Student Features

Science Education Q & A with Andrew Collins

Posted by Lea Shell
/ March 29, 2013 / 1 Comment

While in New York City in March, Elsa Youngsteadt and I met with Andrew Collins (check out his research here), a graduate student at Columbia University. We have been discussing some ongoing projects related to School of Ants outreach, and we enjoyed the opportunity to meet him in person (and we...
So easy everyone can do it: How we’re like cave men and ants

Posted by Guest Contributor
/ January 25, 2013 / 3 Comments

**Today, we have a guest post from graduate student, Emily Meineke — Enjoy!** There was a time when people weren’t so connected. It was a big deal 500 years ago to cross the Atlantic, much less the Pacific. Nowadays you could be in Japan in less than 24 hours with...
Got Questions for EO Wilson? Ask away!

Posted by Holly
/ December 10, 2012 / Leave a comment

On Thursday, December 13, the world-renowned biologist (and ant guru), Dr. Edward O. Wilson, will be dropping by our neighborhood here in Raleigh, NC. At 1pm EST in the Daily Planet Theater in the Nature Research Center at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences, Dr. Wilson will lead a Global...
Intern Diaries: Charm City Ecology

Posted by Holly
/ September 26, 2012 / Leave a comment

**Over the next few weeks, we’ll be posting dispatches and reflections from team members who are doing ecological research in urban areas. Today, we have an Intern Diary from our undergraduate intern, Christi Mileski, describing her experiences doing “field” work on the streets of Baltimore this summer.** When I envision...
Plating Pit Microbes

Posted by Holly
/ September 5, 2012 / 4 Comments

Over the last few days, we’ve shared updates and observations from #PitStart, a pilot study examining the effects of deodorants and antiperspirants on armpit microbes, coordinated by our friends in the Genomics and Microbiology Lab at the Nature Research Center. You may have heard our scientists and volunteer participants mention...