Published on November 12, 2019 by Sean Flynt
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Pakistan's Nanga Parbat mountain (Tahsin Anwar Ali, Wikipedia Commons)
Samford University’s Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences will host molecular biologist Benish Ali for the department’s Esteemed Scholars Lecture in Biology Nov. 14, 2019, at 3 p.m. in Christenberry Planetarium.
Ali, a professor at COMSATS University Islamabad and a Fulbright Visiting Scholar, will speak on “The Ecological Diversity of Pakistan and the Impact of Climate Change”.
The event is free and open to the public.
Located in the Homewood suburb of Birmingham, Alabama, Samford is a leading Christian university offering undergraduate programs grounded in the liberal arts with an array of nationally recognized graduate and professional schools. Founded in 1841, Samford enrolls 6,522 students from 46 states, Puerto Rico and 12 countries in its 10 academic schools: arts, arts and sciences, business, divinity, education, health professions, law, nursing, pharmacy and public health. Ranked among U.S. News & World Report’s 35 Most Beautiful College Campuses, Samford fields 17 athletic teams that compete in the tradition-rich Southern Conference and boasts one of the highest scores in the nation for its 97% Graduation Success Rate among all NCAA Division I schools.
