03/03/2026
๐งWe will be hosting a bake sale in support of international womenโs day, with all proceeds being donated to BRIGHT Run to support breast cancer research! Come by to show your support this Friday!๐ง
We are the graduate student society for the Department of Biological Sciences. We are open to all suggestions.
We are graduate students working to make the experience of being a biology grad student a good one. If there is anything you, as the grad student, would like to us to help with or if there are any event you would like to see, just let us know.
03/03/2026
๐งWe will be hosting a bake sale in support of international womenโs day, with all proceeds being donated to BRIGHT Run to support breast cancer research! Come by to show your support this Friday!๐ง
01/12/2026
Registration for GRD is now open. Check your email for details!
11/24/2025
Do you enjoy delicious treats? ๐ช๐ง๐ฐ
Then come by the lounge this Friday for the BGSS bake sale! While youโre there, donโt forget to buy your tickets for Holly Frolic! ๐
11/22/2025
Come one, come all to the jolliest party of all!๐
Tickets for our annual holiday party go on sale next week. Be sure to stop by and get yours!
๐๏ธ$35 for students and post-docs
๐๏ธ$40 for faculty and staff
11/17/2025
Happening tomorrow night! See you all there!
๐ฒโ๏ธBring any games you want to play!
OR
๐ฟ๐ฅ Watch a movie!
11/04/2025
Thank you to everyone who came out to celebrate Halloween with us! On behalf of the BGSS, Glinda and Elphaba hope you had a โWickedโ good time!
10/31/2025
Happy Halloween Biology! Join us for our spooktacular Halloween party today!
09/26/2025
Introducing our BGSS Co-Presidents for this year: Lauren & Katharine! Lauren and Katharine both work in the Elliot lab, where they investigate the role of chromosome organizing proteins in Streptomyces bacteria. They are looking forward to fostering a positive experience for Biology Graduate students this year!
09/22/2025
Join us for our fall social next Friday, 3pm in the greenhouse atrium!! We will have some treats and drinks! Check your mailbox for the link to RSVP ๐๐๐
09/10/2025
Graduate students from the Choy lab, Flynn and Abby, were recently featured on an episode of CBC Radioโs Quirks and Quarks. They talked about spending their summer on a (very) rural island off the coast of Alaska studying seabirds! Check it out here: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks/sep-6-summer-science-spectacular-1.7625545
09/09/2025
Our welcome pizza lunch for new grad students was a success! Thank you to everyone who came out! ๐