Over spring break, six intrepid ENVS students joined students from Emory's Biology Department for an immersive field course (ENVS 372: Ecology of the Tropics). A unique learning opportunity, coupled with meaningful academic and cultural experiences, equaled an unforgettable experience. Some of the students were gracious enough to provide us with brief reflections of their experience… Continue reading Reflections: Peru field course spring 2025
Story and photos by Kelly Coles 23G/Adapted for web by Easton Lane 25C Kelly Coles, Schwalbea hunter Despite Kelly Coles' fascination with nature’s intricacies, her academic interests weren’t always in the environmental arena; having graduated the University of West Georgia with a Masters in Humanistic and Transpersonal Psychology, she first became a preschool teacher. Combining… Continue reading MS in ENVS student, Kelly Coles, breaks new ground studying Schwalbea americana
During this semester’s Fall Break, eight intrepid Marine Ecology students squeezed themselves into the ENVS departmental van alongside microscopes, buckets, and zooplankton nets, and made their way down to Florida panhandle at Apalachicola Bay. After a brief orientation to the ecosystems of Apalachicola Bay, St. Joseph Bay, and the Gulf of Mexico provided at the… Continue reading Marine Ecology Field Experience -October 2018
Photo credit: Meg Withers Over spring break 2018, eleven students accompanied Professor Tony Martin on his bi-annual field course to San Salvador, Bahamas. Their experience in the field was not only rich in learning, but eye-opening in a host of other meaningful ways. Some of them were gracious enough to provide us with a brief reflection of… Continue reading ENVS 242: Field Studies in Ancient & Modern Environments (spring 2018)
Photos in this piece are courtesy of Stanimira Deleva with the Brunca Bats Project in Costa Rica Miranda Mitchell (4+1 BS/MPH) plans to research the disease ecology of bats in Costa Rica. Her primary advisor is Professor Thomas Gillespie, whose research focuses on global health, biodiversity and conservation. We caught up with Miranda at the end… Continue reading BS/MPH 4+1 student, Miranda Mitchell, conducts field research in Costa Rica
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