Medicinal Plant Collecting in Eastern Ghana – A Taste of the Future By Brandon Dale This summer I was conducting research in the Chest Clinic and Fevers Unit at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra, Ghana with a medical student and two other undergraduates from Brown University. My research project was a retrospective literature... Continue Reading →
By Matthew Bond, SEB At-large Student Committee Member, Botany PhD from the University of Hawai'i. When surveying plant diversity in the cloud forest, clear days are rare! This panorama looks down on the Lau Lagoon from the entrance to the cloud forest Have you ever dreamed of packing a bag and moving to a tropical island... Continue Reading →
Society for Economic Botany, Distinguished Economic Botanist 2015 - An Interview with Dr. Daniel Moerman by John de la Parra Reproduced from the SEB Newsletter "Plants and People" Spring and Fall 2015 This year, the Society for Economic Botany celebrates the achievements of Dr. Daniel Moerman by selecting him as the 2015 Distinguished Economic Botanist. Dr. Daniel... Continue Reading →
Seeking Graduate Student Book Reviewers for Economic Botany by John de la Parra Hello everyone! Wendy Applequist, the book review editor for Economic Botany, has asked that we get a student book review program going to correspond with the journal’s student reviewer program. She has a fairly diverse selection of books available for review at the... Continue Reading →
Study abroad program in Dharamsala, India By AurĂ©lie Jacquet Who has never dreamt of travelling to unknown places, discovering new cultures and sharing everyday life with local families? If this is your dream, well you are lucky. The Emory's Tibetan Studies Program offers two semester-long Study Abroad programs, administered by Emory's Center for International Program... Continue Reading →
Project Noah: YOU can make the difference! By AurĂ©lie Jacquet. Are you a scientist? A Nature enthusiast? Or just curious about the world around you? If you haven't heard of Project Noah yet, this blog post is for you! Project Noah is an incredible tool that started as an experiment and became so popular that... Continue Reading →
DEADLINE, June 25th, 2015 It's that time again! With registration open for the SEB conference in Clanwilliam, Western Cape, South Africa entitled “Global Vision on Indigenous Plants and Economic Botany” (June 29th to July 2nd, 2015), we would like to call for nominations for the Charles B. Heiser, Jr. Mentor Award. The Student Committee initiated the Award... Continue Reading →
Richard Evans Schultes Research Award DEADLINE, March 15th, 2015. The Schultes Award was created in 2001 to honor th e late Dr. Richard Evans Schultes. The award is to be presented annually to a graduate student who is a members of the Society, or a member who has received their degree within a year. Richard... Continue Reading →
The SEB Student Committee is happy to announce a call for applicants for the SEB Student Committee Member Positions. This is a great opportunity for both undergraduate and graduate students to network with established members of the SEB community, develop projects with the support of the SEB Council, and develop leadership experience. We are seeking... Continue Reading →
Sharing community life: what to bring? What to share? What to leave behind? By MĂ©lanie Congretel Most economic botanists whose research is associated with fieldwork will probably have to share, at some point, community life. For a day, for a week, sometimes more, you will get there, sit at someone’s table to chat, visit gardens,... Continue Reading →
