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The Squirrel-Net Blog
Hello and welcome to the Squirrel-Net Blog - we are so glad you’re here! We are hoping this blog will be a space for us to highlight voices from across our national network, updates on our activities, and of course, insights into the squirrely lives of squirrels!
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Dec 3, 20232 min read
A Squirrel-Net Module Update Worth Tweeting About!
Here at Squirrel-Net, we love squirrels…but sometimes an instructor needs to branch out! Squirrel-Net instructors Liz Flaherty (Purdue...
Nov 1, 20232 min read
Invitation to Participate in a CURE Research Study!
More and more faculty are choosing to teach course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs), like Squirrel-Net, but there is...
Aug 24, 20232 min read
Fun in the Summer Sun: A Re-cap of Squirrel-Net’s Summer Conference Activities
The long-awaited joint meeting of two mammal-centric societies was a great success! The American Society of Mammalogists and the...
May 15, 20233 min read
Radio Telemetry Project: The Case of the Vanishing Squirrels
By Annabelle McCarthy When I first started my radio telemetry research project as an undergraduate, I wasn’t always entirely confident in...
Apr 19, 20235 min read
Xylem Sap Moon
by Christopher J. Yahnke “It is said that our people learned to make sugar from the squirrels.” - Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding...
Dec 25, 20225 min read
Research Roundup 2022
This year had some fascinating scientific articles published and we’re here to tell you all about the squirrely news. Keep reading to...
Sep 30, 20222 min read
Keeping Up With the Squirrel-dashians (Squirrel-NetSummer Update)
Fall is just around the corner, so let’s revisit some of the squirrely fun we accomplished this summer! Did you have any interesting...
May 21, 20223 min read
A squirrel, by any other name, would be just as cute
All organisms are scientifically named using a Latin binomial system, but many species acquire their common names colloquially. And...
Jan 27, 20226 min read
2021 Research Roundup
Welcome to a new blog post series from Squirrel-Net’s digital media specialists! We’re calling it the “research roundup” - a collection...
Dec 29, 20214 min read
Creating Community through Networked CUREs
As we approach the new year, we've been reflecting on 2021, which was a busy year for Squirrel-Net. Members of our community presented...
Dec 16, 20214 min read
The mystical and mysterious squirrels that shaped human history
Join us on a journey to explore some of the ancient squirrel legends from a variety of cultures around the world!
Oct 5, 20214 min read
SquirrelsOne: What’s on Your Campus
by Christopher Yahnke, University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Making it to the NCAA men's championship basketball game was the 2nd...
Aug 25, 20212 min read
CURE Research Opportunity!
Squirrel-Net is excited to share an additional opportunity to participate in CURE research from our friend, Liz Genné-Bacon! Course-based...
Apr 26, 20214 min read
Squirrel-Net will be at #ASM2021!
Squirrel-Net will be at the 2021 Virtual Meeting of the American Society of Mammalogists! Will you be attending too? If so, we’d love to...
Apr 26, 20212 min read
Welcome to the Squirrel-Net Blog!
Hello and welcome to the Squirrel-Net Blog - we are so glad you’re here! We are hoping this blog will be a space for us to highlight...
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