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Environmental Science

Winter Bees

February 19, 2016

alaska bees

The Spring Creek Farm on APU’s Kellogg Campus is doing some great work towards local, sustainable agriculture. They collaborate with Alaskan beekeeper Ian Williams. The bees benefit from nectar from the pesticide-free flowers on the farm, and, in turn, naturally pollinate the plants. Ian is currently working on creating a bee population that can survive…

Filed Under: Environmental Science, Kellogg Campus, MS Environmental Science

Octopuses Shed Their Asocial Reputation

January 29, 2016

Octopus on the ocean floor.

Octopuses have generally been viewed as solitary creatures—and their color changing abilities primarily as a means to hide from hungry predators. But, after binge watching more than 52 hours of octopus TV, researchers reporting in the Cell Press journal Current Biology on January 28th have found that octopuses actually do have a social life. And…

Filed Under: Environmental Science

In A League Of Its Own: The EcoLeague Exchange Program

October 21, 2015

ecoleague

An exchange can enable students to study in a different ecosystem, learn about life in another location and culture, and to take enriching classes that complement their studies at their home university. APU students don’t need to learn another language or fly to another country to have an exchange experience, though. With an Eco League…

Filed Under: Active Learning, Community, Environmental Science, Featured Item, Marine Biology, Outdoor Studies

Professor Scheel braves big birds in Australia

September 24, 2015

Professor David Scheel

Professor David Scheel’s internationally recognized octopus research took him to Cairns, Australia, this summer where he participated in a conference and joined a colleague for a bit of recreational diving at Manly, just outside Sydney. David sends this post card: At nearly 5 million people, Sydney is Australia’s biggest and most densely populated city. Our…

Filed Under: Active Learning, Environmental Science, Marine Biology

Spring Creek

July 27, 2015

Collage of photos from Spring Creek Farm

Growing Generously A Visit to Spring Creek Farm on the APU Kellogg Campus By Miriam Mezzetti Alaska Pacific University cares deeply about education and giving back to the community. The students, staff, and faculty on APU’s Kellogg Campus are doing an exemplary job at growing and strengthening the educational community and the greater Alaskan community….

Filed Under: Environmental Science, Kellogg Campus

From Ireland to the Great Land

July 24, 2015

Jay Calvert

Getting to Know APU’s Visiting Fulbright Scholar: Jay Calvert by Miriam Mezzetti Alaska Pacific University is proud of its remarkable faculty and students. With the quality, personalized educational experience here, we often attract some of the best and brightest students and faculty: not only nationally, but internationally! Jay Calvert, a Fulbright-Marine Institute PhD student awardee,…

Filed Under: Active Learning, Environmental Science, Marine Biology

Alaska Pacific University Grieves the Loss of Long-time Faculty Member, Dr. Rusty Myers

June 29, 2015

rusty myers

A year before the alumni in this photo came to APU from all over Africa, Rusty joined the faculty. They were overjoyed to see him again after more than thirty years, especially as only days before, he had not expected to be in town when they were here last week for their reunion. He was…

Filed Under: Community, Environmental Science

The Octopus is OUT!

May 19, 2015

Diver observing octopus underwater.

By Lynn Paulson Back in December, I posted a story about The Octopus Scientist, a new addition to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books for Young Readers’ popular and favorably-reviewed “Scientists in the Field” series devoted to a broad spectrum of science-related subjects. As I noted in that post, The Octopus Scientists came from research on the…

Filed Under: Environmental Science

Alaska Pacific University Marine Biologist, David Scheel, Featured in Popular Science Book Series for Kids

December 17, 2014

diving

If you’re the parent of a student in grade school or middle school, you’ve probably come across one or more of the 40 odd books featured in the Scientists in the Field series originated by Sy Montgomery, author of the best-selling Good, Good Pig (2006, Random House). The series is devoted to a broad spectrum…

Filed Under: Environmental Science, Marine Biology

Alaska Pacific University Students Practice Professional Skills at Fall, 2014 Poster Session

December 11, 2014

AlaskaPacificUniversityStudentsPracticeProfessionalSkillsatFall,PosterSession

By Jason Geck, Environmental Science Toward the close of every Fall and Spring semesters, right around the time of Senior Project Presentations, the Environmental Science Department of Alaska Pacific University organizes a student project Scientific Poster Session. We organize these sessions regularly at APU to provide students with an opportunity to advertise the results of…

Filed Under: Active Learning, Environmental Science

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