Tufts Global Perspectives Photo Contest

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Tufts Global Perspectives Photo Contest
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I wanted to briefly share some excellent news. This past month I was awarded first place in a photo competition at Tufts. They host an annual "Global Perspectives" competition that gathers images from all of its other schools (medical, dental, vet, etc.). I was selected to win first place in the Research Category for an image of work that I was able to complete after my time with the Kasiisi Project in Uganda. My blurb and image are below:

(Shot on 35 mm film) In Kibale National Park, a long-term research site was established at Kanyawara in 1987 to collect specialized behavioral data of the chimpanzee community that lives there. As our last common ancestors, chimpanzees share several behavioral characteristics with humans. To find out more about when we developed certain behaviors, it is vital to learn from and study wild chimpanzee communities. In this image, I am measuring a plant that is believed to be very special to chimpanzees (without revealing too much of our research). Chimps have been believed to turn to these plants in times of high stress. Doing field research on our last common ancestors has been very enlightening for me and has beautifully complemented the coursework that I have already completed back home at Tufts.

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