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To give our students real-world conservation and research experience, we proudly partner with two St. Louis-based but world-reaching institutions, the Missouri Botanical Garden and the Saint Louis Zoo.
Missouri Botanical Garden
For our plant-focused students, the Garden is a vibrant scientific home. From partnering with researchers and on-the-ground conservationists to accessing one of the world's largest herbarium collections, our students enjoy many advantages working with and contributing to this world-class botanical institution. The Garden's experts help our students in many plant-related fields, from phylogeny and biogeography to ecology and ethnobotany. Collaboration can be in the lab and library, including DNA extractions and statistics, or in the field and greenhouse, including identification and cultivation of study specimens. Results of these projects help the Garden with its own cultivation and conservation programs, and some of our graduates have continued to work at the Garden even after finishing their degrees at UMSL. It's not just for the botanists, though; no matter your subject area, Harris Center students can benefit from informative lectures and lively journal clubs hosted by the Garden.
Saint Louis Zoo
The animals you see at the Saint Louis Zoo are only a small part of its conservation impact. This free public institution actively contributes to conservation in the wild through the Saint Louis Zoo WildCare Institute, developing wildlife management and recovery programs, providing a scientific grounding for conservation, and addressing the human aspects of wildlife conservation around the world. Our students can strengthen these already-existing projects, but also have the opportunity to work with the Zoo's experts in their own research, gaining guidance and assistance in the field and lab. Zoo personnel can accompany our students during field sampling abroad, and provide expert input on student-drafted plans to help wild populations. The relationship is mutually beneficial; students also give back to the zoo, with their projects informing animal care and conservation in captivity and the wild.