[ECOLOG-L] Graduate School Opportunities

[VanLooy, Jeffrey]

The Department of Earth System Science and Policy at the University of North 
Dakota is accepting applications for prospective students seeking a Master of 
Science (M.S.), Master of Environmental Management (M.E.M.), or a Ph.D. Degree.

Earth System Science and Policy at the University of North Dakota is an 
interdisciplinary department which focuses on the sustainability of 
environmental-human interactions within the greater context of the Earth 
System.  The primary areas of faculty mentored research includes: glaciology 
and glacio-hydrology, agro-ecology, renewable energy, geomorphology, public 
policy, environmental economics, Earth systems modeling, and geospatial 
analysis.  These topics can be tailored to fit graduate student research 
interests and the possibility of tuition waiver is available.  Students from a 
wide range of fields are encouraged to apply, such as Biology, Climatology, 
Environmental Science, Geography, Geology, and Hydrology, as well as Economics, 
Policy, and Political Science.

For prospective students interested in applying, please contact Dr. Jeff 
VanLooy (Graduate Director) of the Department of Earth System Science and 
Policy at the University of North Dakota at (701) 777-4755, or by e-mail: 
jvanl...@aero.und.edu.  Please see the UND 
Graduate School website (www.und.edu/dept/grad/) 
for application instructions.  Recommended deadline for application is June 1st 
however, early applications will receive top priority for admission and 
possible tuition waiver.

For more information, see the following websites:

The University of North Dakota: www.und.edu

The UND Graduate School: http://www.und.edu/dept/grad/

UND Earth System Science and Policy: http://essp.und.edu/

Grand Forks Visitors Bureau: http://www.visitgrandforks.com/main.php



Jeff VanLooy, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Graduate Director
Department of Earth System Science and Policy
University of North Dakota
Grand Forks, ND  58202
701-777-4755

[ECOLOG-L] Graduate school opportunities at Univ Nebraska Omaha

[J P McCarty]

The Department of Biology at the University of Nebraska Omaha (UNO) is seeking 
to recruit students 
for our Master’s degree program. We provide support through teaching 
assistantships (which include 
tuition waivers), as well as through faculty research grants. In addition, 
research and summer 
support funds are available on a competitive basis. UNO is located in the heart 
of the Omaha metro 
(877,000 people) and UNO currently enrolls approximately 3,000 graduate 
students and 13,000 
undergraduates. Our departmental program covers all levels of organization 
within biology. Faculty 
with interests in conservation, ecology, behavior, restoration, and evolution 
include:
Tom Bragg (plant community diversity/fire ecology)
Tim Dickson (restoration of prairie plant diversity: 
http://GrasslandEcology.com) 
Roxi Kellar (plant systematics and biodiversity: 
http://www.unomaha.edu/biodiversity/)
John McCarty (conservation and ecology of birds: 
http://www.unomaha.edu/environmental_studies/JPM_Home.html)
Claudia Rauter (behavioral ecology)
James Wilson (Physiological ecology of vertebrates, primarily mammals, relating 
an individual’s body 
condition to population level factors)
L. LaReesa Wolfenbarger (land use and conservation science: 
http://www.unomaha.edu/environmental_studies/LLWolfenbarger.html)

For a complete list of faculty interests and contact information visit: 
http://www.unomaha.edu/biology/faculty.php

Interested students should contact one or more faculty members prior to 
application to discuss 
possible thesis topics. The deadline for applications for fall enrollment is 15 
February. For more 
information http://www.unomaha.edu/biology/grad.php