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Field biology changes student perspectives
Instructors Marc Goebel and Kira Treibergs work to ensure that students in Introductory Field Biology (NTRES 2100) have a collaborative learning experience. Student teams build confidence through collaborating on field research and learning to read the landscape.
  • Natural Resources and the Environment Section
  • Environment
  • Nature
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Cornell student finds invasive water flea in Oneida Lake
Known to wreak havoc on the aquatic food chain, the flea was discovered by Josh Appel ’22 during routine work in Natural Resources 2100, a field biology class. Groups of students from the class, taught by senior lecturer Paul Rodewald and...
  • Biological Field Station
  • Natural Resources and the Environment Section
  • Organisms