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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.
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 Petersen [...]
TECH Webinar: Advancing the Tiny Earth Pipeline
View post-webinar activities and highlights from the chat! October 18 @ 12-1:30 PM ET (11 AM-12:30 PM CT) | Via Zoom | For students and TEPIs Meet the Tiny [...]
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 [...]
In-person Summer Symposium a Huge Success
The Tiny Earth Summer Symposium Committee, led by co-chairs Dr. Heather Pelzel (UW-Whitewater) and Dr. Brian Merkel (UW-Green Bay), hosted the annual summer research symposium at the Wisconsin Institute [...]
Dr. Aarti Raja—25th Annual STUEY’s Professor of the Year
Congratulations to TEPI Dr. Aarti Raja for receiving the 2023 Student Life Achievement Award (STUEY’s) for Professor of the Year! STUEY’s is an annual celebration of Nova Southeastern University’s [...]
Digging for Answers: Microbiology Research Tackles Antibiotic Resistance
Dr. Joanna Klein, a TEPI since 2014 and Tiny Earth Science Committee Chair, brought her Tiny Earth course to the University of St. Thomas this year and has already made [...]