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== EEB 3894 Overview ==
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==<span style="color:#008000">'''EEB 3894 Overview'''</span>==
  
Undergraduate Seminar at the University of Connecticut, Storrs, Fall, 2008<br>
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Undergraduate Seminar at the University of Connecticut, Storrs, Spring, 2014<br>
1 credit<br>
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2 credits<br>
 
Thursday 2:30-5pm<br>
 
Thursday 2:30-5pm<br>
Bamford conference room (Torrey Life Sciences 171b)<br>
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Room: TLS 181<br>
  
Instructors: [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Tobias_Landberg Tobias Landberg] & [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Kat_Shaw Katherine Shaw]
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Instructor: [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/William_Ryerson Bill Ryerson]
  
We will meet all the distinguished scientists on this semester's  [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebwww/seminars.php list of speakers.]
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Spring 2014 Syllabus: [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/f/f8/EEB3894Syllabus.pdf PDF]
Student will be responsible for participating in each meeting. We will read at least one research article written by a different visiting scholar every week. After a half hour of discussion, we will meet the person behind the science and then hear them give an hour-long research seminar. This course is for undergraduate students interested in broadening their understanding of modern ecology and evolutionary biology by engaging in active discussion.
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We will meet all the distinguished scientists on this semester's  [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebwww/seminars.php#415 list of speakers.]
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Student will be responsible for participating in each meeting. We will read at least one research article written by a different visiting scholar every week. After a half hour of discussion, we will meet the person behind the science and then hear them give an hour-long research seminar. This course is for undergraduate students interested in broadening their understanding of modern ecology and evolutionary biology by engaging in active discussion. Read this [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Image:Guidesforpaperandiscussion.pdf guide]to writing response papers and preparing for discussion.
  
 
Grades will be calculated out of 140 points (10 points/week)  
 
Grades will be calculated out of 140 points (10 points/week)  
  
'''Attendance= 4 points/week''' Show up to discussion and attend seminar every week.  
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'''Attendance= 4 points/week''' Attend discussion and seminar every week.  
  
 
'''Participation= 4 points/week''' Ask questions, volunteer comments and engage in constructive discussion with peers and speaker.
 
'''Participation= 4 points/week''' Ask questions, volunteer comments and engage in constructive discussion with peers and speaker.
  
 
'''1 page response paper= 2 points/week''' Typed, double-spaced response to the research article.
 
'''1 page response paper= 2 points/week''' Typed, double-spaced response to the research article.
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'''Leading one discussion= 10 points''' Pick research article for the discussion, summarize and focus discussion with peers.
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'''Leading 1 discussion= 10 points''' Pick research article for the discussion, summarize and focus discussion with peers.  
 
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== Fall 2008 Seminars ==
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''(4:00PM in BPB 130 unless otherwise noted)''
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'''August 28, 2008'''
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[http://vertebrates.si.edu/birds/birds_staff_pages/StorrsOlson_staffpage.html Storrs Olson] (Smithsonian Institution)
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Bermuda: Avatar of Pulsating Evolution and Bellwether of Global Inundation '''''**POSTPONED**'''''
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'''August 28, 2008'''
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[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/projects/cicada/simon_lab/lab_pages/current.php Chris Simon] (UConn EEB)
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Systematics, Evolution, and Natural History:  Lessons from Past Presidents and Cicadas
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'''September 11, 2008'''
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[http://www.virginia.edu/biology/Fac/Galloway.html Laura Galloway] (University of Virginia)
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Maternal effects: Parental care in plants?
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'''September 18, 2008'''
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[http://research.brown.edu/research/profile.php?id=1186165626 Dov Sax] (Brown University)
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An Evolutionary Null Model of Species Invasions & The Future of Species Extinctions on Islands
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'''September 25, 2008'''
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[http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~hsdept/bios/browne.html Janet Browne] (Harvard University)
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4:00PM in Dodd Center
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Darwin Lecture Series.
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'''October 2, 2008'''
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[http://ase.tufts.edu/cogstud/incbios/dennettd/dennettd.htm Daniel C. Dennett] (Tufts University)
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4:00PM in Dodd Center
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Darwin Lecture Series.
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'''October 9, 2008'''
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[http://www.brown.edu/Research/Edwards_Lab/index.php Erika Edwards] (Brown University)
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How the cactus came to be
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'''October 15, 2008'''
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[http://english.rutgers.edu/faculty/profiles/levine.html George Levine] (Rutgers University)
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4:00PM in Dodd Center
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Darwin Lecture Series.
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'''October 23, 2008'''
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*Email '''Bill (william.ryerson@uconn.edu)''' with article choice ''@ least'' 1 week before you lead seminar discussion.
[http://www.ecostudies.org/people_sci_likens.html Gene Likens] (Distinguished Research Professor (Visiting))
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TBA
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'''October 30, 2008'''
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[http://life.bio.sunysb.edu/ee/wienslab/homepage.html John Wiens] (Stonybrook University)
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Integrating evolutionary biology and historical biogeography
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''' Guide for Paper Discussion: '''[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Image:Guidesforpaperandiscussion.pdf guide].
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'''Guide for Critically reading scientific articles: ''' [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/b/b0/ReadingScience.pdf Reading].
  
