Summer Ecosystem Experience for Undergraduates: El Yunque National Forest, Puerto Rico | UW School of Environmental and Forest S
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For undergraduates:
Live and learn at the El Verde Field Station, a premier research facility operated by the Institute for Tropical Ecosystem Studies at the University of Puerto Rico. Study within the El Yunque National Forest, the only tropical forest within the United States Forest System (USFS):
- Immerse yourself within the forest which contains a wide diversity of flora and fauna, including species of trees, epiphytes, reptiles, amphibians, birds, aquatic invertebrates and fungi, many of which occur nowhere else in the world.
- Explore the ecology and biodiversity of coral reefs and mangrove forests. Snorkel alongside marine biologists at Isla Magueyes, an island off the southwestern coast home to the Department of Marine Sciences of the University of Puerto Rico.
- Visit Las Cabezas, a Conservation Trust reserve protecting a unique and fragile bioluminescentbay, and take part in a guided night tour that exposes the incredible diversity and activity of the forest’s nocturnal species.
- Interact with engaging research scientists and visiting undergradutes from other universities as they conduct inventories of the unique plant and animal communities of the El Yunque Rainforest.
Special fellowship funding is available from EICES.
Rolling Admissions. Our next application review date is April 1, 2013.
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- Earn 6 points of science credit from Columbia University in just 5 weeks.
- Takes place in one of four environmental hotspots or human impacted field sites.
- Students at all colleges and universities may apply*
- Designed for students of all majors. No prerequisites required to enroll.
*You are responsible for confirming that the credits from the SEE-U program are transferable and may be applied to your current academic program. If you have any questions or if your academic advisor would like to speak with one of our faculty members please contact us.
Who we are:
EICES, the Earth Institute Center for Environmental Sustainability at Columbia University is dedicated to building environmental leadership and solving complex issues in environmental sustainability. Now in its thirteenth year, SEE-U is among our premiere educational offerings taught by faculty who are dedicated to communicating the science that supports deep understanding of the issues of sustainability.
Interested in learning more? Contact:
Desmond Beirne, Manager of Education Programs
E-mail: djb2104
Phone: 212-854-0149
