Duke University Awards Key West High School Interns
L to R: Alison
Leamard; Elena Tuya; Carolann Sharkey, Garden President and Volunteer;
Randy Acevedo, Monroe County Superintendent of Schools; Rachel Greiner;
Dr. Stuart Pimm, Doris Duke Chair of Conservation Ecology.
Dr.Stuart Pimm, the Doris Duke Chair of Conservation Ecology at the
Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, at Duke
University in North Carolina, presented local Key West High School
students Rachel Greiner, Elena Tuya and Alison Learnard an award during
a special presentation on April 10, 2005.
These students were honored for their participation in the one-week
intern pro- gram this past December 2004 working with master degree
students from the Nichols School. Under the direction of Dr. Pimm they
worked on several research
were debuted in the Key West Botanical Garden Visitor's Center.