Yale Environment 360

Creative Classroom: The ticks ‘come marching in’ in singing professor’s microbiology class

At the end of a recent “Medical Microbiology” class taught by Dr. Sheldon Campbell, students clapped, cheered heartily, and stomped their feet on the floor. A couple of them even shouted “Encore!” ...
The Chronicle of Higher Education

What Professors Can Learn About Teaching From Their Students

Marcos E. García-Ojeda wants to improve his teaching. He has flipped his classroom and embraced active-learning techniques. And he’s even invited some observers to sit in on his “General Microbiology” ...
The Harvard Crimson

In Science Center, Microbiology Class Puts Science On Stage

Microbiology 213: “Social Issues in Biology”—a graduate-level biology course taught by Harvard Medical School Professor Jonathan R. Beckwith, who, back in 1969, isolated the first gene from a ...
Star Tribune

Minnesota colleges bring students back to campus for summer classes, a test run for the fall

Ph.D. student Hailey Sauer listened to a microbiology lecture in one of the University of Minnesota’s first in-person classes since March. (The Minnesota Star Tribune) ...
Coshocton Tribune

Senior Spotlight: Coshocton senior wants to help people through exploration of science

Kavan Jackson is a graduating senior of Coshocton High School who has taken College Credit Plus classes. He plans to major in microbiology at Miami University and study protists, a simple organism ...
Keene State College

Loren Launen

I am an environmental microbiologist who specializes in the microbiology of contaminated sites, particularly the microbial communities that degrade organic compounds derived from petroleum and its’ ...