Amy Thompson
  • MA Zoology
  • Class of 2014
  • Cincinnati, Ohio

Cincinnati, Ohio resident Amy Thompson to study in Borneo

2014 Apr 28

Cincinnati, Ohio (45122) resident Amy Thompson, a master's student in the Advanced Inquiry Program (AIP) from Miami University's Project Dragonfly and Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden , will travel to Borneo in summer 2014 to study primate conservation.

Thompson is a vivarium supervisor for Kelly Outsourcing and Consulting Group.

More information about Thompson's 2014 course is located at http://www.earthexpeditions.org/borneo. (If link is inactive, copy the url into a new browser window or visit www.earthexpeditions.org and click on the student's country name.)

Since the program began 10 years ago, Earth Expeditions graduate courses from Miami University's Project Dragonfly have engaged more than 1,500 people in firsthand educational and scientific research at critical conservation field sites in Africa, Australia, Asia and the Americas. Dragonfly's AIP master's program began in 2010 with the Chicago Zoological Society-Brookfield Zoo and Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden. The program is now also offered at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, Denver Zoo, Phoenix Zoo, San Diego Zoo Global, Wildlife Conservation Society/Bronx Zoo and Woodland Park Zoo (Seattle).

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