Joseph J. Foy, Ph.D. President | Benedictine University

Congratulations to Benedictine University’s 2024 BS Biology graduate Madeline Russelburg for winning the George B. Rabb Undergraduate Poster Award at this year’s Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles Conference in Ann Arbor, MI.

Russelburg worked with mentors Dr. Leigh Anne Harden and Dr. Tiara Perez Morales at Benedictine University, as well as with Dr. Joe Milanovich at Loyola University Chicago on a collaborative study focusing on the physiology and ecology of two isolated and endangered spotted turtle populations inhabiting an industrial landscape in northwestern Indiana. Her project specifically focused on assessing the spatiotemporal variation in immune function of these spotted turtle populations using bacteria killing assay methods.