This year I am doing my third sabbatical, based at Oregon State University in Corvallis. I have found that people often have an incorrect impression that a sabbatical is basically a vacation for professors. It’s not a vacation, but it is a ... Read More

  My aching arms finally pulled up the last soil core of the day.  Dusk had come sooner than expected, and the transparent warming chambers I was working in quickly transformed into ominous black boxes that faded into the ... Read More

I wake up with my alarm, and before I even open my eyes I can feel the sunlight pouring on my face, beckoning me to start my day. After I finish my morning routine, it's off to start my day with breakfast. I say hello to the lady sitting at ... Read More

When I applied to work as an REU, I had already assisted in planting a few experimental common gardens, and was given the opportunity to continue my past research at several different locations. Knowing nothing about KBS, I chose to come to ... Read More

When I accepted an internship with the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station, I didn't know what to expect from the summer that I was about to have. I remember my first day on the job, and how excited and eager I was to learn about how to ... Read More

I have always been torn between deciding on looking at the world with a scientist’s mind or with an artist’s eye. But through my experience as an REU at Kellogg Biological Station, I have realized how beneficial it is to create a ... Read More

Ramotswa, a village in South-East District of Botswana, is located on top of the dolomitic Ramotswa transboundary aquifer, which is shared between Botswana and South Africa. Residents of Ramotswa are facing multiple water security ... Read More