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		<title>The Lightning of Catatumbo</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2013 04:52:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I shovel myself out of a snowstorm in the northeast I thought I would pass along a story I wrote recently about a warm place far far away. I used my research experience on Curaçao to delve into the complex interactions between coral reefs and people. In the piece I let my creative side <a href="http://scienceminded.net/2013/01/02/the-lightning-of-catatumbo/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scienceminded.net&#038;blog=35232659&#038;post=202&#038;subd=sciencemindedsd&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Putting young Americans to work</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2012 14:53:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The garage door is up and the cacophonous whine of building equipment is in full throttle. Students, supplies and tools spill out of the classroom and onto the patio. Some are using circular saws to cut plywood, others are grinding away spurs with corded grinders, and a few are even welding, making aquarium racks out <a href="http://scienceminded.net/2012/10/05/putting-young-americans-to-work/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scienceminded.net&#038;blog=35232659&#038;post=196&#038;subd=sciencemindedsd&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Blending art and science</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Sep 2012 16:21:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Editor&#8217;s note: This week, Aaron Hartmann is preparing for coral spawning in the Caribbean. He arranged for a guest post from Nayantara Jain, a masters student at Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla. When I was in high school, I thought science was all about memorizing the order of elements I would never see, <a href="http://scienceminded.net/2012/09/03/blending-art-and-science/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scienceminded.net&#038;blog=35232659&#038;post=149&#038;subd=sciencemindedsd&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hope for coral reefs</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2012 15:53:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Next week I’m returning to the island of Curaçao for the final field research season of my Ph.D. The trip will mark my fifth fall spent in the southern Caribbean, as well as my fifth time rearing baby corals to better understand what makes these unique animals tick. The island has become a second home <a href="http://scienceminded.net/2012/08/22/hope-for-coral-reefs/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scienceminded.net&#038;blog=35232659&#038;post=136&#038;subd=sciencemindedsd&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Exploring close to home</title>
		<link>http://scienceminded.net/2012/08/02/exploring-close-to-home/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2012 16:48:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Click here to read and comment on UT-San Diego or read on… Marine scientists, myself included, often cite exotic travel as one of the many perks of our job. While it certainly is, there is much to be said for making discoveries in our own backyard. And that’s exactly what twenty of my Scripps peers did <a href="http://scienceminded.net/2012/08/02/exploring-close-to-home/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scienceminded.net&#038;blog=35232659&#038;post=114&#038;subd=sciencemindedsd&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Reaching into the classroom</title>
		<link>http://scienceminded.net/2012/06/27/reaching-into-the-classroom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2012 02:38:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Click here to read and comment on UT-San Diego or read on&#8230; During the coming school year I’ll be part of an NSF GK-12 program at UCSD, which teams Ph.D. students with K-12 teachers in classrooms throughout the county. We’re in the throes of a four-week course that preps the grad students and teachers for our collaboration <a href="http://scienceminded.net/2012/06/27/reaching-into-the-classroom/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scienceminded.net&#038;blog=35232659&#038;post=110&#038;subd=sciencemindedsd&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Getting from A to B in a science career</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2012 16:08:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>achartmann</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I often hear students say that they want to be marine biologists but they don’t know how to make a career of it. Many are concerned with what and how: What jobs can you get? How much do they pay? What type of a degree do you need? How hard is it? As I highlighted <a href="http://scienceminded.net/2012/06/04/getting-from-a-to-b-in-a-science-career/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scienceminded.net&#038;blog=35232659&#038;post=102&#038;subd=sciencemindedsd&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Internships launch careers</title>
		<link>http://scienceminded.net/2012/05/21/internships-launch-careers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 17:16:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past week my parents and I attended my younger brother’s college graduation in Chicago. While we were very proud of him for finishing his degree in film production, we were also celebrating the fact that he’d already taken the next step. Kevin took part in an internship for school credit during his final semester, <a href="http://scienceminded.net/2012/05/21/internships-launch-careers/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scienceminded.net&#038;blog=35232659&#038;post=99&#038;subd=sciencemindedsd&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mentors play critical role</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 04:26:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the lesser-known facts about grad school is that much of what we learn doesn’t necessarily come from professors or reading scientific papers. While both are critical to our education, other grad students also provide a wealth of information and support. During my first year at Scripps I was required to jump into a <a href="http://scienceminded.net/2012/05/13/mentors-play-critical-role/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scienceminded.net&#038;blog=35232659&#038;post=63&#038;subd=sciencemindedsd&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dissertation comes slowly into focus</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 03:55:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Friends and family often ask me what it means to be a Ph.D. student. Some wonder if it’s just more years of classes, while others think it involves a lot of teaching. While both are part of it, a Ph.D. is at its core all about our research. At the end of five, six or <a href="http://scienceminded.net/2012/04/30/dissertation-comes-slowly-into-focus/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scienceminded.net&#038;blog=35232659&#038;post=55&#038;subd=sciencemindedsd&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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