Center for Canopy Ecology is happy to announce re-location to the campus of New College of Florida. Watch for details — office will be housed in the Keating Center for the New College Foundation.

Dr. Meg Lowman, Professor of Environmental Studies at New College of Florida, and research assistant Bryson Voirin, third-year student at New College, are among the invitees to an international forest canopy conference this week in Cornwall, UK. The Eden Project, as it is known, is an indoor botanical gardens and research center specializing in attaining a more environmentally sustainable future. For the next week, Dr. Lowman and Mr. Voirin will be engaging in lectures on recent research and demonstrations of the latest advancements in canopy research.
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(Sarasota) New College of Florida is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Margaret Lowman as Professor of Biology and Environmental Studies. Dr. Lowman is the first full-time faculty member of the Environmental Studies program, founded in 1972 by former New College president John Elmendorf. Dr. Lowman joins co-directors Jono Miller and Julie Morris, New College graduates who have coordinated the program since 1981. An interdisciplinary program, Environmental Studies draws students from varied backgrounds to bring their diverse skills to bear on questions regarding the relationship between people and the environment.
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