CAL U HOSTS ANNUAL MEETING OF BIOLOGISTS
Contact:
Dr. Brian Paulson
724-938-5978
paulson@calu.edu
Posted on March 28, 2011
Cal U will host the annual meeting of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania University
Biologists on April 16. Founded in 1973, CPUB
emphasizes undergraduate student research and provides funds for that
research through a competitive grant process. Its activities have included scientific meetings, symposia
and institutes for the professional development of its members and associates. The
organization also provides a forum for graduate and undergraduate students to
present their research. Cal U campus director Dr. Brian Paulson, a professor in the
Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, estimated that as many as 150
faculty and students from PASSHE universities will arrive for the meeting in
the Eberly Science and Technology Center. Dr. Sam Taylor, newly appointed director of the Carnegie
Museum of Natural History, will give the keynote address.
The meting will close with a banquet and recognition of winners in various research categories. An outstanding
student from each school also will be honored. Cal U’s CPUB
Outstanding is Bethany Stone, a senior from Susquehanna, Pa., who is majoring
in fisheries and wildlife biology.
