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Have exciting news about your institution, an instructor, or student related to Tiny Earth? From instructor teaching awards and local student or institution recognition to special grant recipients, Tiny Earth is proud to represent our network of students and instructors. Share your news by providing us with a link to your press release and/or a description to tinyearth@wid.wisc.edu. Feel free to include photos.
Eckerd College Biology Professor Leads Microbiology Class in a World-Changing Lab
Tiny Earthlings at Eckerd College are leveraging their campus’ community garden for antibiotic discovery. Dr. Steve Denison trained to become a Tiny Earth Partner Instructor last summer, and now [...]
Meet Tiny Earth’s New Curriculum Lead, Mariah A. Knowles
This past January, Mariah A. Knowles joined the Tiny Earth team as the new Curriculum Lead, transitioning from her former role as a Facilitator at the Wisconsin Institute for [...]
Featured TEPIs: Laura Pickell and Anil Gollapudi stress the importance of experiential learning
Drs. Laura Pickell and Anil Gollapudi of Carleton University are two of only twelve Tiny Earth Partner Instructors (TEPIs) in Canada, and their involvement in the network has grown significantly [...]
Two NWTC students make technical college history by publishing scientific research
Under the mentorship of TEPI Angelo Kolokithas, two Tiny Earth students, Justyna Kakol and Mainor Vang, at the Northeast Wisconsin Technical College published their Tiny Earth research under microPublication [...]
Publication: Community involvement in addressing the antibiotic crisis
Tiny Earth Partner Instructors (TEPIs) Angelo Kolokithas (Northeast Wisconsin Technical College), Brian Merkel (UW-Green Bay), David Hunnicutt (St. Norbert College), Lucy Fenzl (College of Menominee Nation), and collaborator Matthew [...]
TEDx: The Power of the Unseen | Jodi Enos-Berlage
Dr. Jodi Enos-Berlage, TEPI at Luther College, presented a TEDx talk about the soil crisis and related equity issues in agriculture. “The Power of the Unseen” elevates soil as a [...]
Extremophiles from Mount Saint Helens ice caves inspire a unique approach to antibiotic discovery
Photo from Dr. Anitori's expedition to Mt. St. Helens Every summer, Dr. Roberto Anitori, a Tiny Earth Partner Instructor (TEPI) at Clark College, visits Mt. St. Helens [...]