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Training the Next Generation of Scientist-Poets

December 21, 2022Lindsey Harding2022 reflectionsnature, nature writing, responding to student writing, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, WIPP 7001, writing in the sciences

by Clara Nibbelink “That land is a community is the basic concept of ecology, but that land is to be loved and respected is an extension of ethics.” —Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac, 1949 When I first read this meditation by Aldo Leopold, I was struck by this 20th century hunter, woodsman and ecologist’s…

The Conundrum of Scientific Writing

by Seth McWhorter There exists a schism in my thoughts on the focus of writing in Biology. Scientific writing squeezes creativity out of a writer, creating a robotic writing style that echoes every thought of a researcher’s predecessors. Creativity is still a necessary trait in a scientist, but a scientist’s focus is on creating unique…

The Writing Intensive Program

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Training the Next Generation of Scientist-Poets

The Conundrum of Scientific Writing