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Day: April 3, 2016

Wildflower excursion to southern California

Posted on 2016-04-032023-01-06 by Allison J. Gong

Yesterday I joined some friends on an impromptu day trip to southern California to see the spring wildflower bloom. The El Niño rains had brought forth a “superbloom” this year, and while we didn’t have time to go all the way to Death Valley we thought we’d be able to see lots of flowers in…

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A day in the life

Posted on 2016-04-032023-01-06 by Allison J. Gong

Friday 1 April was the last day of my spring break, and tomorrow I go back to teaching. Spring break felt very short this year, and I was busy the entire week. I decided to spend my last day of freedom doing my favorite lab-related things: looking through microscopes at tiny organisms. I had already planned…

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