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Merhynchites bicolor, a leaf-rolling weevil species recorded in east and central Kansas.
Investigators from the University of Kansas — where genomics are prioritized as a research focus — are making detailed plans for a national reference genome infrastructure with support from the National Science Foundation.
Dr. Deborah Smith, 2026 Chancellors Club Career Teaching Award recipient and students.
A professor in the Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Smith said in her own education, experiential and outdoor learning in her field tended to resonate the most. She is the recipient of a Chancellors Club Career Teaching Award.
Dr. Gerry DeBoer
The associate professor emeritus, who received a William T. Kemper Fellowship for Teaching Excellence, shares how he likes to help students understand science as well as the beauty of biology.

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