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From Coastal Ecosystems to Cultural Exchanges, a Fulbright in Fiji this Fall

Academy of Natural Sciences

This year, five Drexel students and recent alumni have been selected as recipients, including the Academy’s own Curatorial Assistant Daouda Njie, a recent graduate of Drexel’s Department of Biodiversity, Earth and Environmental Science who was awarded a study research grant to Fiji. I think you’d be good.

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Stanford’s Sustainability School: A Good Model?

Legal Planet

Ecology and conservation biology are an example: climate change will have a huge impact on ecology, but shifts in ecology (especially tropical rainforests) also impact climate change. More fundamentally, sustainability problems are interconnected and lend themselves to interdisciplinary study. Sending a Message.

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Effecting Change with a Fulbright Fellowship

Academy of Natural Sciences

For Akilah Chatman, a Biodiversity, Earth and Environmental Science (BEES) graduate from Drexel University, every day was a new adventure: climbing waterfalls, jumping from cliffs, exploring rainforests, befriending frogs and lizards, inspecting flora, gardening with their mother and so much more.

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Guide to Parasitology

Environmental Science

It is widespread in tropical rainforests where ants are prevalent and a vital part of the ecosystem. This is largely an area of medical science overlapping with treatment and vaccine research to ensure minimal impact of sickness on human health and economics and livelihood. Climate Change Spreading Disease.

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Conservation: History and Future

Environmental Science

Most sciences are about looking for answers to problems within the data generated and devising tests to solve them. Most sciences are about looking for answers to problems within the data generated and devising tests to solve them. Sponsored Content. Conservation, Ethics, Philosophy. Conservationism is slightly different.