<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/academics/articles/patch-stem-claremont.html" dsn="news"><pubDate>08/04/2021</pubDate><title>Exploring Science Futures at Citrus</title><author>Laura J. Bollinger, Guest Columnist</author><image><img src="/academics/articles/images/patch-stem-claremont.jpg" alt="student stands beside a research poster about cyanothece nitrogenase at a STEM research showcase"/></image><caption>Citrus College alumna Jocelyn Gonzalez presented her research poster in September 2019 when she was still a STEM student in the college's Bridge to the Geosciences program. </caption><thumbnail/><display/><description>Bridge to the Geosciences transformed Jocelyn Gonzalez's first year, leading her from veterinary medicine to environmental biology and inspiring dreams of teaching at Citrus College.</description><tags><tag>academics</tag><tag>departments</tag><tag>divisions</tag></tags></item>