The Diebold Symposium is an annual scientific meeting sponsored by the Biology Department of Kalamazoo College and is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Frances “Dieb” Diebold (1900-1989), a member of the Kalamazoo College Biology Department for 44 years. Senior biology majors present the results of their Senior Integrated Projects (SIPs) at the Diebold Symposium. Presentations are made as short seminars or as posters, and the entire symposium is open to the public. Various activities are also planned around the visit, including a keynote address by a prominent biologist (see speaker list below) and a closing banquet. An endowed fund established by the College in honor of Dr. Diebold provides support for the symposium and for student research stipends.

Archive of biology SIP theses and poster presentations (searchable; abstracts available to public)

Archive of Diebold Symposium programs from 1999 through the most recent

Invited keynote speakers

Photo of Dr. Frances Diebold — Dr. Frances “Dieb” Diebold

2024 – Dr. Haldre Rogers, Virginia Tech
2023 – Dr. Celeste Karch (K ’05), Washington University School of Medicine
2022 – Dr. Adriana Briscoe, University of California-Irvine
2019 – Dr. Maanasa Raghavan, University of Chicago
2018 – Dr. Brendan Bohannan, University of Oregon
2017 – Dr. Sonia Sultan, Wesleyan University
2016 – Dr. Brian Freeman, University of Illinois
2015 – Dr. Richard Lenski, Michigan State University
2014 – Dr. Greg Dwyer, University of Chicago
2013 – Dr. Jay F. Storz, University of Nebraska
2012 – Dr. Naomi Pierce, Harvard University
2010 – Dr. Roberto Kolter, Harvard Medical School
2009 – Dr. Daniel Dennett, Tufts University
2008 – Dr. Neil Shubin, University of Chicago
2007 – Dr. Sean Carroll, University of Wisconsin, Madison
2006 – Dr. Ulrich Mueller, University of Texas at Austin
2005 – Dr. Jose Cibelli, Michigan State University
2004 – Dr. Lynn Margulis, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
2003 – Dr. Rosemary Grant, Princeton University
2002 – Dr. Warren Burggren, University of North Texas
2001 – Dr. Kathryn Vandenbosch, University of Minnesota
2000 – Dr. Paul Ewald, Amherst College
1999 – Dr. Averil Ma, The University of Chicago
1998 – Dr. James Spotila, Drexel University
1997 – Dr. Wayne Becker, The University of Wisconsin
1996 – Dr. John Alcock, Arizona State University
1995 – Dr. Raymond Huey, The University of Washington
1994 – Dr. Michael LaBarbera, The University of Chicago
1993 – Dr. David Dawson, The University of Michigan
1992 – Dr. James Teeri, The University of Michigan Biological Station
1991 – Dr. Alan Templeton, Washington University
1990 – Dr. Barbara Block, The University of Chicago
1989 – Dr. John R. Pappenheimer, Professor Emeritus, Harvard University
1988 – Dr. C. Richard Tracy, Colorado State University
1987 – Dr. Roy Curtis III, Washington University
1986 – Dr. Steven Aust, Michigan State University
1985 – Dr. Robert Wetzel, Michigan State University Kellogg Biological Station
1984 – Dr. Moo J. Cho, The Upjohn Company
1983 – Dr. Bijoy Bhuyan, The Upjohn Company