“What research would you propose?” A few minutes into our conversation, a phone interview for the summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) internship I’d applied for at Kellogg Biological Station, we’d moved past the questions I ... Read More
Evolution during global change: Sarah Fitzpatrick
This past spring I co-taught an upper-level MSU undergraduate class on Global Change Biology with fellow KBS Assistant Professor, Dr. Sarah Evans. Throughout the semester we discovered no shortage of urgent headlines to illustrate the wide ... Read More
Summer programs at KBS for teachers
Summer is busy time for everyone at KBS and a great time for K-12 teachers to have authentic research experiences! Each summer we seek funds to provide Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) and an internship for an MSU undergraduate ... Read More
KBS search for new director begins
KBS HAS BEGUN ITS SEARCH FOR A NEW DIRECTOR, WHOSE POSITION WILL BEGIN IN AUGUST 2018. We are seeking a dynamic leader in research, teaching and outreach who will move KBS forward in our mission to increase our understanding of ... Read More
Haddad joins KBS faculty as senior terrestrial ecologist
After a search for a Senior Terrestrial Ecologist that began last October, we are pleased to announce that Dr. Nick Haddad has been selected for this faculty position. Haddad will begin his joint appointment at KBS and MSU's Department ... Read More
Leveraging wearable tech for a better environment: Donnie Johnson Sackey
Wearables have the potential to impact lives and even shape policy in the area of environmental health. From step counters to sleep monitors, wearables are increasingly changing the way in which people think about their health. Designers ... Read More
Environmental racism in Detroit: Evan Kutz
This summer, I took WRA 341: Nature and Environmental Writing, which offers students a chance to work on developing professional content in multiple formats in subjects like environmental justice. On June 7, I went with a group of my ... Read More
What’s happening to your waste: Maddy Marquardt
I grew up less than an hour from Detroit, in an area so suburban that residents have complained about the color of the flowers people plant in their yards. Growing up, I only visited three places in Detroit— the Detroit Institute of Art, ... Read More
Our Eminent Ecologist experience: Maddy Marquardt and Evan Kutz
The week of June 19, KBS hosted ecologists Dr. Sarah Hobbie and Dr. Jacques Finlay as part of its Eminent Ecologist Seminar Series. The series began in 1983, and has brought more than 80 speakers to KBS. Dr. Sarah Hobbie led off the ... Read More
Twardochleb receives NASA fellowship
When most people think of NASA, they might think of astronauts on the International Space Station, a rover on Mars, or stars a million light years away - not necessarily freshwater insects in ponds at KBS! Aquatic ecology Ph.D. student ... Read More
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