Department of Biological Sciences
The Promoter is published yearly by the Department of Biological Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University for its students, alumni and friends to inform them about the department and serve as a channel of communication for our community. Readers with comments or questions are urged to send them to vhinman@andrew.cmu.edu. The department is headed by Veronica Hinman.
Editor-in-chief
Veronica Hinman, Department Head
Editor
Jocelyn Duffy, Associate Dean for Communications
Design & Layout
Samantha Zemanek, Graphic Designer
Contributing Writers
Jocelyn Duffy, Amanda S.F. Hartle, Michael Henninger, Kirsten Heuring, Veronica Hinman, Heidi Opdyke, Amy Pavlak Laird, Caroline Sheedy
Photography & Images
Jonah Bayer, Digital Producer
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Department of Biological Sciences
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