UNC Center for Galapagos Studies and the Galapagos Science Center recently hosted its first Galapagos Day on UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus titled Galapagos Day: Building Healthy Ecosystems on a Changing Planet. This event successfully brought together global researchers, students, … Read more

The UNC Center for Galapagos Studies received a $600,000 contribution from the Royal Caribbean Group to support research and learning initiatives, enabling the expansion of research projects, community outreach programs, and student engagement. The UNC Center for Galapagos Studies partners … Read more

While most college students dedicate their summers to interning at typical offices, Lizzy Glazer finds herself in the Galapagos embracing adventure, immersing herself in Ecuadorian culture, and learning from nature firsthand. In July 2024, after a two-day excursion on a … Read more

Ecuador, October 2024.- In a joint effort to promote sustainability and improve water resource management, Plastigama Wavin, the Ecuador Water Security Coalition, Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ) with its Galápagos campus, and the Galapagos Science Center (GSC) implemented the … Read more

Faculty and students from the UNC School of Nursing recently attended the Simposio de Investigación y Conservación de Galápagos/VI Galápagos Research Symposium to share their groundbreaking research and engage with the local community and fellow researchers. The trip not only … Read more

UNC doctoral student Sarah McGlothlin will spend the next year leading original research at the Galapagos Science Center, a research facility co-founded and co-operated by UNC-Chapel Hill and Universidad San Francisco de Quito. She isn’t a marine biologist or an … Read more

Practicum education is an integral part of every unlicensed social worker’s training, placing students in a work environment with professional caregivers and advocates. Each student pursuing a master’s degree in social work first takes on a generalized practicum assignment, and … Read more

Childhood obesity is at an all-time high in the U.S., a trend mirrored across Latin America. Researchers working on interventions to reverse this trend shared recent results and lessons learned at the Childhood Obesity Prevention Across Borders project, coordinated by … Read more

The VI Symposium on Research and Conservation of Galapagos, a multidisciplinary event that brings together experts and the community, concluded successfully after presenting the most relevant scientific research conducted in the archipelago.

Sarah Darwin, the British botanist, conservationist, author, and scientific researcher who is also the great-great-granddaughter of Charles Darwin. It’s her first time returning to San Cristóbal in 24 years. She also learned more about the Galapagos Science Center’s work with the … Read more