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 The results are in...Thank you to everyone who voted in our online survey. The new OTS Amigo t-shirt has been chosen!
We would like to thank each individual who submitted designs for consideration. Every dues-paying member has the option to choose from the following:
- NEW OTS t-shirt
- OTS Bag
- OTS Calendar
- OTS Neck Tote
For gifts of $50 or above, members can choose one OTS gifts. For memberships of $100 or more, members can choose two OTS gifts. To become a member or renew your membership, please click here. |
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2010 OTS Student Paper Award
Attention
All OTS Students, Faculty and Alumni!
 The OTS Membership
Committee is pleased to announce the second annual OTS Outstanding Student
Paper Award. We are inviting nominations for a $500 cash prize for excellence
in research via an outstanding publication in tropical biology by a student.
ELIGIBILITY AND
NOMINATION:
At the time of the
nomination deadline, the paper must be published in a peer-reviewed journal and
the work completed within the tropics. To be eligible, the author must have
been a student (undergraduate or graduate) when the research was completed, and
must be an OTS alum or have completed the work at an OTS research station (La
Selva, Las Cruces, Palo Verde) or be a student at an OTS member institution (click here for a
list of current institutional members)
The nominee must be first author and the paper must be on a topic directly
related to their research in tropical biology and published in the 18 months
before the award deadline. Nominations by research advisors or colleagues are
welcomed.
SELECTION CRITERIA:
Applications will be
reviewed by an Awards Committee formed by a subcommittee of the AoD Membership
Committee. Papers will be judged based upon the paper's contribution to the
field including originality, study design and impact.
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The nomination
packets should include:
1. A
copy of the paper
2. A
brief letter describing the impact of the paper on the field.
3. A
CV from the nominee
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SUBMITTING
APPLICATIONS
Send nomination packet electronically as a pdf to the
chair of the Awards Committee, Elisabeth Arévalo (earevalo@providence.edu).
If you have questions, please
email Dr. Arévalo.
Announcement of
Award Recipient will be made at OTS Assembly of Delegates Meeting March 11-12,
2011 and will be published in Biotropica.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: OCTOBER 15th, 2010
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| | Corporate Volunteers Provide Service to Stations and Gain Understanding of Environmental Issues The OTS Corporate Days Program, launched in July 2009, provides
the employees of Costa Rican businesses with an opportunity to participate in
environmental conservation through volunteer work at our three biological
stations. The employees also gain new skills, learn about environmental issues
and the work being done by OTS.
 Since its inception, the Corporate Days Program has brought over
2,100 volunteers from 5 corporations to the OTS stations. These corporations
include BAC San José, Procter and Gamble, GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer,Inc., and Florida Ice and
Farm. The collective efforts of their employees has resulted in the planting of
more than 7000 native tree species (over two dozen species) in the Biological
Corridor close to La Selva Biological Station. They also performed other work
in all three stations, including trail and building maintenance, and
eradication of invasive species, among others.
Feedback from the corporations has been very positive. Several
administrators have commented that after participating in this volunteer effort
and receiving a guided tour of the stations, many workers exhibit a higher
sensitivity towards the environment, and are more prone to conserving water and
energy and to recycle in the work place.Here are a few examples of completed projects by corporate volunteers:- Preparation and cleaning of drain stations
- Clean windows
- Painted recycling centers
- Cleaning, mowing, green areas and parking
station
- Cleaning of ceilings
- Clean and painted MINAET hostel
- Marking and cleaning PVNP three paths
- Cleaning the camping areas
OTS wishes to thank all of the corporations and their employees for participating in this unique program. |
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. | OTS Mixer at ESA
Conference If
you are planning to attend the 95th Annual ESA (Ecological Society of America)
conference from August 1-6, 2010, in Pittsburgh,
PA; be sure to stop by the OTS
All Tropical Biology Mixer on Monday night, 2 August, 6:30-8 at the Westin
Hotel, Butler East. This is an informal gathering of tropical biologists,
fellow OTS alumni, researchers and friends. For more details, please e-mail
Cindy Sagers at csagers@nsf.gov. |
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