004