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    The Pandemic Academics

    A journey to dental school
    Salvador Alvarado
    • May 1, 2021
    • 3 min

    A journey to dental school

    After graduating in the fall of 2017 from San Francisco State university, I embarked on a one-year long internship as a dental assistant....
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    The Power of Awe
    Dennis Jongsomjit
    • Mar 23, 2021
    • 6 min

    The Power of Awe

    Most of us have felt moments of awe, but perhaps many of us have never taken the time to think about how these experiences change us.
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    The importance of the sustainability of the forest and the consequences of deforestation
    Florence E. Fields
    • Mar 18, 2021
    • 2 min

    The importance of the sustainability of the forest and the consequences of deforestation

    For thousands of years trees have been a vital source of wood, providing an essential material for building homes. Forest are natural...
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    K-12 Science Teaching as a Professional Career
    Rocky Ng
    • Mar 8, 2021
    • 3 min

    K-12 Science Teaching as a Professional Career

    Rocky is a 4th-year biotechnology teacher at South San Francisco High School. He earned his B.S. in Microbiology, Immunology, and...
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    Stand up for Equity and Inclusion!
    Angela Lane, Lela Legesse & Midley Michaud
    • Mar 4, 2021
    • 3 min

    Stand up for Equity and Inclusion!

    Science is Power and we all need to be at the table Science has the power to change the course of history for better or for worse. This...
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    5 Ways to Revamp Your LinkedIn Profile
    Lela Legesse
    • Mar 1, 2021
    • 2 min

    5 Ways to Revamp Your LinkedIn Profile

    As we move more and more to a technology-based society, we have found ways to enhance our experiences. Over the past 20 years we've been...
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    The Expectations and Progress of Women
    Florence E. Fields
    • Feb 21, 2021
    • 2 min

    The Expectations and Progress of Women

    Confucius once said, “a hundred women are not worth a single testicle.” Kurt Vonnegut thought that “Educating a beautiful woman is like...
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    Tips For Reading A Scientific Paper
    Fiona Duong
    • Feb 15, 2021
    • 3 min

    Tips For Reading A Scientific Paper

    Reading a scientific paper can be intimidating. I didn’t read a lot of academic research papers as an undergraduate student (my classes...
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    Honoring 3 Trailblazers
    Angela Lane
    • Feb 11, 2021
    • 2 min

    Honoring 3 Trailblazers

    As an African American woman in STEM, it has been my ongoing goal to find role models for myself and my students. I’d like to highlight...
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    Simple things you can do to help native bird populations
    Faith De Amaral
    • Feb 8, 2021
    • 3 min

    Simple things you can do to help native bird populations

    Have you ever looked outside at that tufted titmouse, the singing white-crowned sparrow, or even that mischievous scrub jay, and thought...
    22 views0 comments
    3 Field Guide Apps to Help Settle the Brown Recluse Argument Once and For All
    Kathryn Papoulias
    • Feb 8, 2021
    • 4 min

    3 Field Guide Apps to Help Settle the Brown Recluse Argument Once and For All

    If you’ve dabbled in birding, espoused your love of local wildflowers, or had to explain that “no, that isn’t a brown recluse”, and “yes...
    17 views0 comments
    Exploring the Unknown - Thoughts on Science, Persistence, and Progress
    Dennis Jongsomjit
    • Feb 4, 2021
    • 4 min

    Exploring the Unknown - Thoughts on Science, Persistence, and Progress

    Imagine sitting around a table with some of the world's experts on Antarctic ecology. All in all, including everyone at the table, we’re...
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    Sunflower Seastar Now Critically Endangered
    Jeremiah Ets-Hokin
    • Feb 1, 2021
    • 2 min

    Sunflower Seastar Now Critically Endangered

    In August of 2020 the IUCN officially declared the Sunflower Seastar (Pycnopodia helianthoides) as critically endangered, one step before...
    16 views0 comments
    Challenges for Educators During Distance Learning
    Salvador Alvarado and Rocky Ng
    • Jan 20, 2021
    • 3 min

