<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news-events/news/link-drawing-high-schoolers-to-stem.aspx" dsn="blogs"><title>Drawing high schoolers to STEM with plants and creativity</title><description>MPS faculty member David Lowry participates in a collaboration between plant and education researchers at MSU working to transform the relationship students have with science.</description><pubDate>07/17/2023</pubDate><image><img src="/_assets/images/news/2023/comic_illustration-square.jpg" alt="An illustration from the “Mystery of the Monkeyflower” comic book developed by Michigan State University to help teach high schoolers about genes and adaptation"/></image><externalNewsArticleLink>https://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2023/drawing-high-schoolers-to-stem</externalNewsArticleLink><tags><tag>faculty</tag></tags></item>