Del bosque al laboratorio// From the forest to the Lab

Este video es un apoyo audiovisual al artículo anteriormente escrito acerca de la investigación de escarabajos coprófagos realizada recientemente aquí en UGA Costa Rica. Se documenta el proceso desde el trabajo de campo hasta el resultado final, colección física de referencia de escarabajos coprófagos del área de San Luis. Para leer más acerca de la investigación visite

Estudiando la diversidad de los escarabajos rueda caca en UGACR

 

This video is to support a previously written article about recent dung beetle research done here at UGA Costa Rica. It documents the process from the field work to the final results, a dung beetle physical reference collection of the San Luis area. For more information about the research visit the link below

Studying the dung beetle diversity in UGACR

 

Mariela Vásquez González pasante de fotoperiodismo// photojournalist Intern

UGA Costa Rica Carbon Offset

A video that follows our carbon offset program created by resident naturalist and independent researcher Ernest Minnema and photojournalism intern Charles Austin Boll.

Behind the Scenes

Want to know more about the students’ experiences over spring break on the UGA Tropical Reforestation Study Abroad? Check out this video featuring interviews and behind-the-scenes footage of the group’s work and play at UGACR.

¡Felicidades UGA Costa Rica! Happy 10-Year Anniversary UGA Costa Rica!

To celebrate the 10-year anniversary of UGA Costa Rica (UGACR), we gathered members of the UGACR community in San Luis de Monteverde to tell us what they like about UGACR!

Blog post and video contribution by UGACR Photojournalism Intern Bilan Haji-Mohamed

#YouinUGACR: The Journey to UGA Costa Rica

An ancient Chinese proverb dictates, “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” My scenic journey was actually closer to 2,100 miles but nevertheless, come along as I take the first step to trade in life in the concrete jungle for one a little bit more…pure.

Independence Day: Talk Like a Tico

With approximately 470 million speakers worldwide, or 6.7% of the world’s population, Spanish is the second most popular language in the world after Mandarin Chinese according to a study done by the Spanish language nonprofit Instituto Cervantes. Though the more formal, classroom Spanish is understood throughout the entire country, Costa Rica is known for its distinct colloquialisms, the most famous of which being Pura Vida.

Citrus-O-Rama!

On Friday, students, professors, and interns valiantly took to the Citrus-O-Rama challenge. Six juicy plates of sliced limones oozed piquant and tangy scents, taunting onlookers to take a bite. After dealing with the initial shock to the taste buds and undoing pinched and puckered faces, “contestants” flipped over cards that revealed which sour (and one sweet!) fruit they had ingested. The represented limones included: limón mandarina, limón dulce, limón mecino, limón naranja, and limón criollo.

Watch this clip of participants tasting the limones while attempting to show no reaction to the sour explosion happening in their mouths. What good sports! Felicitaciones!

Blog post and video contribution by Alex Fylypovych, UGA Costa Rica Photojournalism Intern

Top 10 things not to miss

1. Visit the Monteverde Reserve

2. Ziplining

 3. Coffee Tour

4. Guided Hike

 5. Birding

6. Dance Class

Students enjoy the dance lessons even if they are beginners.

7. Butterfly Garden

9. Eat at Lelo’s

8. Night Hike

10. Milking

Much better than a final

Students studying Spanish 1001 had the chance to choose between taking a traditional final and working on a project together to demonstrate their new skills. They put together Por amor al dinero, a short story about love and money. Because, after all, language acquisition is about more than just taking tests.

Students Design Stormwater Plans

The EPA’s Campus RainWorks Challenge invites students to design plans for the management of storm water on their campuses. UGA students studying here this fall have analyzed the sites around campus and planned new and exciting additions to our stormwater management system.

Soon, we will have a video complete with the students’ final designs as part of their submission to the contest, but for now, take at sneak peak at what they’ve been up to!