Science Communication
We’re committed to sharing our science with the general public through various mediums and platforms, including blogs, talks, tours and educational programs, e-newsletters and magazines, our podcast, YouTube, and Facebook and Instagram.
Training Students and Interns
Antonin Andriamahaihavana, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Antananarivo, studies fat-tailed dwarf lemur hibernation in partnership with the DLC.
The Lemur Center is also committed to providing research training and opportunity for students here and in Madagascar. We welcome students to join our research projects or to develop projects of their own overseen by our research staff. Most often, we mentor undergraduate students from Duke, UNC, and NC State working towards independent study credit or graduation with distinction during the academic year or summer sessions.
Many of our students pursue projects in which they can collect data on lemurs at the DLC, but projects based in laboratory or computational analyses are also welcome. In some cases, students may also be able to join us on field missions to Madagascar.
In Madagascar, we co-mentor students with professors from Madagascar’s universities—such as the University of Antananarivo and Centre Universitaire Régional de la SAVA (CURSA)—and strive to offer students the opportunity to participate in the full research process in Madagascar, including field work, laboratory and computational analysis, and grant and manuscript preparation.
If you’re interested in volunteering, working with our staff, or developing an independent project, here’s how to get involved.
The DLC Research Intern program is also a great opportunity to work with our research staff, especially for students who haven’t had prior research experience. Depending on the year, we offer semester or summer internships. You can find more information about all of the DLC’s intern programs on our internships homepage.