Achievement

We offer a 1-credit colloquium each semester that our fellows are required to take throughout their PhD programs. The colloquium brings together students from the various participating departments (biology, geography, math, statistics, wildlife ecology, etc.) on a weekly basis. During the Fall, students signed up to present problems that they encountered in their research and students worked in interdisciplinary groups to find solutions to the problems. During the spring, students worked in groups to delve deeply into a particular problem of their choosing and then developed a proposal to further the research in the area. Students presented the background information on the topic and later in the semester, did a presentation on their proposals.