Indianapolis was lucky enough to be in the line of totality for the 2024 solar eclipse. And with a mandatory virtual work day, that allowed many Ivy Tech employees the opportunity to watch it. Of course, our SASE crew was right at the center of it! Assistant Professor Ernesto Rodriguez watched the eclipse using a pinhole projector and a special camera. Technology may have advanced so that we can view the eclipse from our phones (with filters), but being able to see the eclipse through traditional methods is still uniquely fun - especially when they look almost the exact same!
SOLAR E LIPSE The 2024 Total
Photos provided by Ernesto Rodriguez, Codi Shoemaker, and Emily Bopp
ABOVE: Paper vs. Photo comparisons! ABOVE, RIGHT: A view of the eclipse from Fort Harrison, in Lawrence LEFT: Ernesto Rodriguez checking out the Eclipse
Buzzing with Success
We’d like to congratulate our first cohort of Ivy Tech Biology students who earned summer internships working full-time at the Center for Environmental Sustainability Through Insect Farming. Jace Dickey, Sean Fischer, and Charlie Schmidt were selected from a pool of 20 applicants to participate in a NSF- funded program launched from a collaboration between Ivy Tech and IU-Indianapolis. The students will be working under the mentorship of Ivy Tech’s Dr. Keith Vogelsang and IU’s Dr. Christine Picard. They’ll be learning about insect genomics and testing hypotheses related to using insects for food and feed production. Students will present their research findings at a national conference in November.
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