Michigan State University Distinguished Professor Dr. Richard E. Lenski talks about his life and academic career
Michigan State University Distinguished Professor Dr. Richard E. Lenski talks about his appointment to two different departments at MSU, his childhood in Ann Arbor and Chapel Hill, attending Oberlin College as a biology major, and studying the interplay of evolution and ecology in graduate school at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill. He also describes his career before coming to MSU and says that he finds the MSU community to be incredibly supportive and East Lansing to be a wonderful place to live. He ends by describing some of the awards he has received and discusses his concerns for the future of science and research. Lenski is interviewed by former MSU Professor Pauline Adams for the Michigan State University Faculty Emeriti Association Oral History Project.
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- In Collections
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G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Copyright Status
- In Copyright
- Date Published
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2013-07-25
- Interviewees
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Lenski, Richard
- Interviewers
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Adams, Pauline
- Recordist
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Vincent Voice Library
- Subjects
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Lenski, Richard
Michigan State University
College teachers
Research
Universities and colleges--Faculty
Michigan--East Lansing
- Material Type
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Sound recordings
- Language
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English
- Extent
- 00:56:26
- Venue Note
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Recorded by the Vincent Voice Library, July 25, 2013.
- Holding Institution
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Vincent Voice Library
- Call Number
- Voice 19303
- Catalog Record
- http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/record=b10262827
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