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Meet Jill Stewart and the Program

A clean, tidy office lies at the end of the secured hallway. A bobble head turtle sits in the middle of a shelf. Underneath, magazines sport mighty Komodo Dragons on their covers.

Jill Stewart came to UNC for her Master’s and Ph.D. She is now the deputy director of the UNC Galapagos Program and an associate professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering. During the summers, Stewart travels to the UNC Science Center in the Galapagos to guide students in their scientific research.

“I love bring down there,” said Stewart, during an interview last Monday. “You can see a living laboratory right in front of you.” Read more.

Margaret (Peggy) Bentley and Rachel Page published in the Maternal and Child Health Journal

Posted 2 years ago

Distinguished Professor of Global Nutrition Margaret (Peggy) Bentley and UNC graduate Rachel Page recently traveled to the Galapagos Islands to pioneer health research for the mothers of young children. Mothers on Isla Isabela shared their self-perception of body size through … Continued

National Geographic awards grant for Schmitt’s Galapagos research

Posted 3 years ago

  Sarah Schmitt’s Geography Ph.D. research in the Galapagos is funded by the Geological Society of America and the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program. Now it’s time to add National Geographic to the list. Schmitt has received a National … Continued

Madelyn Percy awarded CZO-SAVI Program grant

Posted 3 years ago

Ph.D. student Madelyn Percy has been awarded a grant from the NSF Critical Zone Observatory (CZO) Science Across Virtual Institutes (SAVI) Program for her promising work in the Galapagos. That’s an eight-letter acronym – so, what exactly is the CZO-SAVI Program? … Continued

Ph.D. students Sarah Schmitt and Madelyn Percy awarded research grants from the Geological Society of America

Posted 3 years ago

The Geological Society of America has awarded student research grants for work in the Galapagos to UNC Ph.D. students Sarah Schmitt and Madelyn Percy. Schmitt, a first-year graduate student in Geography, will conduct research on “Understanding Spatial and Temporal Patterns … Continued

Kelly Houck wins immunology award for Galapagos work

Posted 3 years ago

Kelly Houck, a graduate associate of the Center for Galapagos Studies, was awarded the First Place in the Emerging Leader in Nutritional Immunology Competition by the American Society for Nutrition at the 2015 Experimental Biology Conference. Her presentation on Effects of … Continued

Galapagos Science Center installs photovoltaic solar panels

Posted 4 years ago

The joint UNC-USFQ Galapagos Science Center located in San Cristobal, Galapagos, has installed a set of photovoltaic solar panels for electricity generation. These panels are being used to supply part of the electricity needs of the research center. Due to … Continued

Baseline animal health assessment underway in the Galapagos

Posted 4 years ago

From 3 September through 21 September, 2014 a multinational team of marine biologists, veterinary health professionals, and Parque Nacional Galápagos (PNG – Galapagos National Park) wildlife officers conducted thorough health assessments of three endemic species on five different islands in … Continued