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Headshot of Tom Charney in front of his poster project.

Sharing science: KBS intern educates others while benefiting his own education

08.09.19

Tom Charney's summer internship at KBS was the perfect experience at the right time, sandwiched between commencement and the rest of his life. He was interviewed by external communications intern Grace ... Read More

Wide-angle view of the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center plots. Photo credit: Kurt Stepnitz Photography

New study uncovers missing pieces in understanding rates of carbon storage in soil

08.06.19

Hickory Corners, Mich.—Minimizing soil disturbances and increasing additions of plant biomass to soil are well-known practices for increasing the carbon storage potential of soil, which is an important tool in stemming the rise of global ... Read More

Akshata Rudrapatna works on her laptop in an office at KBS.

Embracing the unknown: REU student values taking risks and learning new skills at KBS

07.31.19

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

Graduate student Sean Griffin explains the bee condo

KBS educational, professional development efforts fueled by outreach fellows

07.15.19

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

A man in a tractor surveys a plot of industrial hemp.

MSU, KBS at the forefront of guiding Michigan farmers on industrial hemp

07.11.19

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

KBS avian care intern, wearing a yellow shirt, poses with a red-tailed hawk perched on his arm.

Chasing birds and change: Reflections of a KBS avian care intern

07.10.19

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

newly emerged St. Francis' Satyr butterfly rests on a sedge.

New book chronicles researcher’s quest for the world’s rarest butterflies

06.18.19

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

06.07.19

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

Intern Grace B. visiting the Kellogg Bird Sanctuary

Writing my own KBS experience

05.24.19

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

Student Hansen with hornworm moth

An unexpected experience: a summer at KBS

05.08.19

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

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