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BEACON Researchers at Work: A Developing Science Teacher – Research, Theory, and Application
This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work blog post is by MSU undergraduate Lazarius Miller. Teaching has been a dream of mine since I was a small child. I am a native of Detroit Michigan as well as a proud alumnus … Continue reading
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BEACON Researchers at Work: Outreach in the lion’s den – An evolutionary biologist at a creationist conference
This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work blog post is by MSU graduate student Carina Baskett. Imagine that you are a construction worker, and one day a group of people set up a tent outside the house you are building. In … Continue reading
BEACON Researchers at Work: Discussing evolution is fruitful: Or, Why I don’t shut up about evolution
This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work blog post is by MSU graduate student Emily Weigel. As a woman raised in the South, and now returning to it as I finish my dissertation, I am reminded of a gem I have … Continue reading
BEACON Researchers at Work: The role of resource mutualisms in plant adaptation to abiotic environments
This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work blog post is by MSU graduate student Tomomi Suwa. When you get thirsty, what do you do? You simply get something to drink, right? Plants don’t have the ability to move like animals, so … Continue reading
Sharing your passion for science with the world through reddit: Interview with Unidan
Reposted from MSU graduate student Randal Olson’s blog. For the third and final interview in this series of posts about science outreach on reddit, I’m interviewing a “reddit celebrity” who became famous for sharing his passion for science with the rest of the … Continue reading
Answering people’s pressing science questions on reddit: Interview with Tobias Landberg
Reposted from MSU graduate student Randal Olson’s blog. This post is the second in a series of posts where I am interviewing scientists who do science outreach to the public on reddit. My goal here is to discuss these scientist’s experiences to give … Continue reading
BEACON Researchers at Work: Making evolution personal
This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work blog post is by University of Texas graduate student Laura Crothers. I used to have a little sticker in my office that said I ❤ evolution. “You can’t love evolution,” my co-worker once told … Continue reading
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Discussing evolution on reddit: Interview with Bjørn Østman
Cross-posted from Randal Olson’s blog. As a followup to my previous blog post about using reddit AMAs as a form of science outreach, I thought it’d be helpful to interview a few scientists who are already doing science outreach on … Continue reading
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BEACON Researchers at Work: Effective Science Outreach
This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work post is by University of Texas at Austin graduate student Eben Gering. What if, after years of work in the field or laboratory, every scientist had a chance to invite the public to dinner, … Continue reading
Scientific Tweetability
Here at BEACON, we recently held our annual Congress, a conference where members from all five of our institutions come together to present research, network with each other, and brainstorm new ideas. One of the highlights of this year’s Congress … Continue reading