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Head shot photo of Dr. Ken Cummins with trees in the background.

In memoriam: Dr. Ken Cummins

07.28.23

Kenneth W. Cummins, a stream and watershed ecologist formerly based at the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station, died Thursday, June 8, 2023, in San Francisco. He was 90 years old. Ken was born in Chicago, Illinois on March 28, 1933, to Mary ... Read More

Corinn Rutkoski stands in a prairie strip — a ribbon-like planting of native flowers and grasses interspersed in a field of row crops — smiling and holding a shovel.

Doctoral candidate receives outreach award, begins fellowship with Kellogg Bird Sanctuary

06.22.23

Corinn Rutkoski, a Ph.D. candidate in Dr. Sarah Evans’ lab at W.K. Kellogg Biological Station, has joined the Kellogg Bird Sanctuary as its 2023 social media fellow. In that role, she will help Sanctuary staff conceptualize, create and ... Read More

Headshot portrait of Dr. Kadeem J. Gilbert.

Gilbert’s research recognized by the American Society of Plant Biologists’ early investigator award

06.01.23

Kadeem J. Gilbert, W.K. Kellogg Biological Station faculty member and assistant professor in the Michigan State University College of Natural Science’s Department of Plant Biology, has received a prestigious award that recognizes ... Read More

Wild radish flower being visited by its primary pollinator, a small sweat bee. Photo credit: Elijah Persson-Gordon

Expanding trait variation through artificial selection helps to better understand adaptation

05.09.23

A recently published article by members of the Conner Lab at the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station provides insight into how natural selection shapes flowers using a promising new approach to studying adaptation. The article, “Strong ... Read More

Head shot portrait of Misty Klotz.

KBS community outreach coordinator honored by MSU for excellence in her work

05.01.23

Misty Klotz, community outreach coordinator for the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station, will receive the Spirit of CANR Award during a May 11 reception in East Lansing. The Spirit of CANR Award recognizes a support staff member who is ... Read More

Drone image of the KBS LTER's main cropping system experiment. Credit: Ruben Ulbrich.

Funding renewed for pair of long-term research programs affiliated with KBS

05.01.23

Two long-term research programs with sites located at W.K. Kellogg Biological Station have received renewed funding this year. Long-term Ecological Research program Earlier this year, the KBS Long-term Ecological Research—LTER—program ... Read More

A tree-lined pathway leads to the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station Academic Building.

KBS commitment to fostering an inclusive culture garners accolade from MSU

04.30.23

W.K. Kellogg Biological Station’s dedication to making diversity, equity, inclusion and social justice central to KBS culture has earned an Excellence in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion unit award from Michigan State University. The ... Read More

A green and yellow tractor pushes large round bales of greenish brown switchgrass on a flat, golden field. In the distance, trees begin to show the auburn colors of autumn under a blue sky streaked with large white clouds.

Research at KBS helps explain a switchgrass mystery

04.30.23

Michigan State University researchers have solved a puzzle that could help switchgrass realize its full potential as a low-cost, sustainable biofuel crop and curb our dependence on fossil fuels, in part through research conducted at the the ... Read More

Head shot portrait of Jeffrey K. Conner.

Conner begins term as president-elect of the American Society of Naturalists

02.07.23

Three new officers elected last year by the American Society of Naturalists—ASN—have begun their terms. Among them is Jeff Conner, professor in Michigan State University’s Department of Plant Biology and resident faculty at the W.K. ... Read More

Head shot portrait of Tayler Ulbrich against the background of an agricultural field.

KBS LTAR welcomes Tayler Ulbrich into new role

01.30.23

The W.K. Kellogg Biological Station community is excited to welcome Dr. Tayler Ulbrich, who is joining the KBS Long-term Agroecosystem Research—LTAR—project as the new associate director for engagement. In her new role, Tayler will be ... Read More

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