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== EEB 5894–005: Seminar in Ornithology ==
 
== EEB 5894–005: Seminar in Ornithology ==
  
This page lists weekly meetings of the UConn Bird Group.  Students (grads and undergrads) who are doing research in our labs and who are able to attend on a regular basis should sign up for 1 credit to participate in this class.  Students doing research are expected to present at least once a semester; if time permits, twice may be possible. Presentations can include research updates, a paper from the literature, stats questions, practice talk, or other items that benefit from a large, diverse group of ornithologists. Students will need a permission number to enroll; please contact whoever your adviser is.
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This page lists weekly meetings of the UConn Bird Group.  Students (grads and undergrads) who are doing research in our labs and who are able to attend on a regular basis should sign up for 1 credit to participate in this class.  Students doing research are expected to lead at least once a semester; if time permits, twice may be possible. Sessions can focus on research updates, grant proposal or paper reviews, a paper from the literature, stats questions, practice talks, or other items that benefit from a large, diverse group of ornithologists. Students may need a permission number to enroll; please contact whoever your adviser is.
  
Please note that the goal of these sessions is for EVERYONE to be engaged and participate in a discussion of the topic at hand. Students should come ready to contribute to the conversation every week.  Those of us on the faculty side have a tendency to ramble on and dominate the conversation.  We'll try not to do this, but it will be easier for us to behave if you all come with lots to say. If you're new to the group don't worry about asking "dumb questions".  They're often the most important ones as they either make the rest of us think about things that we've got complacent about or they show us that we're not communicating things very well.
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Please note that the goal of these sessions is for EVERYONE to be engaged and participate in a discussion of the topic at hand. Students should come ready to contribute to the conversation every week.  Those of us on the faculty side have a tendency to ramble on and dominate the conversation.  We'll try not to do this, but it will be easier for us to behave if you all come with lots to say. If you're new to the group don't worry about asking "foolish" questions.  They're often the most important ones as they either make the rest of us think about things that we've got complacent about or they show us that we're not communicating things very well.
  
'''Meeting time:''' Tuesdays 12:30 – 2:00 p.m. (although we try to keep meetings to 1hr15 if possible)
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'''Meeting time:''' Tuesdays 1:00 – 2:15 pm
  
'''Location:''' Bamford Room (TLS 171b)
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'''Location:''' zooming through the ether
  
 
If you have other ideas for things worth discussing (especially relating to professional development), please talk to one of the faculty.  Past topics that we have discussed include: how to put together a CV for grad schools/job applications, ethics in research, how to write proposals, the mechanics of managing research funds, etc., etc.
 
If you have other ideas for things worth discussing (especially relating to professional development), please talk to one of the faculty.  Past topics that we have discussed include: how to put together a CV for grad schools/job applications, ethics in research, how to write proposals, the mechanics of managing research funds, etc., etc.
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If the date you want is already taken and it says in the notes that it is OK to switch to another date, go ahead and do so (but don't switch someone to a date when they say they will not be there .. and double-check with them that the switch is OK).
 
If the date you want is already taken and it says in the notes that it is OK to switch to another date, go ahead and do so (but don't switch someone to a date when they say they will not be there .. and double-check with them that the switch is OK).
  
'''Starting Fall 2018''': ''Key Papers in Ornithology and the Ornithologists Who Wrote Them'' (KPOOWWTs) Click here: [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_cNzUR0wBJLB895Sa3jh3ff0adVESRM1d6zOaHugWhg/edit?usp=sharing]  
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'''Starting Fall 2018''': ''Key Avian Papers in Ornithology and the Ornithologists Who Wrote Them'' (KAPOOWWTs) [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_cNzUR0wBJLB895Sa3jh3ff0adVESRM1d6zOaHugWhg/edit?usp=sharing Click here]
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[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/d/dc/Ladder_of_Feedback_Worksheet_.pdf Ladder of Feedback worksheet]
  
  
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| 28 August ||––––––––––––––––  || Intro session  ||
 
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| 4 September  || Andrew || [https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1046/j.1365-2656.1998.00215.x Bill Sutherland (Paradis et al.  1998)]  ||
 
 
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| 11 September  || Grace || [http://www.rannala.org/reprints/1995/Brown1995a.pdf Charles Brown and Mary Bomberger Brown (Brown et al. 1995)]  ||  
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| 1 Sep || All || Organization ||  
 
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| 18 September  || Canceled ||   ||  
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| 8 Sep || Margaret || How to write a letter of recommendation || one pager on avoiding gender bias when writing letters of reference: https://csw.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/avoiding_gender_bias_in_letter_of_reference_writing.pdf
;    New York Times OpEd on whether using the term "articulate" about BIPOC is racist: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/08/opinion/kamala-harris-articulate.html
 
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| 25 September  || Josh & Graham  ||  GRFP Day ||  
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| 15 Sep || Chris || Picking journals and other publishing questions || [https://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/BES-Guide-Getting-Published-2019.pdf BES publishing guide (read pp 4-10)]
 
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| 2 October  || Mackenzie & Ben || GRFP Day  ||  
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| 22 Sep || Eliza || Smith fellowship proposal ||  
 
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| 9 October  || ||   ||  
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| 29 Sep || Jess E|| paper that's not on birds||  
 
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| 16 October  || Margaret || Why do most posters fail? ||
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| 6 Oct || Jess G || Bluebirds||  
 
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| 23 October  || Kevin || Professional Development: Where to submit a manuscript  ||  
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| 13 Oct || Cindy || Mariana's Dam Disaster Results || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ce4UikC2aI Context video #1]<br> [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ov7ebf8ACU Context video #2]<br> [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/28/brazil-dam-collapse-samarco-fundao-mining News about what happened in Mariana, 2015]<br>   
 
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| 30 October  || Johanna || Postdoc proposal  ||  
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| 20 Oct || Sam || Manuscript review and discussion || Check your email for the manuscript!
 
