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A new addition to one of Lapham Hall’s most frequently used hallways shines a spotlight on undergraduate and graduate research through stunning high-resolution, poster-sized images. The Biological Sciences Research Gallery is a permanent exhibit that highlights the research that students do in the department. Made up of 33 canvases and growing, the gallery begins at the opening of Lapham Hall’s main hallway, continues past the Biological Sciences main office and extends into the hallway connecting Lapham to the Kenwood Interdisciplinary Research Complex. “They show the beauty of biology,” said Jeffrey Karron, professor of biological sciences at UWM. “It’s such a visual science.” Karron came up with the idea for the project last spring as the department looked for ways to make the blank hallway more engaging to students. Inspired by the research his students and colleagues were doing, Karron proposed a photo gallery to showcase these achievements and foster an excitement for research work. The large canvases not only make the hallway more colorful but also show current and prospective students what they can do with biological sciences. He asked his colleagues for pictures, and many of them produced their own original photographs of their students. The canvases display remarkable shots of badgers, bees, and birds, and students collecting data in the field. A closeup of a bright green frog perched on a stem is a staff favorite, Karron said, because it is “so whimsical.”
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Loretha Jack, a recent graduate of the biological sciences program, stands next to a poster showing her research on freshwater phytoplankton in the Biological Sciences Research Gallery. The canvas depicts a phytoplankton diatom colony, important for the health of freshwater ecosystems, and Jack collecting samples in Lake Michigan. (UWM Photo/Troye Fox)
