Somehow, my time as a Scientists in Parks Fellow at the Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park has come to an end. The last few weeks of my internship were remote as I moved from the hot Texas Hill Country to even hotter Arizona for graduate school. While I miss LYJO, being remote for the …
Author Archives: Isabel McIntyre
The Importance of Science Communication
I can’t count the number of times I’ve started reading a scientific paper and thought to myself, “I have no idea what these authors are trying to say”. While this has gotten better as I’ve furthered my education, it shows the frustrating reality of science: it is not communicated in a way that is accessible …
Preserving Dark Skies in the Texas Hill Country
Hi! My name is Isabel McIntyre, and I am a recent graduate of Mount Holyoke College where I double majored in astronomy and biological sciences, and a soon-to-be Astrophysics PhD student at Arizona State University. At school, my research is on galaxy evolution, but this summer I have been shifting gears to work on a …
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