    Challenges for Educators During Distance Learning

    By Salvador Alvarado and Rocky Ng It has been more than half a year now since schools and universities have had to close their doors to...
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    Normalize Telling Students That They Are Enough (TW: mental health issues and suicide)
    Anonymous
    • Jan 18, 2021
    • 4 min

    Normalize Telling Students That They Are Enough (TW: mental health issues and suicide)

    It was my first round of finals at UC Berkeley as I heard throughout the dorms that another student had jumped off of the open balcony on...
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    Climate Change Is Real: Green House Gases Are The Cause And Humans Contribute
    Florence E. Fields
    • Jan 14, 2021
    • 2 min

    Climate Change Is Real: Green House Gases Are The Cause And Humans Contribute

    Climate change describes global shifts in normal weather patterns and global warming which for those who do not pay close attention have...
    17 views0 comments
    Carcinogens seem to be in everything, but what are they??
    Lauren Levesque
    • Jan 11, 2021
    • 4 min

    Carcinogens seem to be in everything, but what are they??

    A carcinogen is an agent that has the capacity to cause cancer in humans. The agent can be of a chemical nature (e.g. drugs), physical...
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    Opinion: How do we prevent the next pandemic?
    Marie Lilly
    • Jan 5, 2021
    • 2 min

    Opinion: How do we prevent the next pandemic?

    Written by Marie Lilly Long before the COVID-19 outbreak, many brilliant scientists predicted that the next pandemic would be a...
    9 views0 comments
    Online Learning: How are students doing?
    Casey Mitchell, Jarred Dela Cruz, Lauren Levesque
    • Jan 4, 2021
    • 7 min

    Online Learning: How are students doing?

    By: Casey Mitchell, Jarred Dela Cruz, and Lauren Levesque The transition to online learning due to restrictions imposed by COVID-19 has...
    6 views0 comments
    Are We Doing Enough?  The Battle with Distance Learning during COVID-19
    Lela Legesse
    • Dec 22, 2020
    • 3 min

    Are We Doing Enough? The Battle with Distance Learning during COVID-19

    As we all battle with the effects that this pandemic has caused us physically, emotionally, spiritually and financially there are far...
    4 views0 comments
    Inclusivity In SCUBA
    Jeremiah Ets-Hokin
    • Dec 21, 2020
    • 2 min

    Inclusivity In SCUBA

    As a SCUBA diver, one of the most common questions I get is “what do you see down there?”. This question speaks to the sense of unknown...
    5 views0 comments
    How to stay active and optimize well-being during the pandemic
    Midley Michaud
    • Dec 18, 2020
    • 2 min

    How to stay active and optimize well-being during the pandemic

    We’re all going through these uncertain times together, not knowing what we should do to maintain our well being and stay healthy. I...
    9 views0 comments
    Affirmations to Tell Yourself While Waiting for Grad Admissions Committees to Take Their Sweet Time
    Faith De Amaral
    • Dec 14, 2020
    • 4 min

    Affirmations to Tell Yourself While Waiting for Grad Admissions Committees to Take Their Sweet Time

    While you wait and twiddle your thumbs for acceptance decisions from the 30 schools you applied to (looking at you, pre-meds), the...
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    An Open Letter to Your Family "Covidiot" - Part 2: Vaccines
    Brendan Heath
    • Dec 14, 2020
    • 11 min

    An Open Letter to Your Family "Covidiot" - Part 2: Vaccines

    During the summer of this pandemic, I received an email from an educated family friend that had quite a bit of information I disagreed...
    60 views0 comments
    Enough with the tired narratives about Women in STEM. Research needs to be intersectional.
    Marie Lilly
    • Dec 11, 2020
    • 3 min

    Enough with the tired narratives about Women in STEM. Research needs to be intersectional.

