MCRS is participating in Find Your Future at UC Irvine on November 3, 2021. Please register here to learn more: https://apply.grad.uci.edu/register/?id=b4d8d762-cb56-46c9-be96-d8b4a94a118a…

Are you interested in applying for our Fall 2022 cohort? We’d love to hear from you!

Join our MCRS Academic Coordinator Courtney Hunt for a Q&A session on Friday, October 22nd from 12pm-1pm. Register here: http://rb.gy/pvg29w.

Q&A…

Final Blog Post – Elias Potashov

Doing Science Whilst Living Through the Greatest Pandemic of Our Time

Life is a providential experience. The entirety of the 2019-2021 cohort of the MCRS program can attest to the massive…

Final Blog Entry

Oak woodlands provide critical habitat for many wildlife species, but they are declining in southern California due to habitat loss, increased fire frequency, climate change, invasive weeds, and a growing number of pests…

The Role of Creativity in Overcoming Obstacles in Science

Scientific research is often portrayed as a clean, methodical process in which bright people, clearly experienced in their field, develop a plan, write up a protocol, and…

It’s a chilly December night, just before the witching hour, and I’m lying in the gravel parking lot of the Steele/Burnand Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center hoping to catch sight of a shooting star during the…

Preserving Oak Woodlands to Wonderlands: What to Do in the Vortex of Climate Change?

Photo Credit: Lyuyi Chen

I will never forget the most horrible morning in early November of 2020: I woke up at 7 am…

Home Hunting for Black Abalone

Entering the real estate market is not an easy process or a decision that one makes lightly. It takes years of research, competition, and compromise before a potential buyer eventually reaches…

Black Abalone’s Comeback

Most know that southern California has a variety of gorgeous beaches: sandy, rocky, sunny, foggy, crowded, or secluded. What you may not know as you’re enjoying the coastal views from the sand is…