Education News

In fall 2011 the graduate student co-chairs, Sally Koerner and Kim La Pierre, plan to submit a proposal for a graduate student symposium to take place the day before the 7^th All Scientists Meeting (ASM) in September 2012.  Past graduate student symposiums have led to productive interactions between graduate students through career panel discussions, graduate student presentations on cross site work, and student-led and -organized working groups. 

Natasha Goss, a 14-year-old who worked with LTER mentors at the Niwot Ridge Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) site in Colorado, has been awarded a 2011 Goldwater Scholarship for undergraduates.<

Kate Bennett, a 5th grade Schoolyard Ecology Teacher working with Harvard Forest LTER, has just published an article in the National Science Teacher Association’s journal, Science and Chil

Sally Koerner recently joined Chelse Prather as replacement for Amber Hardison in the Graduate Student Committee co-chair position.

The LTER network provides a unique opportunity to facilitate synthetic research across sites.

Sixteen 5th graders from Cottonwood Valley Charter School (CVCS) in Socorro, NM and their teacher, Karen Gram, embarked on an adventure at the Sevilleta Bosque Ecosystem Monitoring Program (BEMP) site on Monday, October 19, 2009.

Felix Varela Senior High school student Christopher Sanchez has always been enthusiastic about the research he conducts with FCE scientists.

LTER graduate students gathered for their third Graduate Student Symposium (GSS) on September 13th, 2009, at Estes Park, CO, before the formal opening of the All Scientists Meeting.