The Andes to Amazon: Biodiversity, conservation, and sustainability in Peru Day 0 So uh… Is this what it’s like to have a hangover? Good god, my head and stomach are…
From the Andes to the Amazon: a Perspective of a Foreign World, Post 1 w/ Harris Nakajima
The Andes to Amazon: Biodiversity, conservation, and sustainability in Peru This early fall, I had an experience that not many have the opportunity to have. An opportunity not just to…
Sexual Politics, Culture, and Justice in Norway: In the Land of the Vikings w/ Brian Mendoza
Sexual politics, Culture, and Justice in Norway This past August and September I had the chance to explore Norway as a part of a UW Study Abroad Exploration Seminar. One…
Ramen and Plasma: Japanese culture and energy w/Spencer Smith
Sustainable Energy in Japan This year’s UW study took me and 10 other engineers to Ehime prefecture in Japan. We had the opportunity to study new developments in the field…
A Clownin’ Time in Japan w/ Conrad Ciszek
Sustainable Energy in Japan My time in Japan was a blast. We met lots of cool people, saw lots of cool things, and ate lots of good food. Being a…
What We Saw, How We Grew: Thailand & Cambodia w/ Reyna Garduno
Corporate Social Responsibility in Thailand and Cambodia Reyna Garduno, Early Fall 2019
Renewable Energy in Japan: Week 1 with Derek Flett
It’s been almost one week since my arrival to Matsuyama and I’m having an amazing time, every day learning, experiencing, and appreciating new things. I’m going to write this post…
Adventures into the Amazon basin with Mahleah Grant
If you’ve ever contemplated any kind of science career, you should participate in field research in the forests of Peru in the Biodiversity, Conservation and Sustainability study abroad program in early fall with Dr. Ursula Valdez. My experience in this program this August through September reinforced my passion for fieldwork and ignited a curiosity within me for wildlife biology.
In the heart of Matsuyama with Sean Wilson
We worked together with students from Ehime University and got to share in each other’s culture. During the Shinto Festival, we all assisted in hoisting the 2 Ton Kami Shrine for the day, with the help of 100 others from around the prefecture.
Baltimore Clinic, Coastal Village with Ronald Carrick
Today’s clinic was a bit surreal, we arrive at this coastal village via boat and disembark on the beach. The scenery was picturesque, the air was breezy warm, exotic birds fluttered close by skimming the water to retrieve small fish in their beaks, and children in the water, cheerily playing but very focused on the newcomers.