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51���� scientists have received a five-year, $2.6 million grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) to study molecular mechanisms that can help our bodies fight respiratory inflammation caused by air pollution.

51����’s Scholars in Marine Medicine program, which offers an interdisciplinary research experience for pre-health majors interested in marine biology or environmental science, has announced 10 new members.

Levasseur, a doctoral student in environmental health at 51����’s Nicholas School of the Environment, has been named to the 2020 cohort of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Health Policy Research Scholars leadership program.

The discovery of dozens of pregnant giant devil rays entangled in fishing nets along Mexico’s Gulf of California could mean the endangered species has a previously unknown birthing zone in nearby waters.