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Sydney Hall stands, smiling, next to her research poster at the KBS Undergraduate Research Symposium.

The sand dune of research: A steep but lovely learning curve

11.27.19

I stood in soft sand that might as well have been quicksand due to my inability to move. Looking back down the dune at Traverse City State Park, I saw how far I had come up just to be stuck on this particularly sandy slope with still so far ... Read More

Rachel Richardson, wearing a black hat, transplants a radish plant.

Conducting summer research? Turns out, it’s pretty rad-ish

10.25.19

Before starting this experience, I was scared of the journey I was about to embark on. I was leaving behind the life I knew in California for the summer to work in an unfamiliar lab in a different state with a group of people I had never ... Read More

Akshata Rudrapatna works on her laptop in an office at KBS.

Embracing the unknown: REU student values taking risks and learning new skills at KBS

07.31.19

Case Western Reserve University student Akshata Rudrapatna's first summer at KBS was so enriching, she aimed to return in 2019. This summer, she's back in the Klausmeier Lab studying metacommunity theory. Akshata was interviewed by external ... Read More

Student Hansen with hornworm moth

An unexpected experience: a summer at KBS

05.08.19

Kellogg Biological Station (KBS) 2018 undergraduate summer researcher, Beth Ann Hansen, is a biology major at Grinnell College. They wrote about their KBS Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) project working with the Wetzel ... Read More

Sun setting on Gull Lake

A mathematical summer: My experience at KBS

04.30.19

Kellogg Biological Station (KBS) 2018 undergraduate summer researcher, Akshata Rudrapatna, a double major in Systems Biology and Origins Sciences at Case Western Reserve University wrote about her KBS Research Experiences for ... Read More

Exploring Gull Lake with a KBS kayak

Working as a team in the Klausmeier Lab

04.26.19

Kellogg Biological Station (KBS) 2018 undergraduate summer researcher, Brian Lerch, is a junior at Case Western Reserve University and Biology and Mathematics major. He wrote about his KBS Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) ... Read More

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Learning to step out of my comfort zone at KBS

04.23.19

Kellogg Biological Station (KBS) 2018 undergraduate summer researcher, Selassie Ijelu, is a Forensic Chemistry major at the University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne. She wrote about her KBS Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) ... Read More

Two undergraduate researchers stand at the edge of a wheat field at the Kellogg Biological Station.

My time as a REU: Learning the research process

04.19.19

Kellogg Biological Station (KBS) 2018 undergraduate summer researcher, Audrey Hogenkamp, an Applied mathematics and biology dual major at Augustana College. She wrote about her KBS Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) project ... Read More

Stark conducting research in greenhouse

Trying something new: A home away from home

04.12.19

Kellogg Biological Station (KBS) 2018 undergraduate summer researcher, Cassie Stark, is a junior at James Madison University and a biology major. She wrote about her KBS Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) project working ... Read More

KBS REU Emily Lindback taking albedo measurements over native grasses, photo taken by drone.

SLAM: Scientists Love Acronyms, Man

02.21.19

KBS 2018 undergraduate summer researcher Emily Lindback is a junior at Franklin and Marshall College. She wrote about her Research Experiences for Undergraduates project working with mentor and LTER researcher ... Read More

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