https://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/blog/smithsonian-institution-office-fellowships-and-int/RSS feed for Office of Academic Appointments and InternshipsenMon, 06 Mar 2023 14:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/smithsonian-institution-office-fellowships-and-int/2023/03/06/life-in-the-urban-jungle/As more species face urbanization worldwide, understanding the impacts of urbanization on species is vital to properly assess how our behaviors as humans are influencing and altering ecosystems and species.Mon, 06 Mar 2023 14:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/smithsonian-institution-office-fellowships-and-int/2023/02/27/momas-first-international-exhibition-three-centuries-of-american-art-1938/With over 750 artworks on view in Paris ranging from seventeenth-century colonial portraits to Mickey Mouse in Steamboat Willie (1928) and spanning architecture, film, folk art, painting, prints, and sculpture, Three Centuries was the most comprehensive display of American art to date in Europe and a vital contributor to the internationalization of American art.Mon, 27 Feb 2023 16:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/smithsonian-institution-office-fellowships-and-int/2023/02/20/how-do-you-like-your-eggs/Burrowing crayfish are key resources in many ecosystems across the planet, and yet their secretive lifestyles mean we know very little about them.Mon, 20 Feb 2023 14:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/smithsonian-institution-office-fellowships-and-int/2023/02/13/from-the-mountains-to-the-bay-life-in-the-field/To the uninitiated, the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute sounds like a weird rumor. I first learned of it as a teen, trekking the Appalachian Trail with the Boy Scouts. Stumbling down the trail, we came to a chain link fence with U.S. PROPERTY signs tacked up along its length.Mon, 13 Feb 2023 14:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/smithsonian-institution-office-fellowships-and-int/2023/02/06/using-drones-to-monitor-tropical-forests-in-3-dimensions/Will forests grow faster, or more efficiently, as atmospheric carbon dioxide increases? Will trees face higher mortality rates as storms and droughts become more common?Mon, 06 Feb 2023 14:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/smithsonian-institution-office-fellowships-and-int/2023/01/30/bouncing-back-in-a-warming-world/We have not given corals enough credit for their resilience and ability to bounce back. Panama's Tropical Eastern Pacific provides a glimpse into the diverse strategies corals are implementing to survive in an increasingly warmer, high CO2 world.Mon, 30 Jan 2023 14:00:00 +0000