Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB)

EEB STUDENT SUPPORT ‑ 310424

Our summer scholarship supports “abe scholars”, a 10-week program where students pursue their research under the guidance of an EEB mentor. 

"Katie Kinney's summer research program focused on identifying parasites in fluid-preserved bat specimens in the mammal collections. She focused on gastrointestinal parasites, and found some positive results. We are currently doing some dissections of the stomach and intestines to verify those data, and we are considering expanding her project into an undergraduate thesis." -Cody Thompson Collection Manager, Division of Mammals and Associate Research Scientist

"Macy Arnett (pictured working in the Biodiversity Lab, extracting DNA from starlings) “Macy had never taken a lab course or worked in a lab prior to her internship, and she took to it amazingly! She's now continuing to work with Jill Myers to help maintain the lab during the academic year, and I'm really glad that she's enjoying lab-based work so much. In addition to her lab work, Macy helped me work through historical sightings of starlings throughout North America, and converted many field notes and natural history observations into categorical and quantitative data that we'll use in a few upcoming publications." -Natalie Hofmeister, Assistant Professor

Read more about student experiences and how it impacted their research goals on our newsletter here. 

Our goal this year is to fundraise $6,000 -the amount needed to support one student through the whole 10-week program.   

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