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Karron came up with the idea for the project last spring as the department looked for ways to make the blank hallway more engaging to students. Inspired by the research his students and colleagues were doing, Karron proposed a photo gallery to showcase these achievements and foster an excitement for research work. The large canvases not only make the hallway more colorful but also show current and prospective students what they can do with biological sciences.<\/p>\n
He asked his colleagues for pictures, and many of them produced their own original photographs of their students. The canvases display remarkable shots of badgers, bees and birds, and students collecting data in the field. A closeup of a bright green frog perched on a stem is a staff favorite, Karron said, because it is \u201cso whimsical.\u201d<\/p>\n
Some canvases are as large as 4 feet wide by 3 feet high, with detailed images of microscopic organisms to better show a world that not many get to see.<\/p>\n
Other pictures highlight students at work in the 51ÁÔÆæ Field Station, the Biological Sciences Greenhouse and using technology in 51ÁÔÆæ\u2019s laboratories. These areas are inaccessible to prospective students when they tour campus, but through the research gallery, students can see the opportunities 51ÁÔÆæ offers and picture themselves at work here.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe bring it to them,\u201d Karron said.<\/p>\n
Hoping to inspire<\/h3>\n
It is also a way to feature and congratulate the work that current students are doing, Karron said. He hopes that students can be inspired by the many areas of research that their peers engage in.<\/p>\n
Karron and his colleagues worked as a team to bring together the 33 pictures from the three disciplines of biological sciences: microbiology, cellular and molecular biology, and ecology and evolution.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s something for everyone,\u201d Karron said.<\/p>\n
Karron hopes that the exhibit does not stop with him and his colleagues. He is optimistic that the Geosciences and Physics departments will promote their students\u2019 research by creating their own galleries to add to the wall of images. He envisions the pictures blending together seamlessly to show how intertwined the natural sciences are. Many professors already have captivating images from their research and they deserve to be shown, Karron said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think you\u2019re going to be seeing a lot more of this.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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