Student Blogs
Nicholas Students share their experiences -- on campus and off
From the Trenches
Nicholas Students tell it like it is....our student blog.
Read about life at the Nicholas School from folks who live it every day.
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Travel Blogs
Much of the work we do at the Nicholas School requires trips to exotic locations. Hear from the students and researchers what it's like to study turtles in Trinidad, conservation in Hawaii....and much more.
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Summer Internship Blogs
Internships are an integral part of the Nicholas Experience. Below is a sample of our students' internship experiences.
Summer 2009: The Economics of Water in China
MEM Student Wyley Hodgson blogs about the economics of providing clean water to the people of the Lake Tai region of China
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Summer 2009: Water Quality in Lake Tai, China
MEM Student Alicia Burtner blogs on the need for clean water solutions in the overpopulated Lake Tai region of China
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Summer 2009: Clean Energy in California
Jason Levinn (MEM '10) discusses clean energy options as he interns with Better Place in Palo Alto, CA
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Summer 2008: Bird Population Changes in El Salvador
Kala Wolfe (MEM '09) works with SalvaNATURA to monitor bird population changes in different habitats, including a coffee plantation.
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Summer 2008: Preservation of Western Ranchland
Alex Michalko (MEM/MBA '10) is working at Beartooth Capital Partners in Bozeman, MT partnering with land trusts to conduct habitat restoration projects and enhance conservation values on ranchland.
Alex contributes to the Nicholas Student blog from the trenches.
Read about her internship there >
Summer 2008: Lemur Health and Conservation
Program in Ecology student Meredith Barrett travels to Madagascar to investigate the health of the island's main residents.
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Summer 2007: Agritourism in Japan
Mike Donohue (MEM '08) travels to Sapporo, Japan to determine if sustainable agriculture offers a competitive advantage in agritourism activities.
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Mike also contributes to the Nicholas Student Blog from the trenches >
Summer 2007: Financial Planning and Management of Assateague National Seashore
Brandon Warner (MEM '08) works with the National Parks Business Plan Initiative to identify operational and investment priorities and strategies for Assateague National Seashore.
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Summer 2007: Fisheries Monitoring in Cape Cod
Caitlin Luderer (MEM '08) works on the fisheries monitoring program for the Cape Cod Commercial Hook Fishermen’s Association.
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Summer 2006: Mapping Ocean Species' Distribution
Aja Peters-Mason (MEM '07) travels to Bermuda with the Bermuda Biodiversity Project to help monitor and map coral reef species abundance and diversity.
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Summer 2006: Trout Health in the Pacific Northwest
Dean-Lorenz Szumylo (MEM '07) works with Trout Unlimited in the Big Lost River Basin of central Idaho, studying the causes of Whirling Disease.
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Summer 2006: Tracking the Elusive Fossa
Led by PhD candidate Luke Dollar, MEM students travel to Madagascar to study the elusive fossa.
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Summer 2006: The Business of Alternative Energy
Oliver Ferrari (MEM '07) work in Houston, Texas with J.S. Herold Inc. to look into informational products and services that can be provided to those working and investing in the alternative energy market space.
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Summer 2005: Expedition to Madagascar
PhD candidate Luke Dollar continues his study of the fossa in Madagascar.
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Summer 2005: Sea Turtles in the Caribbean
Ruba Marshood (MEM '06) studies sea turtles at the United Nations Environment Programme - Caribbean Environment Program in Kingston, Jamaica.
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Ruba continues to work with UNEP in Nairobi, Fall 2005 >
Summer 2005: Conservation in Peru
PhD candidate Wayne Mayer travels to the Cordillera Azul National Park in Peru to study the sustainable harvesting of palm fibers.
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Summer 2004: Climate Change and Air Pollution in Washington, DC
Sarah Mazur (MEM '05) works with the Physicians for Social Responsibility to increase awareness of the connections between health and the environment.
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Summer 2004: Conservation in Madagascar
PhD candidate Luke Dollar returns to Madagascar to continue his study of the elusive fossa.
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Summer 2004: Water Managment in South Africa
Melanie Biscoe (MEM '05) works at the System-wide Initiative on Malaria and Agriculture in the International Water Management Institute in Africa.
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Summer 2003: Fisheries Conservation in Maine
Rachel Strader (MEM '04) travels to Maine to work with the Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance.
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Summer 2003: Tracking the Elusive Fossa
PhD candidate Luke Dollar leads an expedition to Madagascar to track the island's only major predator.
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