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AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY'S
BIOSPHERE 2 CENTER
Students from throughout the
world are participating in a bold
education initiative offered by
Columbia University at
Biosphere 2 Center. From hands-
on research, to team-taught
cross-disciplinary classes, to
challenging field exploration,
students develop skills and
knowledge designed to help
them solve real-world problems.
All majors are welcome. Find out
more: call 1-800-992-4603
(option 1) or e-mail us at
admissions@bio2.edu.
QUALIFIED TEXAS A&M STUDENTS ARE GUARANTEED
TO NOT PAY MORE AT BIOSPHERE 2 THAN YOU PAY NOW
FOR A SEMESTER. AVAILABLE FALL 1998 ONLY.
www.bio2.edu
“Earth Semester is like taking a semester
abroad without ever leaving the country. You
immerse yourself in three unique environments
— social, geographic and intellectual — and
come out with a different view of what
environmental studies are all about.”
Michael Beman
Earth Semester ‘98
Sophomore
Geology and Geophysics
Yale University
“Understanding the complex rules of life requires
great vision. The potential at Biosphere 2 for
teaching and learning about these phenomena
is enormous. Earth Semester students are
learning — from a team of physical, biological
and social scientists — how the Earth and
environment function. This approach is greatly
needed in undergraduate education.”
Peter Raven, Ph.D.
Director
Missouri Botanical Garden
“In most academic settings, students are fed
pages of processed data. This approach
contrasts greatly with that utilized by the
Biosphere 2 educational programs, in which
students become a part of a process for
understanding how earth systems function.
Industry needs a workforce that has this larger
understanding.”
Phillip Dougherty, Ph.D.
Forest Ecophysiologist
Westvaco
“At Biosphere 2, our students get an
extraordinary education in the link between
quantitative and qualitative thinking in an
important area. This helps them — particularly
our liberal arts majors — become more
interested in other technical fields.”
Walter E. Massey, Ph.D.
President
Morehouse College and
Past President
National Science Foundation
“Biosphere 2 is a fabulous experimental facility. It
allows students to learn about the roles of
organisms in many representative environments
— soil, forests, oceans — and to foresee how
these systems may respond to a changing
world.”
Diana H. Wall, Ph.D.
Professor and Director
Natural Resource Ecology Lab
Colorado State University
“The faculty blew me away ... what a pleasure
good, enthusiastic, caring teachers can make
out of an academic experience.”
Jenee Rowe
Earth Semester ‘98
Sophomore
Fine Arts and Geology
Lawrence University
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK . . . AND IN THE DESERT OF ARIZONA