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A Q&A on randomness and God's providence
A $1.7 million grant from the Templeton foundation will allow Jim Bradley to study how "God can have it both ways." July 20, 2012 | Myrna Anderson

A $375,000 grant to improve Plaster Creek Watershed
Calvin College has received a $375,000 state grant to further research, education and restoration efforts in the Plaster Creek watershed. July 20, 2012 | Matt Kucinski

2012 Commencement Week video
Art shows, engineering projects, senior breakfast, nurse pinning, teacher commissioning, the last handshake. June 12, 2012 | Matt Kucinski

Calvin launches public health major
The new interdisciplinary major prepares students for careers and graduate study in public health. May 29, 2012 | Myrna Anderson

Remembering David DeHeer
About a hundred colleagues, friends and family of the late David DeHeer joined together outside DeVries Hall for a short ceremony honoring the longtime Calvin biology professor. May 11, 2012 | Matt Kucinski

An NSF grant for better biology teaching
A $200,000 grant from the National Science Foundation will allow faculty to build more research into the biology classroom. March 06, 2012 | Myrna Anderson

Interim: Learning about local foods
An interim class learns about eating healthier, more sustainably and more homemade. January 06, 2012 | Lynn Rosendale

Global Hunger and Food Security lecture series
A yearlong lecture series highlights the importance of preserving farmland and water resources. November 28, 2011 | Myrna Anderson

Mapping Calvin's trees
Calvin biology and GIS classes have inventoried every tree on campus. One student made an online map. September 21, 2011 | Lynn Rosendale

Calvin mourns David DeHeer
Biology professor David DeHeer passed away Friday, Sept. 16. His colleagues remember him as a leader, mentor and man of science. September 16, 2011 | Matt Kucinski , Myrna Anderson

Studying latent HIV through an NIH grant
Biology professor Anding Shen is researching the latent reservoir, funded by $300,000 from the National Institutes of Health. August 25, 2011 | Myrna Anderson

Researching Great Lakes waterbirds
For 20 years, biology professor Keith Grasman has studied the effects of pollution on Great Lakes gulls, herons and terns. July 11, 2011 | Andrew Steiner

Plaster Creek Stewards receive $58,500 from the EPA
The Plaster Creek Stewards received a $58,500 grant from the EPA to clean up a local watershed. June 24, 2011 | Myrna Anderson

Biology major awarded major EPA research fellowship
Calvin biology major Tyler Bleeker was awarded a Greater Research Opportunities Fellowship by the Environmental Protection Agency. The total amount of the award is $48,900. June 03, 2011 | Matt Kucinski

Moving into the ISRx
Student researchers are making themselves at home in the science division's new 4,450 square-foot lab. May 24, 2011 | Andrew Steiner , Myrna Anderson

A perennial: the Native Plant Sale
Calvin will host its sixth-annual Native Plant Sale at the Bunker Interpretive Center. April 28, 2011 | Myrna Anderson

New interims for 2012
Students doing an on-campus interim will have three new choices next year. March 29, 2011 | Theo Voss , Myrna Anderson , Steve Barkema

Pilgrim at Flat Iron Lake
The 'gift of place' informs September 13, 2010 | Gayle Boss

Post spill: an intern in Florida
Biology grad Amanda Hoffmeyer researches wildlife in Merrit Island Refuge. July 26, 2010 | Lynn Rosendale

Faculty Profile: Arlene Hoogewerf
Calvin biology professor Arlene Hoogewerf has had FBI agents come to her class. June 30, 2010 | Amy Surbatovich

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