    Written by Marie Lilly I opened Twitter on November 18, 2020, to see a Nature Communications article titled, “The association between...
    56 views0 comments
    BioSLAM: Revamping Online Curriculum
    Casey Mitchell and Jarred Dela Cruz
    • Dec 3, 2020
    • 3 min

    BioSLAM: Revamping Online Curriculum

    COVID-19 changed norms worldwide and our daily habits and routines will continue to shift in the foreseeable future. From how we interact...
    109 views0 comments
    Are you a transfer student looking to get into medical or dental schools? All grades count!
    Salvador Alvarado
    • Dec 2, 2020
    • 2 min

    Are you a transfer student looking to get into medical or dental schools? All grades count!

    I began my academic career at San Francisco State University as a transfer student from City College of San Francisco. At City, I...
    27 views0 comments
    The Near and Long Term: A Couple of Promising Advances Due to Recent Focus on Coronavirus Research
    Brendan Heath
    • Dec 2, 2020
    • 7 min

    The Near and Long Term: A Couple of Promising Advances Due to Recent Focus on Coronavirus Research

    The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 which causes Covid-19 has dominated headlines, attention, and pretty much every aspect of the world so...
    29 views0 comments
    STEM + Art = STEAM: A New Approach to Learning
    Fiona Duong
    • Nov 30, 2020
    • 3 min

    STEM + Art = STEAM: A New Approach to Learning

    What does art have to do with science? And what does science have to do with art? Although the two may seem like completely opposite...
    47 views0 comments
    3 Books by Women about the Environment that Everyone Should Read
    Kathryn Papoulias
    • Nov 23, 2020
    • 4 min

    3 Books by Women about the Environment that Everyone Should Read

    “This is our work, to discover what we can give. Isn’t this the purpose of education, to learn the nature of your own gifts and how to...
    89 views0 comments
    Make the most of quarantine. Build your career!
    Casey Mitchell
    • Nov 19, 2020
    • 4 min

    Make the most of quarantine. Build your career!

    Developing in your career is difficult. Being quarantined and trying to develop your career feels impossible. Back in 2018, I realized...
    9 views0 comments
    Alaskan reefs face danger from predator loss and climate change
    Jeremiah Ets-Hokin
    • Nov 18, 2020
    • 3 min

    Alaskan reefs face danger from predator loss and climate change

    The Aleutian Islands are a string of 14 large volcanic islands and 55 smaller islands stretching from Alaska to Russia. If you happen to...
    3 views0 comments
    The Impact of Transitioning to Distance Learning due to COVID-19 in Low-income Communities
    Lela Legesse
    • Nov 12, 2020
    • 5 min

    The Impact of Transitioning to Distance Learning due to COVID-19 in Low-income Communities

    As the number of infections and deaths due to the coronavirus continues to increase daily around the world, the main focus has been on...
    11 views0 comments
    Writing A Scientific Manuscript: The Path to Publication (Hopefully!)
    Fiona Duong
    • Nov 9, 2020
    • 3 min

    Writing A Scientific Manuscript: The Path to Publication (Hopefully!)

    Before I embarked on the journey of writing a manuscript, my understanding of the writing and publication process was fairly vague. This...
    12 views0 comments
    Distance Learning Tips for STEM Educators
    Rocky Ng
    • Nov 5, 2020
    • 5 min

    Distance Learning Tips for STEM Educators

    Rocky is a 4th-year biotechnology teacher at South San Francisco High School. He earned his B.S. in Microbiology, Immunology, and...
    123 views0 comments
    Climate Change, Communities, & Collections
    Kathryn Papoulias
    • Oct 30, 2020
    • 3 min

    Climate Change, Communities, & Collections

    What do protest signs, mushrooms, and feathered headdresses have in common? They’re all objects featured in the Global Museum’s latest...
    36 views0 comments
    An Open Letter to Your Family “Covidiot” – Part 1
    Brendan Heath
    • Oct 28, 2020
    • 8 min

