Outreach

By: Andy Flick, Evolutionary Studies scientific coordinator From rural high schools to elementary classrooms, trainees of the Evolutionary Studies Initiative (ESI) are bringing evolutionary science directly to the next generation. On May 9, a team of graduate students and postdoctoral researchers visited McGavock Elementary… Read More

By: Andy Flick, Evolutionary Studies scientific coordinator The National Center for Science Education supports teachers in accurately conveying what can often be seen as the difficult or even politicized concepts in science. Making strides to help teachers understand topics like climate change and evolution are high priorities for the… Read More

By Dr. Andy Flick Evolutionary Studies scientific coordinator Kyle David showing high school students differences between mammal skulls This spring, a new partnership formed between Evolutionary Studies at Vanderbilt and Dismas House, a residential reentry program for men leaving Tennessee state prisons and jails. Dr. Kyle David, a postdoctoral researcher… Read More