Green Mountain College Hosts a Joint Eco-League Course
Green Mountain College is hosting a joint eco-league course called Humans in Place: Sustainable Business & Community in Vermont. This the second of three joint eco-league courses developed by the eco-league colleges. The first one was a biology-based course co-taught by College of the Atlantic and GMC in the summer of 2010. The third is an Adventure Education course that will be hosted by Northland. The goal of the joint courses is to encourage collaboration and fellowship across the five eco-league schools. In the current course, Associate Professor Karen Fleming is co-teaching with Prof. Kathy Cronen from Alaska Pacific University. One student from APU has joined the seven GMC students in this course that is running from May 9-23. As a field based course, students have been visiting several local organizations as well as enjoyed several guest speakers. Click here to see the class' Facebook page.
Green Mountain College Students Do Research on Carcass Processing
From the Vermont Furbearer Management Newsletter
Volume 11, Spring 2012
A student research group from Green Mountain College joined Vermont Fish & Wildlife, Johnston State College, and University of Vermont in carcass processing sessions. This research may show how the trapping season went and what trappers are seeing as trends from season to season and in various regions of the state. Students help perform the necropsy work, which includes confirming the gender of the animal, determining general health and weight, and extracting some teeth to determine the age. So far, the necropsies suggest that freshly-killed animals may be preferable to the stored and frozen animals when it comes to obtaining the bacteria E-coli.
Duong Vo and Minh Ho Participate in the Hudson River Undergraduate Mathematics Conference
From the GMC Journal
Week of April 24, 2012
Students Duong Vo '12 and Minh Ho '12 participated in the 19th annual Hudson River Undergraduate Mathematics Conference (HRUMC) at Western New England University this past weekend. Their presentation on "Options and Options Pricing" was an introduction to the mathematics of option pricing using a simple binomial model. The HRUMC is a professional mathematics conference designed primarily for undergraduates with students and faculty from more than 30 colleges and universities attending.
Prof. Jordan and Eric Miller '10 Publishes Article
From the GMC Journal
Week of February 6, 2012
MSES alum Eric Miller '10 has co-authored an article with prof. Mark Jordan (biology). It appeared in the most recent issue of the Journal of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science and is titled "Relationship Between Exotic Invasive Shrubs and American Woodcock (Scolopax minor) Nest Success and Habitat Selection." The article, which was part of Eric's MSES thesis research, shows that woodcock preferred to nest in sites with a lower proportion of exotic, invasive shrubs such as multiflora rose and tararian honeysuckle. The article concludes with recommendations for controlling invasive species in order to assist conservation of the American woodcock.
Students, Faculty Present at Conference
From the GMC Journal
Week of April 26, 2011
Prof. Natalie Coe (biochemistry, genetics) and Jennifer Sellers (psychology) accompanied four GMC biology majors, Olesea Cohojari, Minh (Frank) Ho, Elisa Morales, and Brenda Nsambu to the Annual Vermont Genetics Network's Career Day at the DoubleTree Hotel in
South Burlington, VT, on April 13th. Olesea and Brenda jointly presented their current research on successful haplotype analysis (genotyping) in regional American Beech tree populations. Students attended the panel and were actively invovled in post-panel discussions. The panelists stressed the importance of following your true passion, keeping both eyes and minds open to and ready for all possibilities, and to always remember your civic duties.
Northeast Natural History Conference
From the GMC Journal
Week of April 26, 2011
Biology professors Michael Blust, Meriel Brooks and Natalie Coe, along with Carol Shaw (GMC alumna and current science laboratory manager), attended The Northeast Natural History Conference in Albany, N.Y., April 7-8 with several students including Olesea Cohojari, Brenda Nsambu, Samuel Mooney, Lindsay Herlihy, and Gwendolyn Cramer in Albany, N.Y. April 7-8.
Olesea and Brenda presented a poster with Dr. Coe entitled "GIS meets Genetics: Spatial and Molecular Evaluation of Beech Trees Resistant to Beech Bark Disease." Gwendolyn, who has been studying with Dr, Brooks, presented her work on the "Ontogenetic Dietary Shifts of the White Sucker (Castostomus commersoni) in the Poultney River." more...
Blust Approved for Fulbright Specialist Roster
From the GMC Journal
Week of August 30, 2010
Prof. Mike Blust (biology) has been approved for a five-year spot on the Fulbright Specialist Roster for biodiversity survey work on dragonflies and birds. As a Fulbright Specialist candidate, Mike will be considered a potential match for program requests that require someone in his field of expertise. If a match is made, the Fulbright program funds a two to six week visit to the requesting project.
Students Present at Research Consortium
From the GMC Journal
Week of May 10, 2010
GMC students Lindsay Herlihy '11 and Michael Middleman '10 presented their independent research projects at the 2010 Student Research Symposium of the Lake Champlain Research Consortium (LCRC) April 24. The LCRC coordinates and facilitates research at regional colleges and universities. It provides funding for undergraduate research as well as a venue for students to present their research to their peers. Michael and Lindsay are both funded by the LCRC. Michael's project is titled "Microsatellite DNA Analysis of Silver Lamprey (Ichthyomyzon unicuspis) Population Structure in Lake Champlain.” Lindsay's project is titled “Investigating the presence & prevalence of Borellia burgdorferi in peridomestic birds.” Lyme disease is attributed to the microbe B. burgdorferi. Profs. Michael Blust, Meriel Brooks and Mark Jordan, and students Kat Carvajal '12, Emily Heale '12 and Romina Ramos '12 also attended the conference.
Brooks Garners Travel Award for Workshop
From the GMC Journal
Week of May 3, 2010
Prof. Meriel Brooks (biology) has been granted a travel award through the Vermont Genetics Network (VGN) to attend a workshop sponsored by the North East Cyberinfrastructure Consortium and the VGN at the University of Delaware May 23-28. This all expenses paid five day hands-on bioinformatics workshop will enable participants to use common bioinformatics applications and is centered around annotation of the Little Skate genome.
Students Attend Biomedical Career Conference
From the GMC Journal
Week of April 6, 2010
GMC students Elisa Morales '11 and Brenda Nsambu '12 were accepted as two of 700 students from all over the country to attend the Biomedical Careers Student Conference in Boston February 26 and 27. The conference, sponsored by Harvard Medical School, is geared toward students “seriously interested in or currently studying in biomedical, biotechnology and science related fields.” The primary objective is to “provide…African-American, Hispanic and American Indian/Alaska Native students with an opportunity to network with advisors/role models from the basic and clinical sciences, medicine, public health, academic administration and the private sector.”
Coe Writes Chapter on New England Forest
From the GMC Journal
Week of March 15, 2010
for Prof. Natalie Coe (biology) contributed a chapter to a book titled Nature and Culture in the Northern Forest: Region, Heritage, and Environment in the Rural Northeast. It is edited by Pavel Cenkl and is part of the American Land & Life Series published by University of Iowa Press. Natalie’s chapter is titled “Life as Beech: Survival in the New England Forest.”
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