Announcing the Creation of the Philippe Cohen and Cindy Stead OBFS Endowment
At the annual OBFS meeting at La Selva Costa Rica, long time board members and field station directors Philippe Cohen and Cindy Stead made a game changing announcement. They have created the Philippe S. Cohen and Cynthia I. Stead OBFS endowment. A percentage of income from their retirement accounts will be bequeathed to OBFS upon…
Read MoreDeadline to sign up for the Virtual Field Research Coordination Network
We still have room available to join this year’s Virtual Field RCN cohort. Faculty participants in this RCN will implement the Virtual Field (TVF) products (EE-videos, 360-degree videos, and Live from the Field events) in their undergraduate classrooms and FSML participants will learn how to create content for TVF! What’s included? Faculty participants will receive…
Read MoreOBFS is exhibiting at the SACNAS conference
OBFS is exhibiting at the SACNAS NDiSTEM meeting! The National Diversity in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math conference will be held in Portland, Oregon October 26-28, 2023. With thousands of attendees, NDiSTEM is the largest multidisciplinary and multicultural STEM diversity event in the United States. SACNAS (the Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics & Native Americans in…
Read MoreLifetime Members
The lifetime Membership category was launched by the first member, Eric Nagy, PhD a longtime OBFS board member and the Associate Director of the Mountain Lake Biological Station. Eric has served in the following capacities on the OBFS board: President / Past-President / Vice President / Finance Committee / Governance Committee, Chair / Preventing Sexual…
Read MoreInauguration of the Sophia Point Rainforest Research Centre, Guyana
On August 29, 2023 the Sophia Point Rainforest Research Centre celebrated its inauguration with a webinar at the University of Guyana. The topic was Guyana and the Environment: a conversation between His Excellency President Dr. Irfaan Ali and the Right Honorable Tony Blair. A recording of the webinar is available at: https://youtu.be/rEx02fyYN6s?feature=shared
Read MoreSummer Lecture Series: Melissa Sevigny, Author of “Brave the Wild River”
Melissa Sevigny, the author of the book “Brave the Wild River,” will visit the University of Michigan Biological Station (UMBS) in northern Michigan to give a talk as part of the historic scientific field station’s 2024 Summer Lecture Series. The event on the Pellston campus is free and open to the public. Sevigny’s book, which…
Read MoreOBFS sends members to DC for Congressional Visit Day
In partnership with the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS), the Organization of Biological Field Stations (OBFS) is pleased to announce the 2023 delegation in support of federal investments in biological sciences research supported by the National Science Foundation and other federal agencies. Members of the delegation will participate in AIBS Communication Bootcamp for Scientists in preparation…
Read More2023 OBFS Annual Meeting
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Annual Meeting Topics Be sure to attend the Code of Conduct concurrent meeting at the 2023 Annual Meeting.
Read MoreOBFS 58th annual meeting Sept 12-16
Come find us at La Selva as we hold our annual meeting and conduct the business of OBFS. Current schedule here:
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