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Plant Biology students took the summer by the stem, by the handle, and even by the cactus—interning all over the country and getting real-world experience. Sixteen plant biology majors and minors were engaged in internships during 2014, mostly during the summer, and many of them through the Department of Environmental […]

By Chris Benson Junior Majoring in Plant Biology Having heard about the benefits of interning, I started working with Harvey Ballard (Associate Professor in Plant Biology), in the fall of 2014 to find an internship that would meet my goals. We found a great opportunity at the United States Department […]

By Sean Demme Environmental & Plant Biology Major As we move away from our atrocious waste management habits of the industrial age, the obvious rise in recycling efforts has taken place. Before the time of mass production, recycling was a more common practice as it was much cheaper to reuse […]

By Jeremy Held ’17 HTC Plant Biology Major Summer internship, Edge of Appalachia Preserve in Adams County, OH One of the biggest challenges at Edge of Appalachia, and any preserve for that matter, is invasive plants. For a large preserve like EOA, the most effective way to treat these invasive […]

By Jean Andrews Physics & Astronomy From observing ozone phenomena to building micro-scale devices, senior Helen Cothrel ’15 HTC Physics, explores her environment to the extreme. This summer she is working at the David Skaggs Research Center in Boulder, CO, to study the Earth’s ozone layer. She received funding through […]

Ben Chamberlain Internship at Bernheim Arboretum & Research Forest Maintaining the Holly Collection is an integral part of the arboretum.  The Holly collection contains over 160 different  cultivars of American hollies. In order to keep the hollies in pristine conditions the staff and interns weed and prune the hollies.

By Evan Apt ’15 Summer intern at Fairchild Botanic Garden This past weekend, Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden hosted the 22nd annual International Mango Festival in Miami, Florida. Over 8,000 guests attended this years festival, which featured the mangos of Columbia. “Over the two days of the festivities we will celebrate the […]