Tropical Conservation & Development Program
UF Center for Latin American Studies
Category: Student
2026 Center for LAS / TCD Field Work Festival
The Center for Latin American Studies invites you to our annual Fieldwork Festival poster exhibit. Join us to learn about the excellent field work our students are conducting. Talk with them about their poster presentation and research and stay for the Awards ceremony. Monday February 2, 2026 at 2-4 pm in Smathers room 100
TCD students received best poster presentation award at the 2025 SNRE Research Symposium
Please join us in congratulating the following TCD Ph.D Students, winners for best poster presentations at the 2025 SNRE Research Symposium: Hernan Alvarez (Advisor: Dr. Jessica Kahler, Sociology and Criminology & Law) Carolina Simon Pardo (Advisors: Dr. Yue Li, Forest, Fisheries and Geomatics Sciences and Dr. Julie Brown, Teaching and Learning) Lydia Soifer (Advisor: Dr.
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2025 LAS / TCD / MDP Field Research Festival
The Center for Latin American Studies invites you to our annual Fieldwork Festival Poster Exhibit! Come discover the excellent fieldwork and research ourstudents are conducting. Talk with students while viewing their posters and multimedia work and stay for the awards ceremony! PUBLIC POSTER EXHIBITFriday, March 14 | 1:00-4:00 pmSmathers Rm 100
Message to TCD Students!
Dear TCD Students: We hope that you are winding up this Spring 2025 semester and advancing towards your graduate career goals. We want to thank you for being part of the Tropical Conservation and Development (TCD) graduate certificate / concentration community and check-in to see if you have any questions or concerns about meeting requirements.
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Vanessa Luna Celino is the 2024 Schmink Outstanding Dissertation Award recipient!
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Vanesa Luna Celino is the 2024 winner of the Marianne Schmink Outstanding Dissertation Award from UF’s Tropical Conservation and Development Program. Dr. Luna completed her dissertation in Interdisciplinary Ecology in the School of Natural Resources and the Environment in May 2024 under the supervision of Dr. Karen Kainer
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UF SACNAS receives Outstanding Chapter Award for Innovative Science
The SACNAS (Advancing Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science) chapter at the University of Florida received the Outstanding Chapter Award for Innovative Science. Claudia Garnica (PhD Biology and TCD) received the award and shared with the audience that “This recognition celebrates a belief we hold dear: that science is not just for a few but
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