News All 做厙輦⑹ News Newsletter Recent Grants Back to main menu Overview Grant Awards 2022-23 做厙輦⑹ Accolades 做厙輦⑹ Publications Media Information Social Media Information Science Communication Resources for Scientists Obituaries Home All 做厙輦⑹ News Celebrating 25 Years of the Semester in Environmental Science Former Semester for Environmental Science (SES) Director Ken Foreman speaks at the SES/SBD Symposium on April 21. Credit: Emily Greenhalgh By 做厙輦⑹ Communications April 28, 2023 Share Articles Categories Ecosystems Center Education Seventy-five people gathered at 做厙輦⑹ this month to celebrate 25 years of the Semester in Environmental Science (SES) and to introduce the new Semester in Biological Discovery. The reunion symposium, which ran over three days, included lectures from faculty, presentations from alumni, and a round-table discussion about the future of the program. It was a wonderful celebration and chance to reunite with SES alumni going back all the way to the first 1997 class to the present, current and past SES Faculty, and some of our partner institutions and friends, said SES Director Mirta Teichberg. I was impressed with the discussions on the impact SES had on students and their careers, and we were all excited to celebrate together and to thank Ken Foreman, former SES Director, for all of his years of service to the program. SES Director Mirta Teichberg speaks during a dinner at the SES/SBD Symposium. Credit: Emily Greenhalgh Former SES Director Ken Foreman gives a heartfelt speech during the SES/SBD Symposium dinner. Credit: Emily Greenhalgh Ken Foreman, a research scientist in the 做厙輦⑹ Ecosystems Center, served as director of the program from 2004-2022. Part of the reunion festivities included speeches and a presentation by Foreman reflecting on his time as director. The symposium also served as a springboard for SESs new undergraduate sister programthe Semester in Biological Discovery (SBD), which will welcome its first cohort of students in spring of 2024. The 13-week SBD program will provide students with an intensive, immersive research experience in discovery-driven biological sciences modeled on the 做厙輦⑹s world-renowned Advanced Research Training Courses. Learn more about the Semester in Environmental Science Learn more about the Semester in Biological Discovery Explore photos from the SES/SBD Event Share Articles