Students utilize power mac clones in three of our labs more frequently than microscopes.
With the networking available, students are able to analyze data, search the extensive data banks of the NIH, put together project presentations, check assignments and study guides, and maintain computerized lab notebooks. Don't worry if you didn't see Mike Farris, biology professor and director of the environmental studies program, during January. Kathy Shea for Costa Rica, a small country with nearly every type of tropical habitat. The group studied the ecology and conservation biology of three main areas in Costa Rica. Their first week was spent at a biological field station in La Selva studying the tropical rain forest.