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Editor and Writer
Sandi Rutkowski

Photographer
Jo McCulty

Design
Beth Yaple McGuffey
University Marketing Communications

Cover Photo
Jo McCulty

Editorial Assistant
Dianne Hardin

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College of Biological Sciences Executive Staff

Dean: Alan G. Goodridge
Associate Dean: Richard W. Hall
Assistant Dean: Ann M. Ackermann-Brown
Biochemistry Chairperson: George A. Marzluf
Entomology Chairperson: David L. Denlinger
Microbiology Chairperson: John N. Reeve
Molecular Genetics Chairperson: Lee F. Johnson
Plant Biology Chairperson: Ralph E.J. Boerner
Zoology Chairperson: Peter W. Pappas
General Biology Director: D. Courtney Smith
Museum of Biological Diversity Director: Brian J. Armitage
College Representative to the Alumni Advisory Council:
Edward R. Richter, Ph.D., microbiology

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