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News from Admissions – September 2024

We are very excited to welcome undergraduate students to both South Africa and Costa Rica for the Fall 2024 semester. This marks the official relaunch of the Tropical Biology on a Changing Planet undergraduate semester program. Applications are now open for the Spring 2025 semester! In Spring 2025, we will...
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September 30, 2024 by Jennifer Kelley
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An excerpt: “Driven by Nature: A Personal Journey from Shanghai to Botany and Global Sustainability”

Driven by Nature: A Personal Journey from Shanghai to Botany and Global Sustainability Peter H. Raven Photo credit: Missouri Botanical Garden Press The following is an excerpt from Peter H. Raven's autobiographical memoir, Driven by Nature: A Personal Journey from Shanghai to Botany and Global Sustainability.  "Tom Emmel, one of...
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September 30, 2024 by Peter H. Raven (submitted by Kyle Harms)
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RECORE Board Elections 2024

Recent elections to the Costa Rican Network for Ecological Restoration (RECORE) Board of Directors included current and former OTSers. The following OTSers were elected: Roberto Cordero Solórzano, former OTS Assistant Director of the La Selva Research Station, delegate, and board member, was elected President. Urpi Castañeda Willca, Ecología Tropical y...
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September 30, 2024 by Jennifer Kelley
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News from the board – March 2024

The OTS Board of Directors met in Costa Rica on March 12-16, 2024.  On March 13, we visited urban ecology research and conservation projects in San José, and then met at the Costa Rican Office, leading with remarks by outgoing Chair, George Middendorf. That evening, OTS hosted an event to...
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September 30, 2024 by Erin Kuprewicz, University of Connecticut
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Science Happenings at OTS – September 2024

Sofía Rodríguez presenting at the Barro Colorado Island 100th Anniversary Symposium OTS represented at Barro Colorado Island 100th Anniversary Symposium. Dr. Sofia Rodriguez, OTS Costa Rica Director of Academic Programs, attended the 100th anniversary symposium of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in June 2024. As part of a workshop on...
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September 30, 2024 by Jennifer Kelley
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Diversos sectores se unen en jornada de recolección de envases y empaques de agroquímicos en Talamanca

Instituciones, gobiernos locales, organizaciones comunitarias, empresas privadas y más se unirán este próximo viernes 10 de mayo en una jornada de recolección de envases y empaques de agroquímicos en Talamanca. Con el liderazgo del Ministerio de Salud en su Área Rectora del cantón y el Proyecto Conectando Comunidades y Ecosistemas...
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May 8, 2024 by Andres Mendez