{"651537":{"#nid":"651537","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Lincoln Park Zoo names its first female president, CEO in its 153-year history","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/news.gatech.edu\/news\/2018\/09\/21\/alumna-first-female-zoo-director-lincoln-park-zoo\u0022\u003EMegan Ross\u003C\/a\u003E, who received her M.S. and Ph.D. from the School of Psychology, is the new president and CEO of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.lpzoo.org\u0022\u003ELincoln Park Zoo \u003C\/a\u003Ein Chicago. Ross\u0026nbsp;moves into the top spot from her current role as Lincoln Park\u0026#39;s director. Ross represents two \u0026quot;firsts\u0026quot; at the zoo: She is the first woman and scientist\u0026nbsp;to serve as its leader.\u0026nbsp;Ross received her doctorate from Georgia Tech\u0026nbsp;after conducting a study on the effects of ultraviolet light on bird behavior (birds see ultraviolet light as a fourth primary color that humans do not). News of Ross\u0026#39; new role also appeared in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/entertainment\/museums\/ct-ent-lincoln-park-zoo-new-leader-20210908-4hrvx42zbjgyjk4bxok2pwxmxa-story.html\u0022\u003EChicago Tribune\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2021-10-07 18:55:11","changed_gmt":"2021-10-07 18:55:11","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Flax Lecture Series","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/entertainment-and-culture\/2021\/9\/8\/22662409\/lincoln-park-zoo-first-female-ceo-president-megan-ross-succeeds-kevin-bell","dateline":{"date":"2021-09-08T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2021-09-08T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"}],"categories":[{"id":"130","name":"Alumni"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"167710","name":"School of Psychology"},{"id":"189020","name":"Megan Ross"},{"id":"189021","name":"Lincoln Park Zoo"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}