Both the Fitchburg State Falcons Men's and Women's Outdoor Track & Field teams practicing at Elliot Field yesterday afternoon.

Students work on a lab in Biology and Chemistry Professor  Dr. Eric Williams' Developmental Biology class in the Antonucci Science Complex, where they extract worms from soil samples. The course examines a detailed survey of developing embryos from the fertilized egg through the various stages leading to the adult organism. 

Students in Theater Professor Ellen (Cap) Corduan's Theatrical Stage Make Up course experiment with various make-up techniques, this lesson was classic whiteface clown. This lecture/laboratory course investigates the principles, techniques and materials of character stage makeup and practical application. Students will apply, in a production setting, principles, techniques and materials of character stage makeup. They will identify historical justification for period makeup and apply techniques for live animation, clowning and dramatic character.

The Dance Club will presents its Spring Showcase at 6:30 p.m. Friday, April 19 and Saturday, April 20 at 1 p.m. in Weston Auditorium. Admission is $5 and tickets are available online or at the door.

Fitchburg State University Resident Assistants, along with some special guests, offered their faces up for today's Pie Your RA Event. All proceeds went to the Worcester Animal Shelter.

Theater Concentration, Communications Media Alum Steven Beck'23 played Peter Snyder, a schizophrenic patient who went off his medication. Our team of nursing students were directed to take vitals, administer medications, and were eventually able to get Peter to get from the floor to his bed. 

Author Eveline MacDougall (Fiery Hope : building community with the Amandla Chorus) and renown musician John Clark were recent guests in English Studies Professor Michael Hoberman's Folklore in America class. MacDougall wove together the threads of her formative years as a Québécois and  life with civil right's activists Wally and Juanita Nelson. The two performed a French inspired piece for the class. The course introduces students to the academic discipline of folklore and to a range of cultural traditions found in the United States.

Greek Week continued with yesterday afternoon's chariot race on the quad, followed by a "pie" eating contest. The week will continue with more activities. Learn more about Greek Life here.

Yesterday's Biotechnology Research Lab Ribbon Cutting event included a panel discussion on life sciences with working professionals in Randall Hall. Dean of the School of Health and Natural Sciences Jennifer Hanselman, Ph.D. welcomed Shawn Fitzpatrick (Resilience), Crystal McKinnon, (Dewpoint Therapeutics, Inc.), Lindsay Duchnowski (Bristol Myers Squibb), and Alanna Zelic (Quest Diagnostics) who discussed the exciting present and future of the life sciences in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. A networking event for undergraduate students  followed the discussion. 

This afternoon, the campus hosted a ribbon-cutting for the biotechnology research lab funded by the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center (MLSC). in the Antonucci Science Complex. The event will celebrate the university's undergraduate biotechnology research and the state's vibrant workforce. Prior to the ribbon cutting, students presented their research at a poster session, after which, Biology and Chemistry Professor Dr. Michael Nosek welcomed honored guests, students faculty, and staff. Fitchburg State President Richard Lapidus, Fitchburg Mayor Sam Squailia, State Senator John Cronin representative Susan Coughlin Templeton, and MLSC Leadership:  VP Ryan Mudawar made brief remarks. Templeton presented a congratulatory certificate from the Massachusetts State Senate. A tour of the research lab followed the ribbon cutting.