SPECIAL ECOLOGY SEMINAR FOR

THE RESEARCH AMBASSADOR PROGRAM

THE EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE

The Little Things that Change Big things: Microbes, Soils, and Climate change in Mongolia

Aurora MacRae-Crerar

University of Pennsylvania

Monday, March 7, 2011, 4-5 P.M.

SEM 2 D1105

The Research Ambassador Program is a National Science Foundation-funded effort at The Evergreen State College that fosters creative public engagement by bringing science and scientists to non-traditional public audiences through direct communications. We provide training and appropriate rewards to overcome academic barriers to outreach.

As part of this program — from January to June 2011 — we are bringing a series of 10 scientists to Olympia for outreach events, seminars, and community dialogue.

Our fourth presentation is a research seminar by Aurora MacRae-Crerar, an ecologist and doctoral candidate at the University of Pennsylvania.  Molly focuses on understanding the effects of land use change and climate change on soil microbial communities in Mongolia.

The seminar will occur on Monday March 7, 2011, 4-5 p.m. in SEM 2 D1105. All Evergreen faculty, staff, and students are invited.

During her visit Aurora will also be carrying out public outreach activities at the Washington Corrections Center for Women, Campus Children’s Center and with community groups in Olympia.