U.S.-Australia Summer Institute for Undergraduates in Tropical Biology

9809896新墨西哥大学普通荣誉项目的Shepherd教授和她在澳大利亚的同行，包括达尔文市CSIRO热带生态系统研究中心的John A.Ludwig博士，将于1998年夏天为12名美国本科生和2名研究生提供热带生物学的夏季研究体验。学生们将参观卡卡杜国家公园附近的CSIRO研究设施，在那里他们将协助John Ludwig博士和Rosalind Blanche博士正在进行的热带稀树草原研究工作。他们还将接受澳大利亚研究人员的演讲，并参观一些生态和文化遗址。在他们返回新墨西哥州后，他们将举行一次研讨会，介绍他们的工作成果。

9809896 Shepherd Professor Ursula Shepherd of the General Honors Program of the University of New Mexico and her counterparts in Australia, including Dr. John A. Ludwig of the Tropical Ecosystems Research Center, CSIRO, Darwin, will provide a summer research experience in tropical biology in the summer of 1998 for twelve American undergraduate students and two graduate students. The students will visit CSIRO research facilities near Kakadu National Park where they will assist Drs. John Ludwig and Rosalind Blanche in their ongoing work on tropical savannas. They will also receive lectures from Australian researchers and visit a number of ecological and cultural sites. Upon their return to New Mexico, they will conduct a symposium at which they will present the results of their work.