Academy of Natural Sciences

JUNE 12, 2023

This year, five Drexel students and recent alumni have been selected as recipients, including the Academy’s own Curatorial Assistant Daouda Njie, a recent graduate of Drexel’s Department of Biodiversity, Earth and Environmental Science who was awarded a study research grant to Fiji. I think you’d be good.

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Academy of Natural Sciences

JANUARY 12, 2023

The Amazon Rainforest. Few places are as evocative of biodiversity as the Amazon Rainforest, a region of South America that occupies just 0.5% Roughly 1,300 bird species call the Amazon Rainforest their home, as do more than 3,000 species of fishes and countless primates, butterflies, orchids, frogs and more. Lukas Musher/ANS.

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Academy of Natural Sciences

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Hannah Dominguez BS in environmental science, minor in DragonsTeach STEM education Curatorial and Research Assistant in the Diatom Herbarium I am Peruvian and Mexican, originally from New York. My time as a volunteer has definitely influenced my studies and has inspired me to connect natural sciences and science education in my career.

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Academy of Natural Sciences

JULY 1, 2022

For Akilah Chatman, a Biodiversity, Earth and Environmental Science (BEES) graduate from Drexel University, every day was a new adventure: climbing waterfalls, jumping from cliffs, exploring rainforests, befriending frogs and lizards, inspecting flora, gardening with their mother and so much more.

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