by hageyt | Feb 20, 2023 | Outreach
Last weekend I had a great time participating in Mississippi State University’s “Science Night at the Museum” spearheaded by MSU’s geology department. It was great getting to share activities with the parents and kids that checked out our...
by hageyt | Feb 11, 2023 | Outreach
Last week we had the privilege of participating in New Hope middle school’s 2023 STEAM night! It was great having students Kayla Redmond and Karen Saffold help out! Our booth was a huge success. We had our clothes pin bird game where kids try to eat large and...
by hageyt | Jan 25, 2023 | Research
This year SICB was in Austin, Texas! I had a great time, catching up with colleagues and getting updates on everyone’s exciting research. I was very excited to present a great project that was completed by an undergrad working in my lab last semester, Alaina...
by hageyt | Aug 13, 2022 | Outreach
Before we get buried in another fall session, I was able to make a quick trip to Plymouth Bluff. I want to thank Amy Moe-Hoffman from Mississippi State University for taking the time and showing me how to look for fossils! We we able to find this really cool late...
by hageyt | Jul 27, 2022 | Research
This summer, research student Alaina Dawkins, has also been doing research in the lab. Spring 2022, she received a Mississippi State Space Grant Consortium award, and this summer her project was chosen to participate in the MUW Summer Scholars program! Yesterday she...
by hageyt | Jul 27, 2022 | Research
Its been a busy summer so far, but the most exciting thing to announce is that the project Bailey Howell completed here at MUW when she was an undergrad is now in press at Integrative Organismal Biology! Geometric Morphometrics Reveal Shape Differences in the Toes of...
by hageyt | Jan 17, 2022 | Research
This year I decided to attend SICB in person in Phoenix. I was a little apprehensive, but the conference organizers did a great job, and I felt the in-person experience for my student Jenny McCann presenting her poster would be worth it. Jenny did a great job with her...
by hageyt | Dec 22, 2021 | Education, Outreach
Working with our university photographer, I recorded two videos for TikTok and for Facebook! The Geico gecko, which is based on a real life species, the Madagascar giant day gecko (Phelsuma grandis) has three inaccuracies. Can you guess what they are?...
by hageyt | Nov 12, 2021 | Education, Research
Fall 2021 has been a busy semester! As we’re reaching the end, we have fun exciting updates. This semester I’ve had four research students working on various toe pad projects, including Alicia Jefferson, Alaina Dawkins, Jenny McCann, measuring a preserved...
by hageyt | Jun 17, 2021 | Education, Outreach
This week I had the awesome opportunity to work with the teachers, staff, and principal at Aberdeen High School here in Mississippi as part of their Summer Enrichment Program. To make up for missing out on in-person opportunities Aberdeen high school students...
