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Envision EEB attendees listen to a speaker while at the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station.

Envision EEB weekend returns to KBS

11.22.24

The W.K. Kellogg Biological Station was again an integral part of a program designed to introduce graduate students to the Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior program. Envision EEB Envision EEB: Graduate Preview Weekend showed ... Read More

People sit in a half-circle on bales of straw listening to a presentation at the KBS Long-term Ecological Research program site.

KBS Broader Impacts: Mentoring the next generation of community-engaged scholars

11.13.24

Broader impacts, the practical component or long-term goal of most research projects, are often delegated to the final section of a grant proposal, paper or presentation. However, broader impacts are front-and-center to successful research ... Read More

Close-up of a Fowler’s toad, held in the palm of a hand.

Growing connections at KBS: A reflection on science education and outreach

07.31.24

As I reflect on my time as a science education and outreach fellow, I’m thinking about connections – the connections between scientists and communities, and more generally, between humans and the natural world. W. K. Kellogg Biological ... Read More

Robin Waterman stands in the middle of a rectangular plot marked with small white flags on a sunny summer day, one of four field plots for her reciprocal transplant field experiment. Credit: Brooke Catlett.

KBS graduate student awarded fellowship to continue research on common Michigan weeds

11.01.23

Robin Waterman, a W.K. Kellogg Biological Station graduate student in the Conner Lab, has been awarded a multi-year fellowship from the USDA Agriculture and Food Research Institute. The pre-doctoral fellowship, from the Institute's ... Read More

Envision EEB attendees pause on a trail at the W.K. Kellogg Bird Sanctuary to observe Canada Geese and Trumpeter Swans along the water’s edge.

KBS visit helps to provide a taste of graduate life through Envision EEB program

10.31.23

In October, Michigan State University’s Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior program presented its annual Envision EEB event, which previews the pathway to a graduate school career for prospective graduate students. This year’s event included a ... Read More

Head shot portrait of Ayley Shortridge.

Meet the 2023-24 KBS science education and outreach fellows

08.31.23

Meet the team that will work together this year to develop programs like the KBS K-12 Partnership and collaborate on outreach programming at the Kellogg Bird Sanctuary, MSU and in local communities! The focus of the W.K. Kellogg Biological ... 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

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

Alice Puchalsky smiles at the camera, showing off a moth that's landed on her hand. Text overlay reads Exploring with Scientists.

Tuesday, Feb. 28 | Exploring with Scientists

02.17.23

School-aged children are invited to spend some time this spring exploring with scientists from the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station. KBS is home to a group of talented graduate students and other researchers — find out how some of them found ... 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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