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| 6 November  || ||   ||  
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| 27 Oct || Franco || Potential Research Ideas ||
 
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| 13 November || Theresa  ||   ||  
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| 3 Nov || Austin || Breeding Bird Survey paper || Check your email for the manuscript:)!
 
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| 20 November  ||––––––––––––––––|| THANKSGIVING  || Eat a galliform, if you wish
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| 10 Nov || Andrew || woodpecker paper || timing flexible
 
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| 27 November  || ||   ||  
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| 17 Nov || -- || NO MEETING ||  
 
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| 4 December ||   ||   ||  
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| 24 Nov || -- || NO MEETING - THANKSGIVING BREAK ||  
 
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| 11 December ||––––––––––––––––|| EXAM WEEK - semester wrap-up   ||  
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| 1 Dec || Jordana || Heat transfer through feathers ||
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| 8 Dec || || Reading day ....Frank?   ||  
 
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'''LIST OF POSSIBLE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT/DISCUSSION TOPICS:'''
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How to deal with failure/rejection
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How to find a post-doc
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How to find grant opportunities
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How to write a cover letter for your manuscript
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Surviving an oral exam
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How to be a good reviewer
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Journal selection when you have a paper to submit
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Organizational Hacks
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How to keep track of your literature collection: Citation Manager software
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How to keep up on literature
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Email management
  
  
  
 
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Revision as of 18:29, 13 November 2020

EEB 5894–005: Seminar in Ornithology

This page lists weekly meetings of the UConn Bird Group. Students (grads and undergrads) who are doing research in our labs and who are able to attend on a regular basis should sign up for 1 credit to participate in this class. Students doing research are expected to lead at least once a semester; if time permits, twice may be possible. Sessions can focus on research updates, grant proposal or paper reviews, a paper from the literature, stats questions, practice talks, or other items that benefit from a large, diverse group of ornithologists. Students may need a permission number to enroll; please contact whoever your adviser is.

Please note that the goal of these sessions is for EVERYONE to be engaged and participate in a discussion of the topic at hand. Students should come ready to contribute to the conversation every week. Those of us on the faculty side have a tendency to ramble on and dominate the conversation. We'll try not to do this, but it will be easier for us to behave if you all come with lots to say. If you're new to the group don't worry about asking "foolish" questions. They're often the most important ones as they either make the rest of us think about things that we've got complacent about or they show us that we're not communicating things very well.

Meeting time: Tuesdays 1:00 – 2:15 pm

Location: zooming through the ether

If you have other ideas for things worth discussing (especially relating to professional development), please talk to one of the faculty. Past topics that we have discussed include: how to put together a CV for grad schools/job applications, ethics in research, how to write proposals, the mechanics of managing research funds, etc., etc.

Graduate students can sign up to present by logging in to EEBedia and just editing this page. Undergraduates should talk to one of the faculty.

If there is a published paper to read, please put in a link to it. Note, that the actual papers probably will not be accessible unless you are on a computer connected to the UConn network (you can connect from any computer via the UConn library homepage: lib.uconn.edu).

If the date you want is already taken and it says in the notes that it is OK to switch to another date, go ahead and do so (but don't switch someone to a date when they say they will not be there .. and double-check with them that the switch is OK).

Starting Fall 2018: Key Avian Papers in Ornithology and the Ornithologists Who Wrote Them (KAPOOWWTs) Click here

Ladder of Feedback worksheet


Week of: Who Topic Notes
1 Sep All Organization
8 Sep Margaret How to write a letter of recommendation one pager on avoiding gender bias when writing letters of reference: https://csw.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/avoiding_gender_bias_in_letter_of_reference_writing.pdf
; New York Times OpEd on whether using the term "articulate" about BIPOC is racist: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/08/opinion/kamala-harris-articulate.html
15 Sep Chris Picking journals and other publishing questions BES publishing guide (read pp 4-10)
22 Sep Eliza Smith fellowship proposal
29 Sep Jess E paper that's not on birds
6 Oct Jess G Bluebirds
13 Oct Cindy Mariana's Dam Disaster Results Context video #1
Context video #2
News about what happened in Mariana, 2015
20 Oct Sam Manuscript review and discussion Check your email for the manuscript!
27 Oct Franco Potential Research Ideas
3 Nov Austin Breeding Bird Survey paper Check your email for the manuscript:)!
10 Nov Andrew woodpecker paper timing flexible
17 Nov -- NO MEETING
24 Nov -- NO MEETING - THANKSGIVING BREAK
1 Dec Jordana Heat transfer through feathers
8 Dec Reading day ....Frank?


LIST OF POSSIBLE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT/DISCUSSION TOPICS:

How to deal with failure/rejection

How to find a post-doc

How to find grant opportunities

How to write a cover letter for your manuscript

Surviving an oral exam

How to be a good reviewer

Journal selection when you have a paper to submit

Organizational Hacks

How to keep track of your literature collection: Citation Manager software

How to keep up on literature

Email management