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Community Outreach


Dr. Larson and grads host Annual Biological Sciences Research Symposium
Artist S. Semmelhack from Charlottesville High School through Magnify Undergraduate, graduate and post-doctoral trainees had the...

Tracy Larson
Apr 101 min read


Release of the Department of Biology Annual Newsletter for 2023
Dr. Tracy Larson worked with Biology Chair Dr. Doug Taylor and Editor Charlie Feingenoff to produce the Annual Newsletter for the Biology...

Tracy Larson
Nov 1, 20241 min read


Annual Biological Sciences Research Symposium, April 12, 2024
Tracy, Chair of the Community Committee, is partnering with the first-year Biology graduate students to organize the second Annual...

Tracy Larson
Apr 1, 20241 min read


Release of the first Biology Department Newsletter
To highlight and celebrate the ‘tangled bank’ of activities that make our department the remarkable community it is, Doug Taylor, Chair...

Tracy Larson
Sep 30, 20231 min read


The Biology DEI Committee unveils new homepage
The DEI Committee, under leadership of Dr. Masashi Kawasaki, released a webpage detailing UVA Biology’s values of an inclusive and...

Tracy Larson
Sep 8, 20231 min read
Undergraduate Researchers Engage in Outreach
During Fall Semester 2020 every member of the Larson research group participated in at least one outreach activity as a pilot...

Tracy Larson
Dec 12, 20201 min read


Creation of the Biology Outreach and Inclusion Program
The Department of Biology graduate students have formed a club to promote outreach activities in the local and regional communities...

Tracy Larson
Oct 1, 20201 min read


STEM Middle School Visit
We held our first annual STEM Middle School Visit in February 2020, in which more than 130 students from two regional middle schools...

Tracy Larson
Feb 29, 20201 min read
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