PMB

	Making connections Jannell Bazurto employed a cohort model to build community among students from underrepresented backgrounds hired for a summer internship program in her lab.
	A natural observer Jennifer Powers uses art as an avenue to observe nature closely and capture details about the plants and animals she encounters in the field.
	Building connections between cultures PMB graduate student Ariadna Mondragón Botero recognized for outstanding contributions to international education
	In Bloom - Melaleuca citrina A monthly dispatch highlighting a plant in bloom at the Conservatory & Botanical Collection.
	Meet the curator The CBS Conservatory & Botanical Collection welcomed Jared Rubinstein as its new curator earlier this year.
	A colorful quest CBS undergraduate Leah Hallett searched for plants that produce colored nectar at the CBS Conservatory.
	CBS People: Sara Eliason The Graduate Program Coordinator for PMB dabbles in a bit of everything both professionally and in her personal life.
	Focus on fungi Two new National Science Foundation grants will allow collaborative teams to disentangle how fungi — dead or alive — move and store carbon in soils.