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Harvard researcher Mathew William Lensch will speak about “Nature and Nurture: The Life of a Citizen Scientist” Friday, Feb. 10, as part of the QBIC Confluence seminar series. The event is free and will begin at 3:30 p.m. in the College of Law, RDB 1100, at Modesto A. Maidique Campus. [...]
She’s still an undergraduate, but Elizabeth Tapanes, a biological sciences major in the School of Environment, Arts and Society, already has five years of research experience under her belt with the DuMond Conservancy for Primates and Tropical Forests. Her research with owl monkeys, a species common in Central and South [...]
FIU has received grant to study the adverse effects of algae and microbes on coral reefs. The $822,000 grant is funded by the National Science Foundation. “Healthy fish and marine populations thrive on healthy coral reefs,” said Deron Burkepile, a Marine Sciences professor in the Department in Biological Sciences. “Human beings also [...]
FIU student Daniel J. Tapanes was recently honored as the 2011-2012 Student of the Year at the annual National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC) conference in Phoenix, Ariz. The recognition is the only NCHC award given to students by a student board. It is given to scholars that are highly involved in [...]
Eight FIU graduate students were awarded the 2011-12 Cristina Menendez Fellowship by the Southeast Environmental Research Center (SERC) and the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians to support their ongoing research in the Everglades. The grants, worth $7,500 each, were given to students in the Biological Sciences, Earth and Environment and Chemistry and Biochemistry departments in the College [...]
This is the first post in an occasional series exploring some of the special spaces and unique attributes of the campuses of FIU. It’s an oasis of calm amidst the hustle and bustle of Modesto A. Maidique Campus. The Herbert and Nicole Wertheim Conservatory houses a mini tropical rainforest featuring [...]
Name: Steve Oberbauer Hometown: El Cajon, Calif. Job Title/Department: Professor, Biological Sciences Campus: Modesto A. Maidique Campus In a nutshell: I am a plant physiological ecologist. (Ed. note: Click here to find out more about Oberbauer’s research, which takes him to the Alaskan tundra, the Costa Rican rainforest and the [...]
