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Celebrating Communities that Give Rise To Scientific Discoveries

Blandy at 100 program- students with clipboards measure grass

Another Blandy at 100 series video! Quorum, this time we're celebrating the communities that give rise to scientific discoveries!

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Speakers: 

  • Current Blandy graduate students
  • Bluebird Monitor Citizen Scientist Kaycee Lichliter (Northern Shenandoah Audubon Society, Virginia Master Naturalist)
  • Blandy preK-12 Education Director Harrison Jackson 

The “lonely genius” stereotype of a scientist laboring alone may be true for some folks, but most of the scientists we know do their best work as part of a team. You need a good group of collaborators to help you brainstorm ideas, de-bug your computer program, corral a loose bee in the lab, and bring you an iced coffee after seven hours of hot summer vegetation surveys. Blandy has been home to a vibrant research and education community for 100 years. This is a place where people together come to learn about the natural world---from first graders on field trips, to research students in college, to citizen scientists checking bluebird boxes. Hear stories about the power of learning together from Blandy K-12 Director Harrison Jackson, current Blandy students, and citizen scientists.