If you have ever doubted the strength of a cup of coffee, let me be the first to tell you just how practical it can be. An early morning jumpstart is all it takes to reinforce my excitement for work each day as a student researcher in the ... Read More
Having lots of fun-gi: A summer of mushrooms
It is rare to find a person who is willing to have an hourlong conversation about mushrooms with you. However, at KBS I easily found multiple people willing to do just that. When I showed up at KBS, I had no idea what to expect and was ... Read More
An introvert’s guide to a KBS summer research experience
When I was accepted as a Research Experiences for Undergraduates—REU—student for this summer, I was absolutely thrilled. For a while. Then, I was nervous. As an introvert, and someone who had just spent the past year-plus interacting with a ... Read More
Hungry geese and hidden birds: A summer at Kellogg Bird Sanctuary
If there’s one word Cheyenne Cope would use to describe her summer at W.K. Kellogg Biological Station, it would be corn. Cheyenne is the visitor experience intern at Kellogg Bird Sanctuary. For this internship, she greets visitors to ... Read More
Care and conservation: A summer for the birds
Many students gain valuable experience spending the summer at the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station. This is especially true for intern Ashlynn Toles. Ashlynn is a rising senior at Michigan State University, studying environmental biology and ... Read More
Stepping out into a new field: A summer student’s venture into ecology
In anticipation of spending the summer in a research lab, Katherine Egeler had some uncertainties. “I was really nervous that I would get to my lab and I would not know how to do anything,” says Katherine. “I don’t really know why I was ... Read More
Seeing what happens: A summer of coding and canoes
As a summer researcher in the Klausmeier Lab, Joseph Savage is spending a lot of his time coding and doing math. Joseph is a member of the Research Experiences for Undergraduates—REU—program at W.K. Kellogg Biological Station. A rising ... Read More
Love at first sight: The beauty of hard work and research at Kellogg Farm
Falling in love with the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station was like meeting a mysterious person in a bar. I saw KBS for the first-time last summer; I was so captivated by the beauty that the idea of hard work was non-existent. Brook Wilke, ... Read More
An unusual engagement: Presenting and networking virtually at the ESA annual meeting
This summer was a whirlwind of unusual virtual meetings, from participating in a remote Research Experience for Undergraduates program to presenting at the 2020 Ecological Society of America, or ESA, from my living room. Remote research ... Read More
Life lessons in the field: Reflections on a KBS summer interning at Kellogg Farm
When I was told I would be spending the summer working on a study with grass-fed beef steers at the W.K. Kellogg Farm, I was thrilled. When the first day of preparation for the trial rolled around, I was more than ready to get started and ... Read More
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