Case Western Reserve University student Akshata Rudrapatna's first summer at KBS was so enriching, she aimed to return in 2019. This summer, she's back in the Klausmeier Lab studying metacommunity theory. Akshata was interviewed by external ... Read More
Archives for 2019
KBS educational, professional development efforts fueled by outreach fellows
KBS science education and outreach fellowships are generously funded by the Michigan State University Graduate School. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Part of the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station's mission is to provide outreach programs that ... Read More
MSU, KBS at the forefront of guiding Michigan farmers on industrial hemp
Hickory Corners, MI—The 2018 Farm Bill cleared the way for the large-scale growing of industrial hemp. While widespread production won't be possible until the 2020 growing season, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the Michigan Department ... Read More
Chasing birds and change: Reflections of a KBS avian care intern
Michigan State University student Adam Petrucco's summer 2019 internship at the Kellogg Bird Sanctuary is shaping his future goals. He was interviewed by external communications intern Grace ... Read More
New book chronicles researcher’s quest for the world’s rarest butterflies
Conservation biologist Nick Haddad didn't set out to study rare butterflies. His undergraduate studies didn't focus on butterflies at all. Yet the plight of the St. Francis' Satyr, a butterfly so scarce that it's found in artillery ranges ... Read More
On data and reverie: A farmer and writer-in-residence at the KBS LTER
A blooming redbud tree flashed a profusion of pink outside the large windows in the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station’s Terrace Room. Inside, vases of freshly-picked plants spiffed up the small tables set around the room: milkweed, wood ... Read More
Writing my own KBS experience
2019 KBS External Communications Intern, Grace Beltowski, is a Professional Writing major at Michigan State University. Grace wrote about her first week as a writer in a biological field station setting. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What is ... Read More
An unexpected experience: a summer at KBS
Kellogg Biological Station (KBS) 2018 undergraduate summer researcher, Beth Ann Hansen, is a biology major at Grinnell College. They wrote about their KBS Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) project working with the Wetzel ... Read More
A mathematical summer: My experience at KBS
Kellogg Biological Station (KBS) 2018 undergraduate summer researcher, Akshata Rudrapatna, a double major in Systems Biology and Origins Sciences at Case Western Reserve University wrote about her KBS Research Experiences for ... Read More
Working as a team in the Klausmeier Lab
Kellogg Biological Station (KBS) 2018 undergraduate summer researcher, Brian Lerch, is a junior at Case Western Reserve University and Biology and Mathematics major. He wrote about his KBS Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) ... Read More
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