UMSL research faculty score high in national ranking Academic Analytics, a company that ranks U.S. doctoral programs based on faculty research productivity, has rated five of the University of Missouri– St. Louis’ faculty groups in the top 20 nationally – counselor education, information systems, criminology and criminal justice, evolutionary biology and teaching and learning processes. “For the last decade, UMSL has been placing more emphasis on research,” says UMSL Provost Glen Cope. “Now our faculty’s efforts have paid off. We are so pleased to once again receive these national rankings for our programs.” Academic Analytics is based in Stony Brook, N.Y. The index measures the scholarly productivity of faculty based on their publications, citations, grants
UMSL biologist Zuleyma Tang-Martinez sometimes visits the Saint Louis Zoo to observe prairie dogs. The burrowing rodents are native to the Great Plains and the focus of research by Tang-Martinez. (Photo by August Jennewein)
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Biology professor receives international award for animal research
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Zuleyma Tang-Martinez, professor of biology at the University of Missouri–
universities in the United States.
St. Louis, received the prestigious Quest Award from the Animal Behavior
and honorary awards. The study included
Society, an international organization. The Quest Award is one of the ABS’ highest honors, recognizing critical contributions to the field of animal behavior over the course of a member’s career. The award was presented in July at ABS’ annual meeting at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Va. “I am deeply honored and humbled that my primary professional association, the Animal Behavior Society, selected me,” Tang-Martinez says. She has taught biology at UMSL for 34 years. Tang-Martinez says that, as a child growing up in Venezuela, she was fascinated by the animals around her. “To think that someday I might receive an award for my research on animal behavior was completely beyond my wildest imagination,” she says. The Animal Behavior Society was founded in Montreal in 1964. The organization promotes the biological study of animal behavior, including studies at all levels of organization.
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