{"id":57370,"date":"2018-04-23T11:22:57","date_gmt":"2018-04-23T18:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/?page_id=57370"},"modified":"2025-04-29T09:26:42","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T16:26:42","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/biology\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About Biology Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-m890lupl-f54dc089e56d44b22581b9a2a140fffd\">\n.avia-section.av-m890lupl-f54dc089e56d44b22581b9a2a140fffd{\nbackground-repeat:no-repeat;\nbackground-image:url(https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/09\/About-Biology-Programs-at-Southern-Oregon-University.jpg);\nbackground-position:50% 50%;\nbackground-attachment:scroll;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-m890lupl-f54dc089e56d44b22581b9a2a140fffd main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  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