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Register now for our symposium on Climate Change in the Amazon from 12:30-5 pm on December 6, 2024 at the IACS Conference Room. This symposium brings together six Fulbright Amazonia scholars whose work spans disciplines in human and economic geography, policy, and remote sensing, all focused on climate change mitigation and adaptation in the Amazon. The symposium includes an Ask-Me-Anything lunch for students.
Will biodiversity make it? Out and about at the 16th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), read the write-up at the Institute for Globalization Studies news. Or read below the fold.
Paul Donat graduated in the Spring 2024 doctoral hooding ceremony and continues his work as science teacher at Hampton Bays Public Schools. Dr. Donat’s dissertation explored new sex chromosomes in Humulus and Artibeus jamaicensis.
This analysis by Mie Dahl includes several quotes by Dávalos. While minor compared to the deforestation caused by clearing for pasture, coca cultivation still affects local communities through contamination of soil and water, violence and crime — yet remains a vital source of livelihood for more than 230,000 families.
Doctoral candidate William Thomas is a candidate no more after successfully defending his dissertation! Congratulations to Dr. Thomas!
Doctoral candidate Nicolette Sipperly presented at Botany Conference 2023. Nicolette showed results from her phenotypic comparisons across populations of Draba albertina, and connections between art and science. Congratulations to Nicolette!
Doctoral candidates Alexis Brown and William Thomas presented at Evolution 2023. While Lexi presented “Evidence for novel molecular mechanisms for resisting sensorineural hearing loss in echolocating bats,” Bill presented “Comparative transcriptomics reveal life history tradeoffs associated with the evolution of a seasonal size plasticity in shrews.” Congratulations to both!
