John Bender to Study Overseas

2013 May 20

A local resident has been selected to participate in summer 2013 global graduate studies on the Southeast Asian island of Borneo.

Beginning in mid-June, Lincoln Park Zoo (Department of Conservation an... staff member John Bender of Lincoln Park (60614), will study primate conservation strategies on the Southeast Asian island of Borneo. More information about Bender's course is located at http://earthexpeditions.muohio.edu/borneo.

The graduate courses from Miami University's Project Dragonfly are based on Earth Expeditions, which has engaged more than 1,400 people since 2004 in firsthand educational and scientific research at critical conservation field sites in Africa, Australia, Asia and the Americas. More information is located at www.EarthExpeditions.org.