After graduating in the fall of 2017 from San Francisco State university, I embarked on a one-year long internship as a dental assistant....

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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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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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...

Confucius once said, “a hundred women are not worth a single testicle.” Kurt Vonnegut thought that “Educating a beautiful woman is like...

Reading a scientific paper can be intimidating. I didn’t read a lot of academic research papers as an undergraduate student (my classes...

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...

Have you ever looked outside at that tufted titmouse, the singing white-crowned sparrow, or even that mischievous scrub jay, and thought...

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...

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...

In August of 2020 the IUCN officially declared the Sunflower Seastar (Pycnopodia helianthoides) as critically endangered, one step before...

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...

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...

Climate change describes global shifts in normal weather patterns and global warming which for those who do not pay close attention have...

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...

Written by Marie Lilly Long before the COVID-19 outbreak, many brilliant scientists predicted that the next pandemic would be a...

By: Casey Mitchell, Jarred Dela Cruz, and Lauren Levesque The transition to online learning due to restrictions imposed by COVID-19 has...

As we all battle with the effects that this pandemic has caused us physically, emotionally, spiritually and financially there are far...

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...

We’re all going through these uncertain times together, not knowing what we should do to maintain our well being and stay healthy. I...

While you wait and twiddle your thumbs for acceptance decisions from the 30 schools you applied to (looking at you, pre-meds), the...

During the summer of this pandemic, I received an email from an educated family friend that had quite a bit of information I disagreed...

Written by Marie Lilly I opened Twitter on November 18, 2020, to see a Nature Communications article titled, “The association between...

COVID-19 changed norms worldwide and our daily habits and routines will continue to shift in the foreseeable future. From how we interact...

I began my academic career at San Francisco State University as a transfer student from City College of San Francisco. At City, I...

The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 which causes Covid-19 has dominated headlines, attention, and pretty much every aspect of the world so...

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“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...

Developing in your career is difficult. Being quarantined and trying to develop your career feels impossible. Back in 2018, I realized...

The Aleutian Islands are a string of 14 large volcanic islands and 55 smaller islands stretching from Alaska to Russia. If you happen to...

As the number of infections and deaths due to the coronavirus continues to increase daily around the world, the main focus has been on...

Before I embarked on the journey of writing a manuscript, my understanding of the writing and publication process was fairly vague. This...

Rocky is a 4th-year biotechnology teacher at South San Francisco High School. He earned his B.S. in Microbiology, Immunology, and...

What do protest signs, mushrooms, and feathered headdresses have in common? They’re all objects featured in the Global Museum’s latest...

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...

I always saw myself involved in biomedical research, as I enjoyed my science classes and wanted to do work that could potentially have...

Diversity in conservation could lead to better and more creative solutions to the environmental justice issue.

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As the Presidential Election on November 3rd approaches, voters generally have a strong sense of who they want to vote for based on key...

November 3, 2020. I’m sure you’ve seen this date in the news or through the constant reminders on social media by your...

Written by Marie Lilly, 2020 NSF GRFP Awardee There are thousands of different graduate schools, programs, and lab groups to choose from...

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...

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...

The novel Chemistry by Weike Wang has been recognized and recommended by many well-known individuals, including Oprah. The story is...

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Most people think that museums only house arts and anthropological exhibits, for the most part. Moreover, there is the thinking that...

It seems like healthy foods have been steadily gaining popularity in these recent years. You don’t have to try hard to find countless...

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...