How’s this for a science experiment? Take your dog for a walk in the woods, let them run around a bit, and have them come back. And that’s it; you’ve scienced! OK, so that’s not really the science part. For that, you add a GPS collar to track the dog’s movement, and you repeat the process with a couple dozen other dogs over hundreds of walks. Then, when you look at all the data from those various jaunts, you might find evidence that the dogs are orienting themselves to the Earth’s magnetic field.
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Seminar: Christian Grad Students in Paleobiology (2014)
At the 2013 American Scientific Affiliation (ASA) Annual Meetings, several InterVarsity Graduate & Faculty Ministry (GFM) staff had the privilege not only to meet, but also to have extended conversation(s) with faculty such as Ralph F. Stearley (Ph.D., University of Michigan). Ralph serves as a Professor of Geology in Calvin College’s Department of Geology, Geography, and Environmental studies. AND last week he reconnected to share the announcement of Equipping the Next Generation of Christian Paleobiologists: A Seminar for Christian Graduate Students in Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (June 21-29, 2014).
If you are a Christian graduate student in a paleobiological discipline, I encourage you to check out the seminar link. Whether or not you are in a paleobiological discipline, please take a minute to share this post with friends in the paleobiological disciplines.
Below you will find the email announcement Ralph sent me after the call, several links to learn more about his story/research, and bonus material on The Ministry Theorem and the ASA Annual Meetings. Please note that February 28 is the official due date for seminar applications. [Read more…] about Seminar: Christian Grad Students in Paleobiology (2014)