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BioCursos: Connecting human ingenuity and nature

OTS is pleased to announce the relaunch of our BioCursos program, an initiative that seeks to make the natural world available to our community in an experiential way.  BioCursos is aimed at adults who love nature, promoting environmental education and access to science. In November 2024, OTS participated in the...
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January 30, 2025 by Jennifer Kelley
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News from the Board and President/CEO – January 2025

Connecting with you in 2025! For OTS, 2024 was a year for renewing long-standing connections and making new ones. Over a year ago, on a trip to Las Cruces for the closing reception of the show of artist Deirdre Hyde, former OTS Board Chair George Middendorf and President/CEO Beth Braker...
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January 30, 2025 by Jennifer Kelley
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OTS Attends the U.N. sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP16) in Cali, Colombia

In late October, OTS Director for Strategic Engagement Carlos Silva traveled to Cali as part of a delegation of more than 20 people from the Ecological Society of America (ESA) to attend COP16, the latest round of negotiations among 196 signatory nations to the Convention on Biological Diversity. The Convention...
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January 30, 2025 by Jennifer Kelley
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Alumni Ambassador spotlight – January 2025

Photo: Darren Lowery An interview with Darren Lowery, African Ecology and Conservation, Fall 2024 What made you decide to do an OTS program? I decided to do an OTS program, because I believed it would be an invaluable experience. I had also heard so many great things about it from...
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January 30, 2025 by Ian Crowell
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Announcing the Dr. Nora Bynum Fund for Inclusion

To celebrate the work of Dr. Nora Bynum, who retired last fall from her position as OTS Dean of Academic Programs, OTS announces the Dr. Nora Bynum Fund for Inclusion. Nora has had a profound influence on OTS through her work in education and tropical conservation. She served as OTS...
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January 30, 2025 by David Moon
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News from Admissions – January 2025

Tropical Biology, Spring 2025 OTS Admissions proudly welcomes our Spring 2025 undergraduate cohorts! Our African Ecology and Conservation program in South Africa has reached its largest enrollment since pre-pandemic times, and our Tropical Biology on a Changing Planet program in Costa Rica continues to grow in its second semester since...
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January 30, 2025 by Ian Crowell