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- Apr 28, 2016
Showy Orchis and Yellow Lady's Slipper Found in Lost Cove
Jonathan Evans and Callie Oldfield discovered a healthy population of Showy Orchis (Galearis spectabilis) while hiking through Lost Cove....


- Apr 27, 2016
Rare Plants of Sewanee Poster
The Plant Ecology & Conservation Lab with the Sewanee Herbarium have created a new educational poster on the Rare Plants of Sewanee. This...


- Apr 18, 2016
Callie Oldfield Selects UGA for Grad School
Callie Oldfield, post-baccalaureate fellow for the Sewanee Herbarium, will be attending graduate school at the University of Georgia. She...


- Apr 7, 2016
Hog and Nutsedge Manuscript Published!
Callie Oldfield and Jonathan Evans have published their research on an interaction between wild hogs (Sus scrofa) and yellow nutsedge...


- Apr 5, 2016
Callie Oldfield Presents at ASB conference
Callie Oldfield represented the University of the South at the Association of Southeastern Biologists conference April 2016. She traveled...


- Apr 1, 2016
Faculty Research Grant Received for Cane Genetics Project
Dr. Jonathan Evans received a faculty research grant for his proposal to study hillcane population genetics. Hillcane (Arundinaria...


- Jan 28, 2016
The Vascular Flora of the University of the South Submitted!
After many years of plant surveys and database management, the Flora of the Sewanee Domain was finally submitted for consideration for...


- Oct 20, 2015
Hillcane Culm Dynamics Field Season Complete
Hillcane (Arundinaria appalachiana), a newly split species of cane, exists in watersheds around Sewanee. Thomas Walters (C'15) set up a...


- Aug 4, 2015
Botanizing for the Land Trust for Tennessee
Jonathan Evans, Callie Oldfield, and Mary Priestley (Sewanee Herbarium) were invited by the Land Trust for Tennessee to explore a...

- Jan 16, 2015
Jon Evans receives blended learning grant from the ACS
The ACS Blended Learning Program has funded five proposals, each for $10,000, that were submitted from collaborating ACS institutions to...


- Oct 2, 2014
Callie Oldfield Receives Yeatman Award
The 2014-2015 Harry C. Yeatman Award in Biology was awarded to Biology majors Callie Oldfield and Angelica De Freitas at the annual...


- Oct 2, 2013
Meg Armistead Receives Yeatman Award
The 2013 Harry C. Yeatman Award in Biology was awarded to Biology major April Shi and Ecology & Biodiversity majors Meg Armistead and...

- May 3, 2013
Evans and Keen Publish St. Catherine's Island Hickory Research
Eric Keen '08 and Biology Professor Jon Evans recently published the results from an 11 year study of pignut hickory regeneration...


- May 3, 2013
Evans, Scheffers, and Hess Publish Study on the Demise of Redbay on St. Catherine's Island
Redbay (Persea borbonia) joins the ranks of chestnut, hemlock, and American elm as a tree whose populations have been decimated by the...

- Mar 6, 2013
Meg Armistead Presents Deer Research at Meeting
Meg Armistead, C'14 (Ecology and Biodiversity major), presented a talk Feb. 26 to the 36th Annual Meeting of the Southeast Deer Study...