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I co-lead this trip 2 years ago and I loved it!  I highly recommend seeing their presentations!  

 From Cory Elsmore -
Hello!

This summer, 7 Bloomington students (2 from Jefferson, 5 from Kennedy), travelled to Costa Rica to conduct research. This trip was facilitated by the organization Seeds of Change. Our students worked in partnership with Dr. Adrian Pinto of the University of Costa Rica, and performed research on leaf cutter ants.

I could not be prouder of these students. Students had to create their own unique research proposal. Their proposals were vetted by Dr. Pinto and his team with all the very direct criticism that is expected in university level research. They were expected to document their work using the same standards expected at the University level. Finally, they needed to analyze and present their findings as any research major would be expected to do. The students rolled with all of this and performed admirably.
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You are invited to come and see the students present their findings!
Please join us! It would mean a lot to them to show off all their hard work.
 
They will be presenting their research findings on:
Thursday, September 19th at 7PM

This will be held at Kennedy High School in the Media Center.
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