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<div class="" style="font-family: Calibri-Light;"><b class="" style="font-size: 15px;">My department at DePaul University in Chicago has a new masters degree! </b><span class="" style="font-size: 15px;">Hooray! It’s an <b class="">M.S. in Environmental Science</b> with
an urban focus…AND—because I teach and do research in the department with </span><a href="http://www.lufa-depaul.org/" class="" style="font-size: 15px;">my lab</a>—t<span class="" style="font-size: 15px;">he program is individually flexible and could have
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<div class="" style="font-family: Calibri-Light;"><span class="" style="font-size: 15px;">Here’s the official announcement with information and a link to the program website. </span><span class="" style="font-size: 15px;">We’re already accepting applications
from students interested in starting the program </span><i class="" style="font-size: 15px;">as early as this September!</i></div>
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<div class=""><b class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.666666984558105px;">DePaul University is launching a new Masters of Science in Environmental Science (MSES) degree</b><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px;"> focused
on urban ecological restoration and conservation land management! </span></font></div>
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<div class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.666666984558105px;">This graduate degree will prepare students for careers in ecological restoration, species and landscape conservation, biodiversity management, green infrastructure
management and ecological consultancy. Our department's expertise in applied environmental science and can bring exciting and useful training in the field of conservation land management.</span></div>
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<div class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.666666984558105px;">Environmental Science & Studies Department faculty have disciplinary expertise in paleontology, plant-atmosphere interactions, restoration ecology, urban
forestry, urban agriculture, ecological economics, soil ecology and science, urban ecology, and related fields. Students complete 13 course equivalents, with an expectation that full-time students can complete the program in two academic years. The program
is housed in the McGowan South Building (LEED certified) in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago, which provides a modern research infrastructure that includes laboratories, analytical facilities, environmental growth chambers, a rooftop garden, and a
greenhouse. </span></div>
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<div class=""><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px;"><b class=""><font color="#ff2600" class="">The program</font></b></span></font><b class=""><font color="#ff2600" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 15px;"> is
accepting applications on a rolling basis for ENROLLMENT THIS FALL QUARTER so interested prospective students should apply now!</span></font></b></div>
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<div class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.666666984558105px;">Please contact the program director, Mark Potosnak at <a href="mailto:mark.potosnak@depaul.edu" class="" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">mark.potosnak@depaul.edu</a> or
773-325-7867 if you have any questions. </span></div>
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<div class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.666666984558105px;"><b class="">Additional information is available at: <a href="http://go.depaul.edu/envsciinfo" class="" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">http://go.depaul.edu/envsciinfo</a>.</b></span></div>
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<b class="">Dr. Jess Vogt</b></div>
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<font face="Calibri-Light" class="">+1 920 850 2016 | @jessvogt</font></div>
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<font face="Calibri-Light" class="">Asst Prof, Env Science & Studies, </font>DePaul University</div>
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<font face="Calibri-Light" class="">Principal,</font> LUFA: Lab for Urban Forestry in the Anthropocene<font face="Calibri-Light" class=""> | </font><a href="http://www.lufa-depaul.org/" class="">www.lufa-depaul.org</a></div>
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<font face="Calibri-Light" class="">Associate Editor,</font> <i class="">Urban Forestry & Urban Greening </i></div>
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<font face="Calibri-Light" class="">Vice Chair, </font>Science & Research Committee, International Society of Arboriculture<font face="Calibri-Light" class=""></font></div>
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<font face="Calibri-Light" class="">Dir. of Research, </font>Illinois Arborist Association</div>
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