Graduate students

	CBS Talks: Science in the Real World An evening of lightning talks discussing the real world opportunities, challenges, and applications of life sciences research and practice.
	Brushstrokes and breakthroughs Graduate student and science communicator Emily Hanson looks with hope to the future after a year of transformation.
	Science fiction to science fact Graduate student and recent NASA FINESST grant recipient Peter Winslow explores the possibility of extraterrestrial life.
	Won't you be my neighbor? Graduate student Maria Park balances life as a scientist and artist at Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve.
	Setting graduate students up for success Biology Teaching and Learning researchers receive nearly $1M to study the ways how graduate program structures impact student success.
	Burnt out Chris Wojan explores the potential of prescribed fires to reduce the spread of tick-borne disease.
	An ecological underdog Mariana Cardenas conducts research on lichens, mosses and cyanobacteria in Cedar Creek’s long-term experiments.
	Keeping the Krebs in check Tom Niehaus receives a five-year $1.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health.
	Cutting through scientific red herrings Graduate student Siddhant Pusdekar will hone his science communication skills this summer with the support of a AAAS science journalism fellowship.
	A tipping point The future of above-ground carbon hangs in the balance between two types of wood-rotting fungi.