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Students on the lionfish team discuss their project with Dr. Stephanie Green.Congratulations to all of the Spring 2014 Island School students who gave oral and poster presentations at the Research Symposium. This event is a culmination a semester-long research class, where students become involved in all aspects of research. It is a chance for them to showcase the data that they collected, along with real world implications of the work.

We had many special guests in attendance this semester:

David Knowles, Director of Parks, Dr. Ethan Freid, Chief Botanist, and Camilla Adair Deputy Preserve Manager at Leony Levy Preserve, the Bahamas National Trust
Dr. Andy Danylchuk, past Director of the Cape Eleuthera Institute and currently Assistant Professor of Fish Conservation at UMass Amherst, collaborator with Flats Ecology program at CEI 
Dr. John Mandelman, Director of Research and Senior Scientist at the New England Aquarium, collaborator with Shark Research program at CEI 
Dr. Brian Silliman, Associate Professor of Marine Conservation Biology at Duke Marine Lab 
Dr. Jeanette Wyneken, Associate Professor at Florida Atlantic University 
Dr. Mike Salmon, Research Professor at Florida Atlantic University
Dr. Stephanie Green, Postdoctoral Researcher at Oregon State University 
Thank you to all of our guests, and congratulations again to the students for a job well done.

A group photo of the Spring 2014 Island School students.

Students on the flats project discuss their poster with Dr. Andy Danylchuk.