Dartmouth Team Launches Public Database on Soil Fungi
The resource could enhance agriculture and ecological restoration by helping to identify the fungal species best suited to specific ecosystems.
[more]The resource could enhance agriculture and ecological restoration by helping to identify the fungal species best suited to specific ecosystems.
[more]What do you consider your hometown, and where did you earn your undergraduate degree? What was it in? I grew up in Morgan Hill, California. I wasn't entirely sure what college would look like for me, so I started by taking courses at two local community colleges in the Bay Area before transferring to Iowa State University where I finished my BS in biology and environmental science and then went on to pursue a MS in environmental science.
[more]Neukom Fellow '23 Sophie von Fromm led a study showing how soil carbon in a northern hardwood forest responds to environmental change over time and space. The research, published in the journal Global Change Biology, advances our understanding of how forests store and cycle carbon, a key process for climate regulation.
[more]On Saturday, May 3, high school and middle school students from across New Hampshire and Vermont gathered on the Dartmouth campus for the Upper Valley Brain Bee–a day dedicated to making neuroscience fun, accessible, and engaging for teenagers. Organized by Guarini graduate students Jessa Burling and Aine Scholand, both first-year doctoral students in the integrative neuroscience program, the event combined a lively neuroscience fair with an academic competition designed to challenge students' understanding of the human brain.
[more]Read about the new climate study by Justin Mankin, Associate Professor of Geography, and Christopher Callahan, a former PhD candidate at Dartmouth, in this Mongabay article.
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