Climate change and biology: Helping students understand how global changes affect life on Earth
In honor of Earth Day, join Dr. Lisa Urry as she highlights strategies for helping students understand climate change.
Lisa Urry, Mills College at Northeastern University
In honor of Earth Day, join Dr. Lisa Urry as she highlights some strategies and resources for helping students understand climate change research and the effects of climate change on organisms and ecosystems. Together, these concepts can operate as a theme that carries throughout the course, reinforcing course goals such as making connections between different levels of biology, interpreting data, and understanding models.
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About the speaker
Lisa Urry, Mills College at Northeastern University
After graduating from Tufts University with a double major in biology and French, Lisa completed her PhD in molecular and developmental biology at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the MIT/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Joint Program. She has published a number of research papers, most of them focused on gene expression during embryonic and larval development in sea urchins. Lisa has taught a variety of courses, from introductory biology to developmental biology and senior seminar. Lisa is also deeply committed to promoting opportunities for women and PEERS (Persons Excluded due to Ethnicity or Race) in science. Lisa is also lead author of Campbell Biology and Campbell Biology in Focus.