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Jennifer Leavey
Assistant dean for Faculty Mentoring in the College of Sciences and director of the ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ Urban Honey Bee Project
College of Sciences School of Biological Sciences
Leavey’s research interests include sustainable building construction and urbanization’s impact on honey bees.
After graduating from ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ with a bachelor’s in chemistry, Leavey received her Ph.D. in immunology and molecular pathogenesis at Emory University. She is the director of the , a unique interdisciplinary undergraduate research and education program focused on the impact of urban habitats on honey bees. She also serves as the faculty director of . Additionally, Leavey has developed innovative vertically integrated projects (VIPs) including , which is based on the science around The , and , which promotes scientific communication through creative media about recent scientific discoveries and engineering innovations.
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News and Recent Appearances
Jennifer Leavey, Carrie Shepler Named Assistant Deans
An Age of Empowerment
ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ Public Broadcasting
Bees play an invaluable role in our ecosystem, but they are slowly dying out as a species. In order to further integrate bees into a city environment, the at ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ hopes to create new homes for these vital insects while educating students on ecological responsibility.
We talk to ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½â€™s Jennifer Leavey, who is director of the project, about the initiative and what results she hopes to achieve over the length of the project.
An Age of Empowerment
GA Tech
Jennifer Leavey is the integrated science curriculum coordinator for the College of Sciences. She also directs the ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ Urban Honey Bee Project, an interdisciplinary initiative designed to recruit and retain STEM students by studying how urban habitats affect honey bee health and how technology can be used to study bees.
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