'''November 5, 2008'''
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Sandra Herbert (University of Maryland - Baltimore County)
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4:00PM in Dodd Center
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Darwin Lecture Series.
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'''November 13, 2008'''
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==<span style="color:#008000">'''Spring 2014 Seminars'''</span>==
Iolanda Ventura (University of Catholique de Louvain - Belgium)
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''(Thursday @ 4:00PM in [http://admissions.uconn.edu/virtualtour/search/ BPB 130] unless otherwise noted)''
Book Culture and Experimental Science in Late Medieval Herbals
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'''January 30, 2014'''<br>
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[http://www.haverford.edu/faculty/jwilson Jonathan Wilson] (Haverford College) ''Ecological and evolutionary insights from the study of fossil plants''<br>
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'''February 6, 2014'''<br>
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[http://pringlelab.ecology.uga.edu/ Catherine Pringle] (University of Georgia) '''Climate-driven acidification in Neotropical Streams: Evidence from a long-term research project in Costa Rica.'''<br>
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'''February 13, 2014''' - ''Teale Lecture*''<br>
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[http://environment.yale.edu/profile/leiserowitz/ Anthony Leiserowitz] (Yale University) ''Climate Change in the American Mind''<br>
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'''March 13, 2014'''<br>
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[https://research.brown.edu/research/profile.php?id=1127248140 Elizabeth Brainerd] (Brown University) ''TBD''<br>
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'''March 27, 2014''' - ''Teale Lecture*'' <br>
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[http://www.bren.ucsb.edu/people/Faculty/steven_gaines.htm Steven D. Gaines] (UC - Santa Barbara) ''What role will the oceans play in meeting the global demand for food?''<br>
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'''April 3, 2014'''<br>
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[http://www.doctorbugs.com/Dr._Bugs_Web.html Mark Moffett] (Smithsonian Institute) ''TBD''<br>
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'''April 10, 2014''' - ''Teale Lecture*''<br>
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[http://www.noaa.gov/lubchenco.html Jane Lubchenco] (NOAA) ''Climate, Weather, Oceans and Biodiversity: Science in Policy and Politics''<br>
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'''April 17, 2014'''<br>
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[https://www.chicagobotanic.org/research/staff/wickett Norman Wickett] (Chicago Botanical Gardens) ''TBD'' <br>
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'''April 24, 2014'''<br>
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[http://fieldmuseum.org/users/bruce-patterson Bruce Patterson] (The Field Museum - Chicago) ''TBD''<br>
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'''May 1, 2014''' <br>
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[http://cteg.berkeley.edu/members/heath.html Tracy Heath] (Cal - Berkeley) ''TBD'' <br>
  
'''November 20, 2008'''
 
[http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~jlockwoo/ Julie Lockwood] (Rutgers University)
 
