I’m taking a departure from talking about science to post about one of my other passions: food. One of the best things about living in the South’s tastiest town is the wealth of delicious localContinue reading
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student life
Not Only Scientifically Critical but also Unbelievably Cute: The Lemurs of the Duke Lemur Center
It was chilly when I pulled up to the Duke Lemur Center. I’m from Maine, so normally when cold confronts my daily activities I actively fight back by layering jackets and hats and scarves andContinue reading
Measuring Impact
Every Tuesday and Thursday at 10:05 AM, Ecology graduate students take their seats at the long rectangular table in LSRC A312, where we exchange thoughts on assigned journal articles. The topic of discussion last Thursday was conservationContinue reading
Three Reasons to Visit the North Carolina Botanical Garden
Sunday was perfect. Book-ended by chilly days Saturday and Monday, Sunday was 68 and sunny and high time to visit the North Carolina Botanical Garden. Located about 20 minutes away in Chapel Hill (Y es,Continue reading
My new favorite activity: bird banding!
“When we walked in fields of gold,” lyrics popped into my head as I and a group of NicNats shut our car doors and walked towards the Prairie Ridge Ecostation in Raleigh early one FridayContinue reading
Shannon Switzer
alumni, CEM, coasts, conservation, environmental policy, oceans, student life, students, travel
alumni, CEM, coasts, conservation, environmental policy, oceans, student life, students, travel
How to Tag a Shark (and keep all your fingers)
Grad school has been a freight train. Fall break flew by, and we’re registering for spring courses. Which is why I have yet to write about the ScienceOnline conference I attended at the University of MiamiContinue reading
If You Build It, They Will Donate Electrons
What does it take to make your own simple microbial fuel cell? Find out what some students have been experimenting with in a Bioenergy course at Duke.
Wild, Wacky, and Wonderful NC State Fair
I have never been to a fair quite like the North Carolina State Fair. I’m from Maine, and Maine is beautiful, but there aren’t a whole lot of people. In fact, the whole state onlyContinue reading
Falling for Falls Lake
My Sunday excursion began by falling down a set of stairs. Now, on any type of graceful scale I lean towards the side of “klutz.” I accidentally run into couches and doors, slip in theContinue reading
Composting Commences at the LSRC
One housemate armed herself with a can of fly repellent while another removed the small, covered trash bin from underneath our kitchen sink. She swiftly relocated the pungent bin of food waste to the frontContinue reading