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Community Engagement

Working with communities outside of the academic science community is more than just a "Broader Impacts" checkbox - it is a privilege and a moral imperative. Sharing our fascination with the natural world and learning the valuable ways non-academic scientists and non-scientists engage with nature is reinvigorating, grounding, and helps maintain connections between our scientific communities and the people our research is meant to serve.

Stay tuned for updates about engagement activities at OU!

Some local kiddos checking out a frog "sensory tank," where metamorphosis figurines sit on top of a foam lily pad. Below in the water are giant tapioca pearls (used in boba tea) that look and feel like squishy frog eggs!

Loading "mystery" PCR products into an agarose gel with a camper at the UM GISE Camp (June 2018)