Propagule madness: definitions and null hypotheses in invasion ecology
 
  
'''December 3, 2008'''
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[http://www.amnh.org/science/divisions/anthro/bio.php?scientist=tattersall Ian Tattersall] (American Museum of Natural History)
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4:00PM in Dodd Center
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Darwin Lecture Series.
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==EEB 3894 Semester Schedule==
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==<span style="color:#008000">'''EEB 3894 Semester Schedule'''</span>==  
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''Trouble accessing the discussion article when off campus? First sign into the [http://www.lib.uconn.edu/using/resources/techasst/uconnip.html UConn VPN] and then try the link.''
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|28 August|| Chris Simon || Tobias & Kat || None - Discuss Syllabus and Website
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|23 January || || Bill || None - Discuss Syllabus, Website, Class Goals, How to read and interpret scientific literature
 
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|04 September || Intro to Reading Scientific Articles || Tobias & Kat || [[image:Treeinthewoods.pdf TREE]]
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|30 January || Jonathan Wilson || Bill || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/d/d7/Wilson.pdf 400 million years of plant hydraulics]  
 
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|11 September ||Laura Galloway || TBA || TBA
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|6 February || Cathy Pringle || Erin || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/c/c6/Barnum.pdf Using stable isotopes to understand niche shifts]
 
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|18 September || Dov Sax || TBA || TBA
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|13 February <br> '''(Teale Lecture Series*)'''|| Anthony Leiserowitz || Pratibha || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/e/eb/Evangelicalwarming.pdf American evangelicals and global warming]
 
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|25 September <br> '''(Darwin Lecture Series*)''' || Janet Browne || TBA || TBA
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|20 February || Jessica Savage || Dan || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/d/da/Savage.pdf Daylight and transpiration]
 
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|02 October <br> '''(Darwin Lecture Series*)'''|| Daniel C. Dennett || TBA || TBA
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|27 February || Emily Grman  || Sagy Dos || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/a/a6/Grman.pdf Plant allocate differently to fungi]
 
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|09 October || Erika Edwards || TBA || TBA
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|6 March || Robert Coulautti || Stephen || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/c/c1/Coulatti.pdf Flower plasticity]
 
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|16 October <br> '''(Darwin Lecture Series*)''' <br> '''(Wednesday Seminar**)'''|| George Levine || TBA || TBA
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|13 March || Beth Brainerd || Sammy || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/4/4e/BrainerdVertebralBass.pdf Bending in fish spines]
 
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|23 October || Gene Likens  || TBA || TBA
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|20 March || SPRING BREAK!||   ||
 
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|30 October || John Wiens  || TBA || TBA
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|27 March <br> '''(Teale Lecture Series*)''' ||Steven Gaines || Arrian || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/3/33/Gaines.pdf Marine Reserve Networks]
 
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|06 November <br> '''(Darwin Lecture Series*)''' <br> '''(Wednesday Seminar**)''' || Sandra Herbert  || TBA || TBA
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|3 April || Mark Moffett || || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/a/a0/Moffett.pdf What is a society?]
 
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|13 November || Iolanda Ventura || TBA || TBA
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|10 April <br> '''(Teale Lecture Series*)''' || Jane Lubchenco || Uday ||| [http://mytilus.science.oregonstate.edu/BAMpubs/Menge%20et%20al.%202011%20Ecol%20Monogr.pdf Climate change and conservation]
 
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|20 November  || Julie Lockwood || TBA || TBA
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|17 April || Norm Wickett || Harley || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/9/99/Wickett.pdf Ancestral polyploidy in plants]
 
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|27 November || **Thanksgiving Recess** || **No Class** ||
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|24 April || Bruce Patterson || Mary ||
 
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|04 December <br> '''(Darwin Lecture Series*)''' <br> '''(Wednesday Seminar**)''' || Ian Tattersall || TBA || TBA
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|1 May || Tracy Heath||
 
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<nowiki>*</nowiki> Seminars in the [[Darwin Lecture Series]] are held in the Konover Auditorium of the Dodd Center (near the Homer Babbidge Library).<br>
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<nowiki>*</nowiki> Seminars in the Teale Lecture Series are held in the Konover Auditorium of the Dodd Center (near the Homer Babbidge Library).<br>
<nowiki>**</nowiki> The department seminar will be held on Wednesday of this week. We will discuss a paper on Thursday, and students are encouraged to attend the seminar on Wednesday.
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[[Category:EEB Seminars]]
 
