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Cornell K. Lisa Yang Center
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A healthy future for wildlife, people, and planet.

Aerial view of two humpback whales near the surface of the ocean.
Aquatic Animal Health The Student Experience
Chile
Guafo Island
Drone
Applied Research
Student
Student Experience
Student Experiential Learning
Student Learning
Cornell K. Lisa Yang Center for Wildlife Health’s Student Support Fund
Student Support
Student Support Fund
College of Veterinary Medicine
Veterinary Student
Veterinary Students
Seals
Whale
Remote Sampling
Patagonia
marine mammal
Disease Ecology
Aquatic Animal Health
Aquatic Animal Medicine
Aquatic Animals
Aquatic Ecosystem Health
Aquatic Medicine
Aquatic Wildlife Medicine
Aquatics
Genetic Samples
Emerging Pathogens
Disease Surveillance
Pathogen Surveillance
San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance
San Diego Wildlife Alliance
Cornell
Conservation Biology
Aquatic veterinary medicine
Penguin

A Month in Chile and a Clearer Path Forward

June 10, 2026
I was still in pajamas when I ran down to the beach. Drone in one hand, a drybag slung over my shoulder, I picked my way over slick, uneven rocks from the cabin to the shoreline....
A sloth has it's mouth on a leaf, while being fed with a syringe.
Wildlife Medicine The Student Experience
Cornell Expanding Horizons
Expanding Horizons
Expanding Horizons Program
Expanding Horizons International Education Program
Sloth
Costa Rica
Costa Rica Wildlife
The Sloth Institute
Cornell K. Lisa Yang Center for Wildlife Health’s Student Support Fund
Cornell
Student
Student Experience
Student Experiential Learning
Student Learning
Student Support Fund
Data
Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth
Brazilian Wildlife
Blood Test

Studying Sloths Through the Scope: A Summer of Conservation in Costa Rica

April 07, 2026
Thanks to Cornell’s Expanding Horizons program, I had the opportunity to complete a project at The Sloth Institute in Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica. TSI is a non-profit organization dedicated to rescue, rehabilitation, research, and public education, with a strong emphasis on sloth health, behavior, and overall well-being in both wild and rehabilitation settings....
Two red-footed boobies perched on a piece of PVC pipe in an enclosure.
Wildlife Medicine Aquatic Animal Health The Student Experience
Hawai'i
Hawaii
College of Veterinary Medicine
Cornell
Student
Student Experience
Student Experiential Learning
Student Support
Student Support Fund
Cornell K. Lisa Yang Center for Wildlife Health’s Student Support Fund
Externship
Veterinary Externship
Invasive Species
Bird
Bird Colony
Seabird
Seabird Conservation
Seabirds
Rehabilitation
Wildlife Rehabilitation
Wildlife Release
Release

Saving Hawaiʻi’s Native Birds: The Intersection of Veterinary Medicine and Wildlife Rehabilitation

January 26, 2026
I had the amazing opportunity to complete a veterinary externship at the Hawaiʻi Wildlife Center on the island of Hawaiʻi...