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Artist Ellen VanderMyde stands smiling against a green and red background.

LTER Artist-in-Residence program marks its fifth year, welcomes Ellen VanderMyde for 2026 residency

05.29.26

Kalamazoo-based visual artist Ellen VanderMyde is the 2026 artist-in-residence in the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station Long-Term Ecological Research program’s Farmscapes to Forests program, which is entering its fifth year. The program ... Read More

Patricia "Patti" Chipman poses for a photo with shelves filled with books in the background.

Patti Chipman, supporter of the Kellogg Bird Sanctuary, receives 2026 CANR Honorary Alumni Award

05.29.26

Patricia “Patti” Chipman received a Michigan State University College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, or CANR, Honorary Alumni Award at the ANR Awards Program in February. The CANR Honorary Alumni Award recognizes an individual ... Read More

Middle-school students sort pieces of paper with examples of different types of scientific questions during a classroom visit by KBS graduate students.

Gull Lake Community Schools wins MiSTEM grant, strengthening partnerships with Kellogg Biological Station

05.01.26

Gull Lake Community Schools, or GLCS, in partnership with the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station, has been selected as a 2026 MiSTEM Playbook Mini Grant awardee. MiSTEM Playbook Mini Grants support Michigan school districts in their ... Read More

Head shot portrait of Elena Litchman.

Elena Litchman named a 2025 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

04.23.26

Elena Litchman, resident faculty at the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station and Michigan State University Research Foundation Distinguished Professor, has been named a 2025 fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, or ... Read More

Satellite overhead image of a phytoplankton bloom in the Baltic Sea.

New study explores the science of thriving in unpredictable and extreme weather conditions

04.23.26

From deadly heat waves to unprecedented flooding, devastating wildfires to record-breaking droughts, extreme weather is becoming the new normal. As these events become more frequent and widespread, some denizens of our oceans, forests, ... Read More

Head shot photo of Dr. Jennifer Blesh.

KBS welcomes Jennifer Blesh as resident faculty member

03.27.26

Jennifer Blesh, an internationally recognized agroecologist, has joined Michigan State University as a resident faculty member at the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station. Blesh will hold appointments in MSU's Department of Plant, Soil and ... Read More

Two people collect samples of wheat in a field at the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station.

MSU researcher examines impact of management practices on Michigan farms with large team from KBS and beyond

02.13.26

Michigan farmers are teaming up with Michigan State University researcher Christine Sprunger and the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station to explore how land management practices impact soil health. Sprunger, associate professor of soil ... Read More

A painted turtle crawls out of water onto land.

Some species are thriving while adapting behaviors to a changing climate, though the long-term trend is still unclear

02.12.26

Fred Janzen knows a thing or two about the habits of turtles. In the late 1980s, when he first started monitoring painted turtles that nest along the flat, grassy banks of the Mississippi River between Iowa and Illinois, females started ... Read More

KBS MSU Extension's Christine Charles speaks to attendees at the 2024 KBS Long-Term Agroecosystem Research Field Day in September.

Tayler Ulbrich honored with award from the Michigan Association of Extension Agents

01.28.26

Tayler Ulbrich, associate director for engagement for the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station Long-Term Agroecosystem Research program—LTAR —has received an Outstanding Extension Specialist Award from the Michigan Association of Extension ... Read More

Autumn view of the Academic Building at the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station.

Three lauded as KBS 2025 Employees of the Year

01.27.26

The W.K. Kellogg Biological Station community honored three staff members as the 2025 Employees of the Year during a Dec. 5, 2025, town hall meeting. The honors included two full-time employees and one part-time ... Read More

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