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QERC News

09 Jun 2026
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Tropical Nature Media at QERC: Field Storytelling in Costa Rica’s Living Laboratory

Even after our semester students depart, QERC remains an active place of learning—welcoming short-term courses that step into the cloud-forest

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09 Jun 2026
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Closing the Semester in the Cloud Forest: Research, Stewardship, and Partnership

As our 2026 cohort wrapped up the semester at QERC—our living laboratory in Costa Rica’s Talamanca Mountains—the final weeks were full of

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08 Jun 2026
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Sharing Stream Research with the Savegre Valley: A Semester of Field Research, Community Partnership, and Creation Care

In our last week at QERC, we had the joy of welcoming the Savegre Valley community into our living laboratory here in San Gerardo de Dota. As

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27 Apr 2026
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Collaborative Screening Confirms Negligible Microplastic and PFAS Contamination in the Savegre River

QERC, in collaboration with the Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences and Eurofins Environment Testing Hungary Ltd., conducted an

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27 Apr 2026
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Welcoming Costa Rican Students to QERC: Learning, Worship, and Partnership in the Cloud Forest

Last week, QERC had the joy of welcoming a group of Costa Rican high school students to our living laboratory in the Talamanca Mountains,

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03 Apr 2026
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From Rainforest to Dry Forest: Learning Across Costa Rica’s Biomes

QERC students have safely returned from the longest venture of the year: the biomes tour. Led by botany and geography professor Dr. Bruce

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09 Mar 2026
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Stream Health Monitoring in the Río Savegre

In the first half of February, the Spring 2026 cohort at the Quetzal Education and Research Center (QERC) was grateful to welcome Dr. Chris

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01 Feb 2026
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Spring 2026 Cohort Arrives at QERC

Dr. Hoagland lecturing to students in the primary Oak forest near QERC This spring, we’re excited to welcome a new cohort to the Quetzal

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25 Jun 2022
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Recent Research Updates

It’s time for an update on publications that have come out recently through our Friends of QERC. Certainly one project to highlight this

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02 Jun 2022
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’23 Summer Internships

QERC 2023 Summer Internships  The Quetzal Education Research Center brings students and researchers from around the world, including the

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