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Latin Americanist Professors Jeff Chambers and Tom Sherry Featured in Fall 2009 Tulanian

January 6th, 2010

Drs. Jeffrey Chambers and Thomas Sherry, both professors of ecology and evolutionary biology, were featured in the Fall 2009 Tulanian article “175 Ways Tulane Has Rocked the World.” Featured at #120, Chambers was noted for his determination that the destruction of forest trees from Hurricane Katrina was enough to cancel out a year’s worth of new tree growth in all other U.S. forests which has the potential to increase the rate of global warming. Sherry, in turn, was featured at #121 for his investigations on wintering ecology of migratory birds in Jamaica which showed that the survival of the Black-throated Blue Warbler tracks the El Niño-La Niña climate fluctuations in the Caribbean. His work indicates that the birds are likely to decline in association with global warming with the intensification of droughts over time.

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Friday Aug 9

Two-week Public Service summer program in Ecuador

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Center for Public Service: International Programs
Ecuador: Tropical Field Biology and Conservation
Chocó Rainforest, Ecuador | Tentative dates: August 9 – August 23, 2013

Application deadline: January 28, 2013
Deadline extended!

All majors are welcome to apply to spend two weeks in the Andes Mountains of Ecuador. Ecuador: Tropical Field Biology and Conservation gives students the opportunity to apply the theory and knowledge they have acquired in the classroom to the real world. Students will travel with Dr. Karubian and Dr. Duraes to Ecuador for a two-week intensive field course. While on the course, students will experience first-hand the challenges and rewards of conducting field research and implementing conservation activities in tropical environments. These activities will take place within a context of community engagement based on active collaboration and interaction with Ecuadorian local residents in a variety of contexts.

For more information, click here to visit the Center for Public Service’s page on this program.