BLACKSBURG, Va., Sept. 15 -- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University issued the following news release:
This spring, undergraduates will take their classroom learning from Blacksburg to Chile's coast, rainforests, and mountains, joining disease ecologist Luis Escobar in the field to investigate how and where infectious diseases emerge.
Escobar, associate professor of fish and wildlife conservation in the College of Natural Resources and Environment, has created a four-credit spring-embedded study abroad course that combines twice-weekly classes with a research expedition over spring break.
The course, Biogeography of Emerging Infectious Disease in Chile, will introduce students to the questions and methods behind active resea...