I love teaching this class – it is really the only time that I get to interact with students outside of our major and I often wonder, would I have a greater impact if I ONLY taught climate change? This block I was lucky enough to teach with Alan Townsend – …
All year students in my environmental science courses will work on profiles of women scientists, relevant to the class topic. It will be a block long assignment (introduced week 1, due on the last day). I am excited for my students to learn about the myriad of paths scientists take …
I am such a believer in the power of mentorship. Personally, I am lucky to have an incredibly strong network of mentors – women and men who provide me with scientific conversations and collaborations as well as friendship, support, direction, and kindness. I frequently remind my students that I am …
Today I am very excited – five of my awesome undergraduate students will be presenting their theses work. I couldn’t be prouder of what they have accomplished. Delaney Tight built a biogeochemical reaction model of nitrogen cycling in aquifers of tidal freshwater zones. Here, water is completely fresh but diurnal …
My friends and science tour continued in February as I settled into my temporary space at INSTAAR as a Visiting Scholar and really worked at perfecting advising via Skype (thankful for my awesome students, in particular Delaney for being creative about where and when we can meet, as she wrangles …
Block 1 ended yesterday and I was wowed by my students abilities to turn science into art, rewrite songs to convey important messages, create compelling infographics, and use humor to communicate science. For their final projects students were tasked with creating one static and one live action public service announcement …
