She may have graduated high school with less than two dozen people, but the world is an oyster for Star Leonard, a biology/pre-med major from Kansas, Ill.
Biology
Raising the ‘barr’
Sycamore lands a research fellowship through the National Science Foundation and helps scientists learn more about barred owls.
Cracking the code
State biology Professor Shaad Ahmad received the Scientist Development Grant from the American Heart Association to learn more about the genetics behind congenital heart defects.
Lily Arias, ’14
First drawn to Indiana State because of its bat center, Lily Arias was recently honored by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for her work as an educator.
More than gray matter
Thanks to Indiana State University alumnus Deepak Kumar, Ph.D. ’10, science has made a major breakthrough in understanding how the brain functions the way it does when someone develops Alzheimer’s disease.
Cierra Natt, ’19
A biology major from Terre Haute, Cierra Natt aims to be the best Sycamore she can and a good role model for future Sycamores.
Field work
Indianapolis native Jasmine Barney, ’16, has spent the summer netting bats, checking artificial roosts and padding an already impressive biologist’s resume.
