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Turtle Pond Offers Research Site for Undergraduates
A new long-running project allows undergraduate students to gain hands-on experience with ecological research in the heart of the UT Austin campus.
![Professor Havird and his students take samples from the turtles to learn more about their ecology and health.](https://cns.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/turtle_pond_teaser_image.jpg)
Philanthropic Gift Establishes Historic UT Commitment to Monitoring Texas’ Natural Resources
A transformative donation allows for the expansion of a Texas Field Station Network to study biodiversity and sustainability.
![A young man in a hat holding equipment leads a group of students down a creek at a Hill Country-based field station](https://cns.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/3x2-cns-field-station-network_3.jpg)