Category Archives: museums

Biodiversity, Research, and Education at the Field Museum (Updated 23 May 2013)

Posted on May 23, 2013 by

Back in September of 2012, Roosevelt University SUST major Kristina Lugo* and SUST professor Mike Bryson participated in an biodiversity education planning session at Chicago’s Field Museum of Natural History, led by museum botanist and adjunct curator Dr. Matt von … Continue reading →

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Dispatches from Uganda: Threats to Habitat, Biodiversity, and Sustainability — and Discoveries of Giant Rabbits!

Posted on January 27, 2013 by

Julian Kerbis Peterhans, a professor of natural science and sustainability studies in RU’s College of Professional Studies and an adjunct curator of mammals at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, is spending a year as a Fulbright Scholar … Continue reading →

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Biodiversity Research in Uganda: Another Report from the Field by SUST Prof. Julian Kerbis Peterhans

Posted on October 9, 2012 by

Julian Kerbis Peterhans, a professor of natural science and sustainability studies in RU’s College of Professional Studies and an adjunct curator of mammals at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, is spending a year as a Fulbright Scholar … Continue reading →

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Conservation in Uganda: A Report from the Field by SUST Prof. Julian Kerbis Peterhans

Posted on September 12, 2012 by

Julian Kerbis Peterhans, a professor of natural science and sustainability studies in RU’s College of Professional Studies and an adjunct curator of mammals at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, is spending a year as a Fulbright Scholar … Continue reading →

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Bike Tour: Discover Northerly Island and the South Loop with Roosevelt’s Sustainability Studies Program

Posted on September 3, 2012 by

WHAT:  Come one, come all for a free Bike Tour of Chicago’s Northerly Island and the South Loop, led by faculty from the Sustainability Studies Program at Roosevelt. WHEN:  Friday, September 7, 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.  Meet at 4:00 p.m. … Continue reading →

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Bike Tour: Discover Northerly Island and the South Loop with Roosevelt’s Sustainability Studies Program

Posted on September 1, 2012 by

WHAT:  Come one, come all for a free Bike Tour of Chicago’s Northerly Island and the South Loop, led by faculty from the Sustainability Studies Program at Roosevelt. WHEN:  Friday, September 7, 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.  Meet at 4:00 p.m. … Continue reading →

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Biodiversity Professor Julian Kerbis Peterhans begins a Fulbright Year in Uganda

Posted on August 25, 2012 by

Julian Kerbis Peterhans, a professor of natural science and sustainability studies in RU’s College of Professional Studies and an adjunct curator of mammals at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, accepted a Fulbright Scholarship for a full academic … Continue reading →

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Studying Biodiversity at the Field Museum

Posted on June 2, 2011 by

This past spring, the Sustainability Studies program offered its inaugural section of SUST 330 Biodiversity as a hands-on learning and research experience at the famed Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. One of the students in the class, Amanda Zeigler, … Continue reading →

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