From Meghan Duffy and Dynamic Ecology This is a guest post by Jonathan Barros, Briana Martin-Villa, Lexi Golden, Jonathan Hernandez, & Callie Chappell (UM EEB B.S. 2016) I. Introduction: During this challenging time of COVID-19, our lives have been turned upside down. Jobs have been lost or radically altered, loved ones have fallen ill, and…
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UM’s inaugural Biology Week celebration
by the Biology Week Organizing Committee* (names below) The pipette box stacking competition was neck and neck. Biology Week, which was originally started by the Royal Society of Biology in England, is an international celebration of the biosciences. However when Sarah VanDiepenbos, an undergraduate student at UM at the time, saw #BiologyWeek trending on Twitter…
My strategies for mentoring undergraduate researchers
From Dynamic Ecology by Meghan Duffy, a University of Michigan ecologist and professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology At this year’s ESA meeting, I was part of an Inspire session organized by Nate Emery on “Students As Ecologists: Collaborating with Undergraduates from Scientific Question to Publication”. It occurred to me that my…
Challenging the extractive paradigm in field work: suggestions from a case study in community engagement
View of the St Elias Mountains from the Kluane Red Squirrel Project field site. Image: Jack Robertson From Rapid Ecology, a science community blog by Matt Sehrsweeney, a 2017 University of Michigan alumnus (ecology and history) and Jack Robertson, an MSc candidate at University of Guelph Though we generally fail to acknowledge it, ecological research…
How to support undergraduate students experiencing mental health concerns
From Dynamic Ecology by Meghan Duffy, a University of Michigan ecologist and associate professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (Trigger warning: mental health, self-harm, and suicide discussed below) I recently attended a really great workshop on interacting with students who are experiencing mental health issues. The workshop was run by Michigan’s Center…
Science that empowers
From 500 Women Scientists This week on #meetascientist, get to know urban ecologist and environmental justice advocate Tiffany Carey. As a young scientist and community organizer, Tiffany has a fresh perspective on how scientists can work with communities to empower and educate. She currently does just that as a Science Outreach Coordinator at University of…
Introducing #EEBMentorMatch: linking students from minority serving institutions with application mentors
From Dynamic Ecology by Meghan Duffy, a University of Michigan ecologist and associate professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Research has demonstrated that science benefits from diversity, but graduate programs still suffer from a lack of diversity, including in terms of race/ethnicity and the type of undergraduate institutions of applicants. Meanwhile, minority-serving…
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…