Gray (left) and Melanic (right) Morphs of the Eastern Gray Squirrel (photos courtesy of Creative Commons “eastern gray squirrel eating acorns” by Andrew Reding is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 and “Eastern Gray Squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis” by The Forest Vixen’s CC Photo Stream is licensed under CC BY 2.0)



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In today’s show, we speak with Dr. Brad Cosentino, Associate Professor of Biology at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, New York.



He is the lead researcher on a grant from the National Science Foundation to study how urbanization may affect the evolution of coat color in the Eastern Gray Squirrel.



Listeners can learn more about the grant by visiting this link: https://www2.hws.edu/hws-awarded-nsf-grant-on-evolution-in-cities/.



Citizen scientists (yes, that’s you) can take part in the study by visiting http://www.squirrelmapper.org



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Jason Chang and attendees of ComSciCon-SciWri2019 (photo courtesy of Jason Chang)



In the second part of the show, Candice Limper covers a recent virtual science writing conference held specifically for graduate students and post doctoral fellows who would like to learn more about science communication. She spoke with Jason Chang, a graduate student in the Cornell Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering, about the event, called ComSciCon-SciWri2020.



To learn more about the Com Sci Con, the Communicating Science workshop for Graduate Students, visit: https://comscicon.com/comscicon-sciwri-2020



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Show Producer: Esther Racoosin



Host: Jeff Pea



Interview of Dr. Brad Cosentino: Esther Racoosin



Interview of Jason Chang: Candice Limper



Music: Joe Lewis; Blue Dot Sessions