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Drs. Helen Michaels (left) and Karen Root at a campus pond used as a teaching site for the new ecology and conservation biology
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New biology track prepares students for ecology, conservation work
Students with a passion for the environment and preserving the diversity of life can now follow a course of study at BGSU
tailored to their interests. The biological sciences department last fall added a specialization in ecology and conservation
(ECB) that will prepare graduates for the growing number of jobs requiring knowledge in both areas.
The curriculum provides a strong foundation in basic biology, genetics, ecology, evolution and conservation biology, with
the addition of focused coursework in biodiversity, organismal biology, statistics and geographic information systems (GIS).
The curriculum gives a “unifying foundation that cuts across all organisms, habitats, environments and scales,” and provides
a customized path and the proper sequence of classes, said ECB advisor Dr. Karen Root, biology.
“This is really timely,” said biologist Dr. Helen Michaels, lead designer of the program. “There’s a great deal of public
support now for conservation and dealing with the environment’s problems. People realize that dealing with problems now will
help put us ahead of the curve.”
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Alan Lord to assist Romanians as Fulbright Scholar
Early next year, Dr. Alan Lord, the Ernst & Young Professor of Accounting at BGSU, will be in Romania as a Fulbright Scholar.
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BGSU doctoral student gets Fulbright to study Korean performing art
Supported by a Fulbright Fellowship for Research, Ph.D. student J.L. Murdoch will spend part of the 2008-09 academic year
in South Korea studying Talchum, a form of folk theatre.
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Lu in Stockholm by invitation of Nobel committee
Ohio Eminent Scholar Dr. Peter Lu, photochemical sciences, is in Stockholm this week to address a Nobel symposium.
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