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"Through the
Life Sciences
Enhancement Fund...
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I
was able to attend the Tropical
Plant Systematics Course offered
through the Organization of Tropical Studies in Costa
Rica this summer. This course was a unique opportunity
for me to study a number of varieties of
tropical plants in the field and
to expand my expertise in
plant systematics. I
had the opportunity to enhance
my skills in field research,
inventory methods, and
data analysis; to study plant
composition in diverse tropical
habitats around six biological
stations; and to interact with
fellow researchers.
This course, for
me, was a dream come
true. Although I am primarily a
plant systematist, I now have a much
broader appreciation of and interest
in biodiversity, conservation biology,
pollination biology, and seed
dispersal.
Thank
you for providing support for such specialized courses through your annual
gifts to the Life Sciences
Enhancement Fund."
Fengjie Sun, graduate
student in Plant Biology
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The
Organization for Tropical Studies is a nonprofit consortium of 56
universities and research institutions in the U.S., Latin America, and
Australia. Founded in 1963, OTS is dedicated to providing leadership in
education, research, and the responsible
use of natural
resources in the tropics. The University of Illinois has been a member
since 1990.
The Life
Sciences Enhancement Fund, supported through gifts by our alumni and
friends, provides course tuition for qualified
graduate students;
the student’s department and advisor cover travel and other expenses. |
You may give on-line, www.uif.uillinois.edu/Gift/.
This
newsletter is published by the School of Integrative Biology and the School of
Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Editor: Jana Waite. Send comments and suggestions to j-waite@life.uiuc.edu
Updated 02/13/01 |
