Humboldt PBLC

07/15/2024

Meet Mikayla, one of our Summer Student Assistants joining the PBLC Team!

06/28/2024

Meet Reagan, one of our Summer Student Assistants joining the PBLC Team!

05/28/2024

Curious what your role would look like? Here’s a sneak peek 👀
Apply today through the link 🔗 in our bio!

03/22/2023

If you're a current Cal Poly Humboldt student enter to win a $25 prize! Submission deadline April 23rd.

11/01/2022

Cal Poly Humboldt's in-person Fall Preview is happening this weekend! You can find PBLC staff at two events this Saturday. Come ask us your questions about the first year experience!

10/25/2022

Klamath Connection students in ESM, Forestry, or Wildlife can attend any of our group advising sessions to get their Advising Hold lifted. The first session is tonight in the Library!

10/10/2022

The reintroduction and management of California condors (Gymnogyps californianus) is one of the Yurok Tribe’s flagship conservation projects. The Yurok Tribe, National Park Service, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are partners in the Northern California Condor Restoration Program (NCCRP) —

10/10/2022

03/21/2022

We’re hiring! PBLC Summer Assistants will help us prepare and launch this year's Humboldt Immersion (formerly Summer Immersion)! Paid, full-time positions from late May to mid-August. Get more details and apply on Handshake!

09/07/2021

Job opportunity! Check out for more info.


Are you an HSU undergrad?

Do you want to help us find out what Barn Owls in Napa Valley are eating?🪶

Does dissecting pellets sound interesting to you?🐀

If you answered yes to any of these, then apply to be an undergraduate research assistant in our lab!

Click the link in our bio to learn more and apply! Apps are due by 5 PM Friday, Sept. 10.

05/07/2021

We want to give a big kudos to all our students and the hard work they put in this semester! Success looks different for everyone and we admire your adaptability and effort throughout this school year. Have a great summer and best of luck on finals!

05/05/2021

Happy ! 🌄

Photo credit: Daniel Seßler

04/29/2021

Our final Place-Based Learning Community is Stars to Rocks! This program is for freshmen majoring in Chemistry, Geology, and Physics & Astronomy. In this cross-disciplinary program, students will learn how their fields are integrated into one another. With the guidance of their professors, students will see how each other's majors rely on one another by exploring larger complex problems such as climate change🌌

For more information about the program, visit starstorocks.humboldt.edu

04/28/2021

Have you had a chance to enjoy this at the Community Forest?

04/22/2021

Rising Tides is a Place-Based Learning Community that includes freshmen majoring in the marine sciences (Oceanography and Marine Biology). Students get access to resources that let them dive deep into their exploration of the ocean while also learning about the indigenous communities in the area. The rich diversity in our coastal environment and HSU facilities such as the Telonicher Marine Lab and Coral Sea Research Vessel gives an opportunity to begin exploring what it means to be a marine scientist🌊

For more information about the program, visit risingtides.humboldt.edu

04/21/2021

This week's ! Have any house plant owners noticed new leaves appearing? 🌱

04/15/2021

Representing Realities is a Place-Based Learning Community that includes freshmen majoring in Mathematics and Computer Science. In this program, students will discover how math and computer science courses use representations of reality to discover the world around them. They examine how structures and models can be found not just within their disciplines but also in their natural surroundings. Students explore this concept by looking at the patterns found in local Native basketry. This unique experience is just the beginning of working alongside faculty and students who are passionate about modeling the world around them.

For more information about the program, visit representingrealities.humboldt.edu

04/12/2021

Ready to register for classes? ✔️

04/08/2021

Klamath Connection is a Place-Based Learning Community that includes freshmen in natural resources majoring in Environmental Resources Engineering, Environmental Science & Management, Fisheries Biology, Forestry, Rangeland Resource Science, and Wildlife. This program centralizes its theme around the Klamath River and its diverse ecosystem and strong tribal ties. Students hear directly from professionals in various disciplines to talk about the importance of place and community here in Humboldt. Students learn how the Klamath is affected by ecological, political, and economic factors, making it a great opportunity to broaden their understanding of social and environmental problems.🌲

For more information about the program, visit https://klamathconnection.humboldt.edu/home

04/07/2021

Can you relate?📚


Photo credit: Annie Spratt
Description: Photo of a person in bed surrounded by books with text, "Librocubicularist, the name for a person who reads books in bed".

