This news item is about: According to Dr. Graham Medley (pictured at right), “Science without context is not science.” Further, he said that biology is special among the sciences, creating its own context and requiring the exploitation of patterns and commonalities to even begin to understand. This is what makes it exciting, what makes it interesting. Medley shared these and other thoughts as the Douglas D. McGregor Research Lecture speaker at the 9th Annual Biological and Biomedical Sciences Symposium at the College, presenting current research on endemic diseases with the record crowd that attended his session on August 23 in the John D. Murray Lecture Hall (LH1). His address was the culmination of orientation activities for incoming students, the aim of which was to help the incoming students eventually select the most appropriate faculty mentors and labs so they may pursue their own scientific endeavors.