    An Open Letter to Your Family “Covidiot” – Part 1

    Link to "Part 2" During the summer of this pandemic, I received an email from an educated family friend that had quite a bit of...
    149 views0 comments
    Learning to Code: A Biologist’s Journey
    Lauren Levesque
    • Oct 26, 2020
    • 3 min

    Learning to Code: A Biologist’s Journey

    I always saw myself involved in biomedical research, as I enjoyed my science classes and wanted to do work that could potentially have...
    21 views0 comments
    Social Justice in Conservation Science: Why We Need Your Voice
    Dennis Jongsomjit
    • Oct 22, 2020
    • 5 min

    Social Justice in Conservation Science: Why We Need Your Voice

    Diversity in conservation could lead to better and more creative solutions to the environmental justice issue.
    100 views0 comments
    Time management: Maximizing your time to feel less stressed
    Midley Michaud
    • Oct 21, 2020
    • 2 min

    Time management: Maximizing your time to feel less stressed

    All of us have the same number of hours in a day….Yes, even celebrities! Though as a student, it seems like there’s never enough time to...
    20 views0 comments
    The Presidential Race: Through a Scientific Lens
    Jarred Dela Cruz
    • Oct 15, 2020
    • 5 min

    The Presidential Race: Through a Scientific Lens

    As the Presidential Election on November 3rd approaches, voters generally have a strong sense of who they want to vote for based on key...
    72 views0 comments
    Science in the Ballots: Proposition 14
    Jarred Dela Cruz
    • Oct 7, 2020
    • 4 min

    Science in the Ballots: Proposition 14

    November 3, 2020. I’m sure you’ve seen this date in the news or through the constant reminders on social media by your...
    129 views0 comments
    Tips for applying to the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP)
    Marie Lilly
    • Sep 28, 2020
    • 6 min

    Tips for applying to the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP)

    Written by Marie Lilly, 2020 NSF GRFP Awardee There are thousands of different graduate schools, programs, and lab groups to choose from...
    199 views0 comments
    PhD, do you love me? I’m applying
    Adrienne Le, Minerva Orellana and Jordan Salomon
    • Sep 18, 2019
    • 10 min

    PhD, do you love me? I’m applying

    Hi reader, this is blog post where we are going to discuss our experiences with applying to PhD programs in biology for Fall 2019. We are...
    39 views0 comments
    A letter to the upcoming future scientists
    Johnson Yang
    • May 7, 2019
    • 1 min

    A letter to the upcoming future scientists

    When I was a freshman in college, I thought I knew everything is happening around me because I was determined and thought I knew the...
    12 views0 comments
    A review of “Chemistry” by Weike Wang
    Tersa Ortega and Amy Wong
    • Apr 23, 2019
    • 6 min

    A review of “Chemistry” by Weike Wang

    The novel Chemistry by Weike Wang has been recognized and recommended by many well-known individuals, including Oprah. The story is...
    98 views0 comments
    Space Travel: The Next Big Leap?
    Andrew Mahoney
    • Apr 12, 2019
    • 2 min

    Space Travel: The Next Big Leap?

    Space has been a big topic in the last year. From Elon Musk launching his Tesla into space, live streaming for all to see, to NASA...
    6 views0 comments
    Importance of Natural History Museums
    Joseph B Comendador
    • Apr 10, 2019
    • 3 min

    Importance of Natural History Museums

    Most people think that museums only house arts and anthropological exhibits, for the most part. Moreover, there is the thinking that...
    492 views0 comments
    Impossible Burger: The Fake Meat That’s Making Real News
    Wesley Sun
    • Apr 9, 2019
    • 3 min

    Impossible Burger: The Fake Meat That’s Making Real News

    It seems like healthy foods have been steadily gaining popularity in these recent years. You don’t have to try hard to find countless...
    8 views0 comments
    The importance of activism and social justice in STEM
    Coohleen Coombes
    • Apr 1, 2019
    • 4 min

    The importance of activism and social justice in STEM

    Hello everyone! In today’s post, I would like to talk about the importance of activism and social awareness in STEM. This is a topic I’ve...
    9 views0 comments
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