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Alex’s Experience at Science Online ‘10
Science Online is surely an experience my classmates and I will always remember. It was a fun, enriching experience that I’m sure is one of the highlights of my 2010. Against all odds, the tangible feelings of nervousness and inadequacy from the terrifying plane to hotel bus ride melted away as we made our... »
Ammar’s Experience at Science Online ‘10
This past January, I had the humbling privilege of attending the fourth annual Science Online conference. At the conference, I had the opportunity to meet hundreds of scientists from around the world and make a few contacts in the process. This conference allowed me to learn how to truly converse with scientists and broadened... »
Jack’s Experience at Science Online
I personally thought that the conference was just an incredible experience all around. Even though the entire event was fantastic, what really got to me were the sessions about citizen science. It was cool to see how everyday people can help scientists anywhere by recording information or executing simple experiments. Places where scientists can... »
Extreme Biology at Science Online ‘10!
On January 15, eight students from Staten Island Academy traveled to Research Triangle Park in North Carolina for the 4th Annual Science Online Conference. Four freshman – Mike S, Jack, Alex, and Carl – joined four juniors – Melina, Salina, Brooke, and Ammar – to spend the weekend with scientists, journalists, educators, and web developers... »
Interview with Glendon Mellow of “The Flying Trilobite”
Glendon Mellow is an extremely talented artist who uses fossils and microbes for inspiration. His work is genuinely unique and has been acknowledged and presented in several magazines and on a number of book covers. Once planning on being paleontologist, Glendon decided that rather than taking a conventional route, he would take his knowledge and... »
Science Online ‘09 – Race in Science
by Brandon I had the opportunity to attend a session at Science Online ‘09 titled “Race in Science”. It was not what I expected, but was nonetheless extremely interesting. The goal behind one of its central ideas was to change the average image in a person’s mind as to what a scientist looks like. In... »
Blog Posts About Our Science Online ‘09 Presentation
Blogging Biology, The Scientist Science Online ‘09 – Saturday 10:15am, A Blog Around the Clock What Your Future Students Think, Duke University Center for Instructional Technology Science Online ‘09: Learning science with social media, Nobel Intent Science Online ‘09 – Miss Baker and Her Students, Deep Sea News Science Online – Middle/High School Perspective, Ideonexus Science Online ‘09 Explores the... »
An Interview with Betul Kacar, a PhD student at Emory University
By Caitlin Betül Kacar is currently a PhD student at Emory University. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Istanbul, Turkey, where she was born and spent 20 years of her life, and received her graduate degree in Biomolecular Chemistry from Emory University. She will be attending the Science Online ‘09 conference. Why are you attending the... »
An Interview with David Kroll, Professor and Chair of Pharmaceutical Sciences at NCCU
by Anna David J Kroll is a professor and chair in the department of pharmaceutical sciences in the Biomanufacturing Research Institute and Technology Enterprise (BRITE) at North Carolina Central University. He has a Ph.D. in Pharmacology and Therapeutics and a B.S. in Toxicology. He is also a guest lecturer at the University of North Carolina,... »
An Interview with Erica Tsai, Planning Committee Chair for Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE)
by Samantha H Erica Tsai works at the Department of Biology at Duke University where she is a PhD candidate. She studies Beechdrop (Epifagus virginiana) which is a parasitic plant and is especially interested in its relationship with the American Beech tree (Fagus grandifolia) which is its host. Ms. Tsai created PhyloGeoViz which is a website... »
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