04/01/2021

Among Giants is a Place-Based Learning Community that includes freshman majoring in the biological sciences (Biology, Botany, or Zoology). Students learn what it means to be biologists in this year-long program by exploring the local redwood ecosystem alongside faculty. The program introduces the biodiversity of animals, plants, and microbes while also expanding students' connection to place and major. Among Giants connects you directly to the campus and resources you need to succeed.

For more information about the program, visit amonggiants.humboldt.edu 🌲

03/26/2021

Our final highlight for Women's History Month is Tu Youyou, a pharmaceutical chemist. Youyou researched treatments for malaria which was causing tremendous casualties among soldiers in the Vietnam War. In college, she studied medicinal herbs which inspired her to review ancient texts to understand traditional Chinese ways of fighting malaria. After testing thousands of compounds from these texts, she was able to isolate the compound for sweet wormwood which showed a 100 percent recovery rate. Youyou was awarded a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2015 for her findings.

Photo credit: nytimes.com
Description: Photo of Tu Youyou, with text, "Tu Youyou, Pharmaceutical Chemist"

03/24/2021

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Photocredit: Kiwihug
Description: Photo of frozen branch with text, "Absolute zero, The lowest temperature (–273.15°C) where no heat energy remains in a substance. This is a point in which all the kinetic energy is drained and there is minimal movement of a substance's particles".

03/19/2021

The HSU HSI STEM staff and directors stand in solidarity with the Asian, Desi, and Pacific Islander community. We condemn the violence and racism that the Asian, Desi, and Pacific Islander community has faced and the rise of hate-motivated incidents.

Resources:
Counseling & Psychological Services (CAPS) is available virtually 24/7 for support. Students can contact CAPS at (707) 826-3236.
The Dean of Students Office can be reached at (707) 826-3504 or [email protected].
StopAAPIHate.org tracks and responds to incidents of hate, violence, harassment, discrimination, shunning, and child bullying against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the United States.

03/19/2021

This week's highlight for Women's History Month is Dr. Adriana Ocampo, a planetary geologist and Program Manager at NASA. Dr. Ocampo was born in Colombia then moved to the United States as a teenager. At a young age, Ocampo knew she wanted to work for NASA and landed a summer job at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. She got her BS in geology from CSULA and MS in planetary geology from CSUN. Her research led to the discovery of the Chicxulub impact crater, the crater resulting from the impactor that marked the end of the Cretaceous period and the extinction of more than 50% of the Earth's species including all non-avian dinosaurs. Today she is the Lead Program Executive for the New Frontiers Program which has led missions to Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, and Pluto.

Photo credit: National Academy of Sciences
Description: Photo of Adriana Ocampo with text, "Adriana Ocampo, Planetary Geologist"

03/17/2021

is back! Our excitement for beach days is building up as the weather gets warmer☀️🌊

Photocredit: Knut Robinson
Description: Photo of person swimming in the ocean with text, "Thalassophile, Lover of the sea"

03/12/2021

This week's highlight for Women's History Month is Lynn Ann Conway, a computer scientist, electrical engineer, and LGBTQ activist. Conway worked with leading tech institutions such as MIT, IBM, and Xerox PARC where she led research on computer hardware design. Her groundbreaking work simplified the chip design commonly used in most devices today. The design allowed for multiple circuit designs from various sources to be compacted into one single chip. Although she had a successful career, she faced frequent discrimination for her gender identity and continues to advocate for trans rights in her retirement by providing an online platform to address transgender issues.

Photo credit: thenewshouse.com
Description: Portrait of Lynn Ann Conway with text, "Lynn Ann Conway, Computer Scientist"

02/26/2021

Our final highlight of Black professionals in STEM is Dr. Percy Lavon Julian. Born in Montgomery, Alabama, Dr. Julian grew up in the racially segregated era of Jim Crow and faced racism throughout his career. He was one of the first Black men to earn a Ph.D. in chemistry. His research focused on synthesizing steroids from plant compounds which pioneered an industrial large-scale chemical synthesis of human hormones. This contribution radically reduced the costs of synthetic hormones making treatments for conditions such as glaucoma and rheumatoid arthritis more affordable and accessible.


Photo Credit: U.S. Embassy in Georgia
Description: Photo of Percy Lavon Julian in a lab.