From Small Pond Science by Project Biodiversify We contain multitudes. Our courses should reflect this. We contain multitudes. Like an ecological niche, a person’s identity is composed of infinite dimensions that make up a person or group’s collective identity space (Figure 1). However, in science – a discipline that has historically valued objective and…
Category: STEM
Feria de Ciencias
by Kristel Sánchez, a University of Michigan graduate student in ecology and evolutionary biology EEB graduate students Nicholas Medina and Zach Hajian-Forooshani and School for Environment and Sustainability master’s student Iris Rivera talk about the biodiversity of organisms children can find in their backyards and kitchens. Image: Clarisse Betancourt. Education is one of the main…
Introductions
Amy-Charlotte Devitz and her sweet service pup, Fish From The Bendy Biologist by Amy-Charlotte Devitz, a University of Michigan Frontiers Master’s Student in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology It took me a long time to decide if I wanted to start blogging again. I had a blog several years ago but it was heavily centered on…
Friday links: #LGBTSTEMDay edition!
LGBT STEM cake. Image from Twitter @TopPhysicist Matt LeBlanc From Dynamic Ecology by Meghan Duffy, a University of Michigan ecologist and professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology All this week’s links are related to #LGBTSTEMDay (including links explaining why such a day is needed): Yesterday was the first #LGBTSTEMDay, and even the…
The M-Sci program completes its seventh summer session
M-Sci students Mustafa Sami and Arielle Ewing answer questions posed by judges from Biological Anthropology. by Lisa Bradshaw, a University of Michigan lecturer in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology in Ann Arbor and the Department of Natural Sciences in Dearborn Last Thursday I had the pleasure of watching the M-Sci Summer Program students…