Announcements Archive


Summer 2023 PURA Recipient

Summer 2023 PURA Recipient
The Hopkins Office for Undergraduate Research (HOUR) recently announced the recipients of the President Undergraduate Research Award (PURA). Congratulations to Behavioral Biology Senior, Melodie Qian, for being part of the […]


The Neural Links Between Voice and Thought

The Neural Links Between Voice and Thought
Junior behavioral biology major Jessica Dure has started a project to better reveal how communicative capabilities affect brain organization and evolution toward more advanced thinking. She is studying these linkages in Melopsittacus parrots, formally known as budgerigars and nicknamed budgies or parakeets. Read more about her research in the Spring 2022 issue of Arts & Sciences Magazine. 


Privacy or Prevention?

Privacy or Prevention?
How willing are young people to engage in phone-based “digital contact tracing” to curb the pandemic? Sophomore Lauren Maytin discusses research on the topic in the Spring 2021 issue of Arts & Sciences Magazine. She helped develop a survey given to more […]


Behavioral Biology Departmental Honors

Congratulations to the following Behavioral Biology students who have completed all requirements for Behavioral Biology Departmental Honors!! Katherine Armenta Jessica Montoya Paige Upright Talia Feingold Edward Yin Tiffany Wong