[[Category:EEB Seminars]]

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EEB 3894 Overview

Undergraduate Seminar at the University of Connecticut, Storrs, Spring, 2014
2 credits
Thursday 2:30-5pm
Room: TLS 181

Instructor: Bill Ryerson

Spring 2014 Syllabus: PDF

We will meet all the distinguished scientists on this semester's list of speakers. Student will be responsible for participating in each meeting. We will read at least one research article written by a different visiting scholar every week. After a half hour of discussion, we will meet the person behind the science and then hear them give an hour-long research seminar. This course is for undergraduate students interested in broadening their understanding of modern ecology and evolutionary biology by engaging in active discussion. Read this guideto writing response papers and preparing for discussion.

Grades will be calculated out of 140 points (10 points/week)

Attendance= 4 points/week Attend discussion and seminar every week.

Participation= 4 points/week Ask questions, volunteer comments and engage in constructive discussion with peers and speaker.

1 page response paper= 2 points/week Typed, double-spaced response to the research article.

Leading 1 discussion= 10 points Pick research article for the discussion, summarize and focus discussion with peers.

  • Email Bill (william.ryerson@uconn.edu) with article choice @ least 1 week before you lead seminar discussion.



Guide for Paper Discussion: guide.

Guide for Critically reading scientific articles: Reading.


Spring 2014 Seminars

(Thursday @ 4:00PM in BPB 130 unless otherwise noted)
January 30, 2014
Jonathan Wilson (Haverford College) Ecological and evolutionary insights from the study of fossil plants
February 6, 2014
Catherine Pringle (University of Georgia) Climate-driven acidification in Neotropical Streams: Evidence from a long-term research project in Costa Rica.
February 13, 2014 - Teale Lecture*
Anthony Leiserowitz (Yale University) Climate Change in the American Mind
March 13, 2014
Elizabeth Brainerd (Brown University) TBD
March 27, 2014 - Teale Lecture*
Steven D. Gaines (UC - Santa Barbara) What role will the oceans play in meeting the global demand for food?
April 3, 2014
Mark Moffett (Smithsonian Institute) TBD
April 10, 2014 - Teale Lecture*
Jane Lubchenco (NOAA) Climate, Weather, Oceans and Biodiversity: Science in Policy and Politics
April 17, 2014
Norman Wickett (Chicago Botanical Gardens) TBD
April 24, 2014
Bruce Patterson (The Field Museum - Chicago) TBD
May 1, 2014
Tracy Heath (Cal - Berkeley) TBD



EEB 3894 Semester Schedule

Trouble accessing the discussion article when off campus? First sign into the UConn VPN and then try the link.

Date Seminar Speaker Presenter Discussion Article
23 January Bill None - Discuss Syllabus, Website, Class Goals, How to read and interpret scientific literature
30 January Jonathan Wilson Bill 400 million years of plant hydraulics
6 February Cathy Pringle Erin Using stable isotopes to understand niche shifts
13 February
(Teale Lecture Series*)
Anthony Leiserowitz Pratibha American evangelicals and global warming
20 February Jessica Savage Dan Daylight and transpiration
27 February Emily Grman Sagy Dos Plant allocate differently to fungi
6 March Robert Coulautti Stephen Flower plasticity
13 March Beth Brainerd Sammy Bending in fish spines
20 March SPRING BREAK!
27 March
(Teale Lecture Series*)
Steven Gaines Arrian Marine Reserve Networks
3 April Mark Moffett What is a society?
10 April
(Teale Lecture Series*)
Jane Lubchenco Uday Climate change and conservation
17 April Norm Wickett Harley Ancestral polyploidy in plants
24 April Bruce Patterson Mary
1 May Tracy Heath


* Seminars in the Teale Lecture Series are held in the Konover Auditorium of the Dodd Center (near the Homer Babbidge Library).