2015 Science Symposium

(As published in the Fall, 2015, Science and Technology’s Newsletter”) “This past May, the School of Science & Technology in partnership with the WATERS Collaborative hosted its third annual Science Symposium. As in past years, the event was kicked off with the 2014-15 Science 120 cohort presenting talks on the Read more

By Wendy St. John, ago

Writing a Successful Blog Post

As we’ll all be adding to this blog over the course of the semester, I thought I’d start the ball rolling with a post about how to write posts. Mostly, it’s just what you (probably) expect – you’ll be writing about what happened during a field trip or event, and posting Read more

By Wendy, ago

Swimming Free

By Wendy St. John, Nicole Christie, and Nick Geist: Today was the big day for a cohort of juvenile turtles, as they swam in the waters of their home lake for the very first time. These western pond turtles (Emys marmorata) were hatched in the lab of Dr. Nick Geist Read more

By Wendy, ago

Fun in Diversity Lab!

So, probably the most exciting moment of my day (maybe of my life) was finding these little jellyfish in the tanks in Darwin 4. I didn’t actually find them, some of my students did, but I isolated them and managed to get some decent photos. At first, I assumed they Read more

By Wendy St. John, ago