Bugs, Birds, and Benthic Invertebrates: Making the Most of Undergraduate Research Opportunities

How Rubenstein School senior Pierre Beaurang researched up and down the food chain
Pierre smiling and holding a small brown bird on a field of green grass with a hill in the background

Most students wouldn’t consider eleven straight hours of birding to be their comfort zone, but Pierre Beaurang isn’t most students. Pierre, a wildlife and fisheries biology major from Northern California, has loved birds for his entire life, and knew from a young age that he wanted to study them. “I mostly applied to universities that had a wildlife and fisheries biology program or something...

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Ben Simmons smiles while he sits on a log on a stoney beach and African oryx graze in New Mexico.

Senior Ben Simmons Wins First Time Regional Award for UVM from The Wildlife Society

At the University of Vermont (UVM), senior Ben Simmons ’23 became a leader in the Wildlife and Fisheries Biology program which earned him a prestigious award from the Northeast Section of The Wildlife Society, an international network of more than 11,000 wildlife professionals.

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Northern diamondback terrapin hatchling crawls in sand and Eamon Caffrey holds a small frog.

Senior Eamon Caffrey Digs Into Turtle Conservation Research

Undergraduate Eamon Caffrey ’23 focused his four years at the University of Vermont (UVM) on research to enhance his major in Wildlife and Fisheries Biology. He studied turtle nesting success on Cape Cod. His research experience led to a field position after graduation and the desire to apply to graduate school.

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