Environment
Protect, conserve, renew
Faculty Success
Congratulations to our award-winning ENVA faculty!
Congratulations to the Environment Program Faculty on Their Outstanding Achievements!
2025 Marquette Fellowship Recipients
Whitney Walkowski, Professor of Practice in Biological Sciences
The effects of social environment on the brain during mate choice: a study funding undergraduate research of the túngara frog at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama
Joel MacClellan, Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Student Success
Congratulations to Rin Andrews: March College Work Study Spotlight Winner
Congratulations to Rin Andrews on all of your achievements and hard work! Rin is a senior majoring in Graphic Design and a valuable member of the Environment Program team.
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Loyola's Department of English
Loyola's Department of English offers a diverse curriculum in literature, rhetoric, critical theory, creative writing, non fiction and professional writing, linguistics, digital media, and film history. Students receive a strong foundation in classical and contemporary works, with writing style and skills emphasized in every course.
Faculty Success
Dr. Hillary Eklund wins the CAS Faculty Excellence in Advising Award in 2022 while Dr. Chris Schaberg has articles published about student learning during the pandemic
Provost Distinguished Professor of English, Dr. Hillary Eklund, won the College of Arts and Sciences Faculty Excellence in Advising Award for 2022. Meanwhile, Dorothy Harrell Brown Distinguished Professor of English and Director of the Center for Editing and Publishing, Dr. Christopher Schaberg, penned the article, "Quitting Academic Twitter" for Inside Higher Education this May.
Student Success
Student-run Literary Journal Meraki publishes its third edition
Loyola’s new student-run literary journal MERAKI has published its third edition! Meraki is a modern Greek term for what happens when you leave a piece of your soul, creativity, or love in your work. The journal includes visual arts and creative writing submissions from Loyola students.
Check out this new issue here!
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Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Commitment to excellence
The Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry offers Bachelor of Science degrees in Chemistry, Biochemistry and Forensic Chemistry. Our faculty and staff are dedicated to the mission of providing both an excellent curriculum and a variety of exciting undergraduate research opportunities.
Faculty Success
Dr. Heinecke gives talk at the American Chemical Society National Meeting
Dr. Heinecke was selected to give a research talk to a national audience at the ACS meeting in New Orleans this March. She spoke on the "Role of alkali metal counterions on size of para-mercaptobenzoic acid capped gold clusters." Co-authors include Loyola students Elysse June, Elisse Ward-Dones, Noor F. Cheema, and Sarah G. McMahon. Congratulations, Dr. Heinecke!
Student Success
Francesca Vaccaro Receives 2016 Ignatian Award for Outstanding Senior Woman
Graduating senior Francesca Vaccaro was the proud recipient of the 2016 Ignatian Award for Outstanding Senior Woman.
The Ignatian Awards are given each year to three individuals–one man, one woman, and one graduate student–who have set themselves apart by university involvement, representing Loyola with honor and distinction, living a strong faith, and maintaining a high GPA.
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Department of Biological Sciences
Engaging students in the study of life
The Department of Biological Sciences provides students with a wide choice of experiences and opportunities in the life sciences — from medicine, to the environment, to basic and applied research in botany, ecology and evolutionary biology, marine biology, microbiology, and molecular biology.
Faculty Success
Okaloosa Darter proposed for removal from Endangered Species List
Dr. Frank Jordan, Biological Sciences Chair, shares how he and Loyola students helped to save a tiny Florida fish from extinction. To read the article and listen on NPR, click here.
To find out more about Frank Jordan's research, click here.
Student Success
2025 Biology Student Awards
Congratulations to all the students who worked very hard and excelled this school year, especailly to our biology, pre-health, and URS award winning students.
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College of Arts and Sciences
Scholarship, research, and service
The College of Arts and Sciences offers academic programs that teach students how to think, how to write, how to research, and how to learn.