Biology Professor Brings Field Expertise to Craft of Botanical Foraging

Molly Cummings finds the spirit of West Texas

"...Cummings, a biology professor at UT, is the founder of Austin-based WildGins..."

Oct. 15, 2021 Food Feature by Veronica Meewes

Texas Fiction Science

The State Board of Education does its part to fantasize biology

"...public school near you by March 2009. McLeroy vs. Biology..."

July 25, 2008 News Feature by Andrea Grimes

Kin

Gritty sci-fi road trip has teen appeal

"...left them to be adopted by big-hearted strangers. Supra-human biology, thy name is destiny...."

Aug. 31, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Here Comes the Boom

Kevin James plays a biology teacher who moonlights as a mixed martial-arts fighter; Salma Hayek is his love interest.

"...When high school biology teacher and all-around sad sack Scott Voss (James) learns..."

Oct. 19, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dark Yet Light

Her D in Biology notwithstanding, Maria Bamford is a genius at making dark comedy funny

"...be so funny," adding, "I got a D in biology."..."

April 24, 2015 Arts Feature by Ashley Moreno

Weird Science Takes the Stage

The strange but true tale of how a high school class turned a science textbook into a play

"...Think of the word "biology."..."

Feb. 6, 2004 Arts Feature by C. Denby Swanson

Dissecting Mercer's Anti-Evolution Editorial

Because shooting fish in a barrel is fun!

"...his SBOE bio, he did earn a bachelor’s in biology from UT-Austin. Unfortunately, his bachelor’s looks pretty puny compared..."

Feb. 16, 2009 News Post by Lee Nichols

In Search of Intelligent Life at the SBOE

The State Board of Education reviews biology textbooks, and the battle over evolution rejoins.

"...(1pm to 1am) to discussing whether the high school biology textbooks proposed for state adoption are sufficiently critical of..."

Sept. 19, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

All Over Creation: Continuing Education

Turns out theatre is a great place for getting schooled

"...she was going to speak to us about evolutionary biology...."

June 15, 2012 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Ignorant Design at the SBOE

There is little Intelligent Design to be found on the State Board of Education

"...The State Board of Education public hearings on new biology and family studies textbooks began July 9, and, like..."

July 18, 2003 News Feature by Michael May

On the Lege

It turns out that the State Board of Education knows more about science than real scientists!

"...similarly qualified board members spent two days lecturing distinguished biology researchers from the University of Texas and elsewhere on..."

Jan. 30, 2009 News Column by Lee Nichols

'Theory' Doesn't Mean What They Think It Does!

"...facts. An incomplete fossil record does not disprove evolutionary biology, any more than the lack of a Grand Unified..."

Aug. 8, 2003 Postmarks

Austin's Sustainable Secret

Student-founded Green Is the New Black makes renewable energy at Huston-Tillotson

"...the coursework will cover environmental justice, global warming, conservation biology, renewable energy, air and water pollution, and environmental law...."

Oct. 24, 2014 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

LoneStarCon 3: The Lois McMaster Bujold Interview

The Hugo Award nominee and past winner on biology as politics

"...of? Every culture deals with this. Culture is to biology as cuisine is to hunger. We all have the..."

Sept. 1, 2013 Books Post by Amy Gentry

STAAR Falls on Texas Schools

Academic assessment tests raises questions of fairness

"...tests for ninth graders – algebra I, world geography, biology, and especially the reading and writing component of English..."

June 22, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Darwinists Attack!

The State Board of Education doesn't understand the meaning of 'separation of church and state'

"...Beware that beady-eyed biology teacher in your child's high school. She might be..."

Nov. 28, 2008 News Feature by Lee Nichols

TFN Report: Texas Scientists Support Evolution

Scientists overwhelmingly reject "creation science" and "intelligent design"

"...policy – has conducted a statewide survey among college biology and biological anthropology instructors regarding their opinions on the..."

Nov. 21, 2008 News Feature by Lee Nichols

The TAKS Is Dead! Long Live the TAKS!

Students continue to cram for slow-to-expire high-stakes tests

"...the greatest difficulty for seniors is science – including biology, physics, chemistry, and ecology – and that leaves review..."

June 29, 2007 News Feature by Michael May

ACC Scrambles for Staff

The college's accreditation troubles leave students without teachers

"...had permanently lost sections for lack of instructors was biology...."

Sept. 3, 2004 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

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Our readers talk back.

"..."Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution." --..."

Nov. 28, 2003 Column

Theory of Evolution: Theory or Fact?

"...Editor, Austin Chronicle "Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution." –..."

Nov. 19, 2003 Postmarks

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Our readers talk back.

"...evolution theory will be fully and completely presented in biology textbooks, meaning will it include both the evidence supporting..."

Oct. 3, 2003 Column

Diverting Attention

"...evolution theory will be fully and completely presented in biology textbooks, meaning will it include both the evidence supporting..."

Sept. 24, 2003 Postmarks

The Art of Film Producing

Lynda Obst's Hollywood Survival Manual

"...AC: However, there's a basic level at which biology becomes destiny in this paradigm. To what extent can..."

Oct. 3, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Opinion: Turn Off the Lights! Birds Are Depending on Us.

During migration season, we can lower bird mortality rates by lowering lights

"...with a Master of Science in Population and Conservation Biology, and has worked in conservation-oriented nonprofits throughout the state...."

March 24, 2023 Column by Caley Zuzula

Booze You Can Use: A Few Choice Local Views

Sufficient Texas tipples to topple any tedium

"...planet like WildGins. That’s because Cummings, a professor of biology at UT Austin, often goes out and hand-forages the..."

Oct. 13, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

To Dust

Two men and a pig become more than porcine comedy in this tender and cunning discussion of death

"...stuff of movie storylines. You could probably interpret this biology lesson is a metaphor for something, but the ballsy..."

March 1, 2019 Movie Review by Steve Davis

A Pickling Guru's Journey Through the World of Fermentation

Casper Fermentables owner Ben Hollander goes from dorm chef to LeRoy and Lewis collaborator

"...experimenting with in his UT dorm room while studying biology. "When I was in school, I was analyzing cultures..."

Feb. 22, 2019 Food Feature by Dan Gentile

Thelma

A college student's burgeoning sexuality brings on psychic powers

"...into her dorm at an Oslo university to study biology, she begins navigating the world on her own terms...."

Dec. 1, 2017 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Mountain Men

Estranged brothers exchange truths while stuck in the woods

"...a fuck-up gene,” it’s an opportunity to prove that biology is not destiny. Although the film never fully convinces..."

Jan. 29, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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