<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/2026-07-29/faculty-research/large-grant-funds-study-reptile-dwarfism.html" dsn="news"><pubDate>08/16/2023</pubDate><title>Large Grant Funds Study of Reptile Dwarfism</title><excerpt>Westmont biologist Amanda Sparkman ’03 and her research collaborators have won a $2 million, four-year grant from the National Science Foundation to continue investigating the evolution of dwarfism in Channel Islands National Park reptiles.</excerpt><author>Scott Craig</author><image>
            
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        </image><caption/><description>Westmont biologist Amanda Sparkman ’03 and her research collaborators have won a $2 million, four-year grant from the National Sc...</description></item>