Our Tiny Earth Program Manager, Laura Langley, who has been with Tiny Earth since 2023, will be transitioning to a new role as the Departmental Administrator for the University of Wisconsin–Superior Music Department in August. Laura was originally introduced to Tiny Earth in 2019 when she started as Tiny Earth Founder Jo Handelsman’s Executive [...]
After working as the Tiny Earth Chemistry Hub (TECH) Manager for more than seven years, Martel DenHartog will be taking on a new role in August at the University of Montana. Her new position will be the Research and Community Engagement Specialist for the Skaggs Institute for Health Innovation. Over the past eight years, [...]
Several Tiny Earth Partner Instructors (TEPIs) found a gap in curriculum surrounding bioprospecting: The discussion of ethics when using biological resources. With biopiracy — the unethical use of biological materials without informed consent and fair benefit-sharing — prevalent in science, the Bioprospecting Module offers the benefit of providing knowledge and context to classrooms that [...]
The cover of the current edition of the Tiny Earth Student Research Guide was taken by Tiny Earth Partner Instructor (TEPI) Victor Cid (Complutense University of Madrid) — and TEPIs and/or Tiny Earth students could be featured on the next edition! We are looking for submissions of images that capture [...]
When Tiny Earth undergraduate student Tasha Miller returned to school after working in pharmacies for years, she pictured herself attending pharmacy school, a goal that promised the ability to provide for her family. However, Tasha’s attention shifted during her first experience in a microbiology lab at Madison Area Technical College (MATC). The [...]
Over 500 students and community members gathered at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin for the 2025 Tiny Earth in Titletown Winter Symposium to share and gain knowledge about antibiotic resistance and discovery. Wisconsin Tiny Earth Partner Instructors (TEPIs) from the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Northeast Wisconsin Technical College, College of Menominee Nation, and [...]
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