by Jasmine L. Garner, public health Entering my first year as an Introductory Biology Graduate Learning Assistant, feedback to my students was the one thing that I found myself unsure about. Even having taken the course before and being a recent graduate of the discipline, I found myself questioning the clarity of my directions. BIOL…
by Drake Smith, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources As both a student and an educator in the biological sciences, I have found that reading scientific articles is an incredibly important aspect of the field. Being able to understand others’ research and navigating the world of scientific journals is a critical skill that takes…
by Annaliesse Reyes, College of Public Health Throughout the Fall 2023 semester, I have been a graduate lab assistant for an introductory biology lab course for non-STEM majors. There were a lot of firsts for me in this semester: first semester in my graduate school program, first semester as a graduate assistant, first experience with…
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…