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Fulbright Amazonia wrap-up in Washington, D.C.

Fulbright Amazonia week featured events at the National Academy of Sciences, the residences of the ambassadors of Colombia and Brazil, the Inter-American Development Bank, as well as the Council on Foreign Relations. What a way to conclude a great project!

Fulbright Amazonia Policy Brief released

On the last day of the wrap-up of Fulbright Amazonia, the Fulbright Amazonia teams released three policy briefs, including one about climate change. You can also watch the video, catch the climate change team at min. 29!

Gene Expression Shifts as Shrews Shrink and Regrow Their Brains

Writing for The Scientist, Hannah Thomasy provides context for the new reviewed preprint by Bill Thomas in eLife. Congratulations, Bill! For more details, read the Stony Brook University news!

Introducing: Climate Change in the Amazon Symposium

Our symposium on Climate Change in the Amazon took place from 12:30-5 pm on December 6, 2024 at the IACS Conference Room. This symposium brings together six Fulbright Amazonia scholars whose work spans disciplines in human and economic geography, policy, and remote sensing, all focused on climate change mitigation and adaptation in the Amazon. The symposium includes an Ask-Me-Anything lunch for students.

Paul Donat graduates from his Ph.D.!

Paul Donat graduated in the Spring 2024 doctoral hooding ceremony and continues his work as science teacher at Hampton Bays Public Schools. Dr. Donat’s dissertation explored new sex chromosomes in Humulus and Artibeus jamaicensis.