Word: forester
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Seventy miles west of Cambridge, deep in a hardwood forest near the Massachusetts hamlet of Petersham, there is a Harvard classroom without walls, and four Harvard students who may set foot in Harvard Yard for the first time at Commencement...
...Masters of Forest Science Program, a part of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, is one of Harvard's smallest and least-known degree-granting programs. Usually consisting of a two-year research project, Harvard's is unique among academic forestry programs for its small size...
Small like four students, none of whom are even studying the Harvard Forest, a 1,200-hectare wilderness owned by the University that serves as their headquarters...
...Students and researchers enjoy laboratories for nutrient analysis, physiological and population ecology, greenhouses, herbarium and a computer laboratory, according to the forest's Web site. Students and staff can live in apartments owned by the Harvard Forest...
...Scientists have been studying Harvard's forest since 1907 and the woodlands are the center of two long-term studies funded by the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy...