On 2 November 2017, Collin College hosted “Net Loss: The Vanishing Vaquita Porpoise” at the Spring Creek Campus Living Legends Conference Center in Plano, Texas. This free event was dedicated to raising awareness of the most endangered marine mammal species in the world, the vaquita. We brought the plight of this tiny porpoise from Mexico […]
LADC-GEMM 2017 Survey: #3 We All Scream for Ice Cream
June 8, 2017 Written by: Alexandria Hahn Edited by: Amy Whitt It is Day 1, and I cannot believe I am actually aboard the RV Pelican in Louisiana and waiting for the vessel to leave the dock. I am nervous because this is my first time away from home but also my first time at […]
LADC-GEMM 2017 Survey: #2 Through the Eyes of Youth
By Amy Whitt You graduate high school on a Friday and before even a week has passed you are packing up your teddy bear and heading out to sea on your first marine research expedition. This is any budding marine biologist’s dream! Many of us didn’t have our first at-sea research opportunity until we were […]
The Vaquita: A Porpoise in Peril
30…a classroom of students, a team of football players, and the number of vaquita left on Earth. These tiny, critically endangered porpoises live only in the northern Gulf of California in Baja California, Mexico, and their population is actually estimated to now be less than 30. Ironically, the number of family and friends that recently […]
Independent Study & Mentorship Research Showcase
From pediatric oncology to ballet company administration, the topics of the 2017 Research Showcase held in January at The Ford Center at The Star were diverse and unique. Hundreds of junior and high school students shared their initial research into their chosen fields of study with the local community. The Dallas Cowboys’ new practice facility […]
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