Greetings!

The Hoffman Environmental Research Institute through its Center for Cave and Karst Studies and in cooperation with the Mammoth Cave International Center for Science and Learning, are pleased to announce the launch of the Summer 2012 Karst Field Studies Program. Courses this summer will include:

– Exploration of Mammoth Cave, June 4-10
– Techniques in Karst Groundwater Investigations, June 6-8
– Karst Hydrogeology of the Ozarks, June 10-16
– Cave Archaeology, June 11-16
– Cave Survey and Cartography, June 17-23
– Application of Geophysical Methods to Karst Terrains, June 16-22

Courses may be taken for graduate, undergraduate, or continuing education credit. Courses may also be taken as non-credit workshops.

For more information about the program, courses, how to register, and instructors, please visit www.karstfieldstudies.com. While visiting the website be sure to also check out the “Scholarships” tab for information about Nick Crawford Karst Education Scholarship, a competitive award designed to offer financial assistance for attending a course.

If you have any questions please contact the 2012 Karst Field Studies Director, Dr. Leslie North, at leslie.north@wku.edu.

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Hope to see you this summer!

“10 Paid Undergraduate Summer Research Internships”

Are you interested in hands-on Hyperspectral Imaging (HI) experience and learning how to work with interdisciplinary teams? Here is an opportunity.

The GeoTREE Center (www.geotree.uni.edu) at the University of Northern Iowa received a NSF REU award to introduce young scientists to a highly interdisciplinary research environment with fundamental and applied research in hyperspectral imaging (HI). HI is widely used in various disciplines such as Earth Science, Environmental Science, Biology, Forestry, Physics, Chemistry, Computer Science, Geographic Information Science (GISc), and more. If you interested, application and more information is available online at http://www.geotree.uni.edu/REU/

Summer Stipend: $4,000 for eight weeks (May 21-July 13, 2012). In addition, the program will cover the cost of housing, a meal plan, lab supplies, and up to $750 for follow up activities.