Science reporting in Panama on Tuesday's Access Utah

By Tom Williams

Published January 23, 2024 at 2:06 PM MST

Today we’ll talk with scientists and reporters who have been researching and reporting at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama. The institute’s goal is to increase and diffuse knowledge about the past, present and future of tropical biodiversity and its relevance to human welfare. Our guests include UPR News Director Sheri Quinn, USU doctoral student and UPR science reporter Colleen Meidt, and USU Associate Professor of Biology Noelle Beckman. We’ll hear a couple of reports recorded in Panama.

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Tom Williams worked as a part-time UPR announcer for a few years and joined Utah Public Radio full-time in 1996. He is a proud graduate of Uintah High School in Vernal and Utah State University (B. A. in Liberal Arts and Master of Business Administration.) He grew up in a family that regularly discussed everything from opera to religion to politics. He is interested in just about everything and loves to engage people in conversation, so you could say he has found the perfect job as host “Access Utah.” He and his wife Becky, live in Logan.

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