At last year’s FEMMES (Females Excelling More in Math, Engineering, and Science) Capstone event, I quickly realized the activity I designed wasn’t hands-on enough. So, I vowed to make a more hands-on activity this year.
Category: events
A real-life marine biologist
“I’m really nervous,” one of the 4th graders in our Girl Scout troop quietly confessed to me. I inquired further and she explained, “I’ve never seen a marine biologist in real life before.”
Ecology Symposium comes to the Marine Lab
Graduate students, postdocs, and professors spanning multiple departments at Duke gathered at the Marine Lab for the 2nd annual Duke Ecology Symposium.
Oh, the Outreach You’ll Do
Outreach is a major buzzword in grad school and academia. It can take a variety of forms, from formal education to get-your-hands-dirty activities. February was an important outreach month with two major Duke-related events occurring.
Sarah Loftus
coasts, Duke Marine Lab, energy, events, PhD, Slide Shows, student life, students, travel, water
coasts, Duke Marine Lab, energy, events, PhD, Slide Shows, student life, students, travel, water
Algae Farming
Last month I attended the Algae Biomass Summit in San Diego, where I learned from “algae farmers” and visited a facility that produces algae nutrient supplements. This post includes a video of photos and clips from my trip to San Diego.
Ocean Sampling Day
The Duke Marine Lab participated in Ocean Sampling Day on the 2014 summer solstice by sampling coastal waters from Pivers Island in Beaufort, NC.
New Places, New Faces
This weekend I moved to Beaufort, home of the Duke Marine Laboratory and its new Orrin Pilkey research laboratory.
Running with Green Cups and Green Ambitions
You run over a carpet of flattened green paper cups deposited on the pavement by thousands of runners ahead of you. Lined-up volunteers in official neon jackets offer the Poland Spring water and lemon-lime GatoradeContinue reading
STEM programs for Girls: The compost may smell, but it’s still fun.
“I found a worm!” was one of the excited exclamations we heard from numerous girls on Saturday as they dissected compost samples, learning the physical conditions and organic materials required to make compost. Saturday wasContinue reading
Sarah Loftus
climate, energy, environmental economics, environmental health, environmental policy, events, PhD, students
climate, energy, environmental economics, environmental health, environmental policy, events, PhD, students
Fueling the Sochi Olympics
Powering a 17-day event that draws thousands of people from around the world is no trivial task, which is why organizers have been planning how to fuel the 2014 Winter Olympics since the Russian city onContinue reading