biology

Award-winning Horsley studies skin’s mysteries

by Sarah Webb Two thousand twelve was an especially good year for biologist Valerie Horsley ’98. First, the Yale University professor won a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, which comes with research...

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Furman professor, students study mountain lion populations

Spending the summer looking at animal feces and struggling to find phone reception isn't most people's idea of a good time. But throw in the chance to track mountain lions in the wild and you...

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2011 Furman graduate Melissa Youssef writes op-ed for Greenville News

Melissa Youssef, who graduated from Furman in 2011 with a degree in biology, is a research coordinator at Roger C. Peace Hospital in Greenville.  In an op-ed for The Greenville News, she writes that the...

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