Karen Kinsman: More Questions Than Answers
“Can we find our way past obstacles, real and perceived, that keep us from truly being able to take advantage of the amazing opportunities that could exist to create collective impact that could really move the needle for our participants?”
How do we know if our work has its intended impacts? Karen Kinsman, Director of the STEM-H Center for Outreach, Research and Education at The University of New Mexico, delivers a flash talk on measuring success in science outreach programs, and navigating the “unanswerable questions” in non-profit and academic spaces. Karen argues for the utility and urgency of collaboration and information-sharing in peeling back the layers of “uncertainty” in metrics.
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Our second Conservation Chronicles blog post is officially live!
In this piece, former MA student from Hunter College ABC and the Comparative Cognition for Conservation Lab, Josh DiPaola, shares his experience conducting research in Thailand and reflects its influence in forging his unexpected and profound appreciation for pangolins.
Check it out, below!
rockedu.rockefeller.edu/blog/the-plight-of-pangolins/
Check out our latest #SCIONY featuring Columbia University Medical Center Assistant Professor of Microbiology & Immunology, Thomas Postler, Ph.D! Follow the link, below, to read about his hobbies, passion for discovery in research, and and advice for normalizing failure in science!
rockedu.rockefeller.edu/blog/thomas-postler/
After many months of planning, we are so excited to launch our newest blog series: Conservation Chronicles! In this series, we’ll share real stories, experiences and research from scientists that study animal behavior ex-situ and in-situ, insights into conservation (of plants, animals and the environment!), and reflections on how it all mixes together!
Over the next few months, we’ll be sharing more resources related to conservation and behavior—including those that can be included in your classrooms! We hope that RockEDU online can become a place for exploring ideas related to social biology and cognition and applying them to real-life situations related to conservation and management!
To kick off our Conservation Chronicles blog series, we’re sharing a piece by Oakland University Ph.D. student, Victoria O'Connor! Victoria studies comparative cognition in carnivores, specifically the evolution of cognitive abilities, and the effects of social learning for captive welfare and conservation. In this piece, Victoria explores her pathway to animal behavior research, beginning with her earliest inspiration in elementary school and leading her, most recently, to being featured on Animal Planet's The Zoo.
rockedu.rockefeller.edu/blog/i-think-i-started-my-career-in-third-grade/
Check out our latest blog post, written by RockEDU Program Manager, Dr. Disan Davis, on her experience participating in a clinical research study. In this piece, Dr. Davis explores her relationship with science (as a scientist, educator, and now participant), discusses her passion and drive for helping people, and reflects on her positive experience with Rockefeller University hospital personnel.
Check it out, below!
rockedu.rockefeller.edu/blog/how-could-i-not-my-experience-participating-in-a-clinical-research-s...
RockEDU strongly opposes discrimination, oppression and bigotry towards any and all minority groups.
Today, we stand with the Jewish community as we join the online movement, #NoSafeSpaceForJewHate.
Please read our official statement + resources!
rockedu.rockefeller.edu/blog/official-statement-from-rockedu-on-anti-semitism/
