Seen & Heard
“They do not just want a degree. They want to learn, to be engaged, and to be mentored. They want to have their world expanded.”
— Dr. Jeff rey Bernstein, EMU political science professor, on how students want to learn; T e Detroit News
“It’s despicable that we have these sorts of views going on, but they’re certainly protected under the First Amendment.” — Dr. Jack Kay, EMU communications professor, on a
Neo-Nazi group headquartered in Detroit; WXYZ-Detroit
North America. You’re looking at potential extinction of multiple species of bats.” — Dr. Allen Kurta, EMU biology professor, talking
“I think that this is one of the worst wildlife calamities ever in the history of
about white-nose syndrome and bats; Michigan Radio
“We drove into the jungle on a 4-by-4 and rode mules over the mountains to the small town where we stayed.” — Dr. Ruth Armitage, EMU chemistry professor,
discussing an archeological expedition to analyze cave paintings in Cueva la Conga, Nicaragua; TedX-EMU
Digging Into Our Past S
teven LoDuca, an EMU professor of paleontology, is digging into our ancient past with the support of a
$160,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). LoDuca studies the fossil remnants
of plant life that was thriving nearly 500 million years ago. Specifi cally, he and his co-researcher, Virginia Tech geobiology professor Shuhai Xiao, focus on the organic remains of early marine plants known as macroalgae. T e three-year NSF grant will allow
LoDuca and Xiao to analyze species of microalgae ranging in age from 400
Paleontology professor earns National Science Foundation grant
million to 1.2 billion years old. T ey’ll also study fossil specimens from the same time period that are currently housed in major museums in China, Europe and the United States. According to LoDuca, this baseline
study will help establish the need for a larger scale investigation into this critical period of the Earth’s history. “It is a dream come true to work with
materials in the best museums and to connect with paleontologists around the world,” LoDuca says. “Working together, Shuhai Xiao and I can develop a more complete story of the history of early life.”3 —Melissa Jasperse
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