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Ecological adventures at Mpala Research Centre, Laikipia County

The first week of the semester kicked off with the ecology module at Mpala Research Centre (MRC) led by Dr Dino Martins, who is one of the world’s leading experts in East African ecology. The plants and animals found across the MRC are highly diverse and give students the opportunity to understand how topography, [...]

By |2024-02-02T15:29:51+03:00February 2nd, 2024|Field Schools, General, Origins Field School, Spring 2024, Sticky|Comments Off on Ecological adventures at Mpala Research Centre, Laikipia County

The Spring 2024 field school begins!

Happy new year! I hope you all had peaceful holidays. The spring 2024 TBI field school is off to a great start. The students arrived in Nairobi on the 18th of January and we spent the first two nights at the amazing Wildebeest Eco camp in Nairobi. There the students had a chance to [...]

By |2024-04-23T14:34:29+03:00February 1st, 2024|Featured, General, Origins Field School, Spring 2024, Sticky|Comments Off on The Spring 2024 field school begins!

Ileret Hosts its First Astronomy School

Between September 24 and October 7, the Turkana Basin Institute site at Ileret hosted for the first time an astronomy school. This school provided training in astronomy and data reduction techniques to 10 South-African and 9 Kenyan students. The initiative is a new collaboration between the Development in Africa with Radio Astronomy (DARA) project [...]

By |2024-04-23T14:33:11+03:00November 14th, 2023|Astronomy, Featured, Sticky|Comments Off on Ileret Hosts its First Astronomy School

TBI Welcomes a new Chief Operations Officer and Chief Finance Officer

The Turkana Basin Institute is delighted to welcome our new Chief Operations Officer, Dr. CJ Jones, and Chief Finance Officer, Mr. Daniel Mbugua. Daniel Mbugua, CFO and CJ Jones, COO on a recent trip to Ileret. Daniel has over fifteen years of hands-on expertise in various leadership and management roles having worked in [...]

By |2023-09-13T10:29:38+03:00September 12th, 2023|Featured, From the Director, General, Sticky|Comments Off on TBI Welcomes a new Chief Operations Officer and Chief Finance Officer

Origins in Turkana

We’ve had an incredible first few weeks at TBI Turkwel! After our time at Mpala, we’ve hit the ground running and have been really busy visiting the incredible sites in the Turkana Basin and enjoying life at TBI!   As part of the Environments, Ecosystems and Evolution course taught by Dr. Nicholas Taylor, we created toilet [...]

By |2023-09-12T11:36:25+03:00June 18th, 2023|Featured, Field Schools, General, Origins Field School, Origins Summer Field School, Origins Summer Field School 2023|Comments Off on Origins in Turkana

Engineering Takeover!

Welcome to the field school where we study more than just rocks ;) Are you wondering what engineering students do here at TBI? If so, this is the post for you! I’m writing to give you a little insight on the work we do. But first, let me introduce myself and my peer: My name [...]

By |2023-06-18T10:48:05+03:00June 13th, 2023|Featured, Field Schools, General, Global Innovation Field School, Global Innovation Field School 2023|Comments Off on Engineering Takeover!

Summer 2023 Field Schools Underway!

Jambo! The Summer 2023 Field Schools are underway!! This year, we have both an Origins Field School and a Global Innovation Field School, being led by Dr. Nicholas Taylor and Acacia Leakey respectively, with Teaching Assistant Medina Lubisia. We arrived in Turkana earlier today, having spent an amazing few days at Mpala Research Center and [...]

Studying prehistoric archaeology in the Turkana Basin

Hello again! I’m Ian, and I’m back this week with Owich to talk about the beginning of our last module, Prehistoric Archaeology, taught by Prof. Sonia Harmand. Dr. Sonia Harmand talking the students through the stratigraphy near the Nadung'a sites. We’re now in our last two weeks here at TBI, and it really [...]

By |2022-12-02T10:52:09+03:00November 30th, 2022|Fall 2022, Featured, Field Schools, General, Origins Field School|Comments Off on Studying prehistoric archaeology in the Turkana Basin
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