Yosemite, Calif., resident Kimberly Laizer to study in Borneo

2017 Jun 20

Yosemite, Calif., resident Kimberly Laizer, a current master's student in the Global Field Program (GFP) from Miami University's Project Dragonfly, will travel to Borneo in August 2017. Laizer will study Borneo's primate denizens, including the orangutan, and develop new ways to engage communities worldwide in primate conservation.

Laizer is an education manager at NatureBridge, Yosemite National Park.

More information about Laizer's 2017 course can be found at http://www.earthexpeditions.org. Click Borneo.

Since the program began 13 years ago, Project Dragonfly's Earth Expeditions graduate courses have engaged more than 2,000 people in firsthand educational and scientific research at critical conservation field sites in Africa, Australia, Asia and the Americas. Dragonfly is located in the department of biology at Miami University, a state university in Oxford, Ohio. Miami was established in 1809 and is listed as one of the eight original Public Ivies.

Learn more about Project Dragonfly on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/PrjDragonfly.