Herbarium Biodiversity Fellows
June 14, 2013
Hali Steinmann '15 and Nathan Bourne '09 talk about their Fellowship positions with the Sewanee Herbarium in the latest issue of the Plant Press.
The biology department provides an outstanding and rigorous classroom- and laboratory- based education to majors and non-majors and is committed to developing and supporting interdisciplinary innovations. The department places a high value on developing skills in critical thinking, collaborative work, communication, and problem solving, while also fostering the values of integrity, responsibility, and empathy for other organisms. Promoting science as an integral part of the liberal arts, students are prepared for careers addressing societal challenges. A broad biological foundation combined with opportunities for exploration of specific areas is emphasized.
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Sewanee’s very own endangered species
June 12, 2013
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This week, Herbarium Biodiversity Fellows Hali Steinmann, C'15, Callie Oldfield, C'15 and Nathan Bourne, C'11, joined State Botanist Todd Crabtree on a hunt for Clematis morefieldii, an endangered plant species found nowhere else in world except on the Domain and a few other surrounding plateau locations.
Video update on Sewanee’s agroforestry project in Bois Joli, Haiti
June 12, 2013
Biology professor Deb McGrath and students are working toward a potential solution to the twin problems of poverty and deforestation in Haiti: payment for ecosystem services. They are using agroforestry to produce both coffee for export and carbon offsets. A video slideshow documents their progress.
