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| + | We will meet all the distinguished scientists on this semester's [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebwww/seminars.php 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. | ||
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| + | == Fall 2008 Seminars == | ||
| + | ''(4:00PM in BPB 130 unless otherwise noted)'' | ||
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| + | '''August 28, 2008''' | ||
| + | Storrs Olson (Smithsonian Institution) | ||
| + | Bermuda: Avatar of Pulsating Evolution and Bellwether of Global Inundation | ||
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| + | '''September 11, 2008''' | ||
| + | Laura Galloway (University of Virginia) | ||
| + | Maternal effects: Parental care in plants? | ||
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| + | '''September 18, 2008''' | ||
| + | Dov Sax (Brown University) | ||
| + | An Evolutionary Null Model of Species Invasions & The Future of Species Extinctions on Islands | ||
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| + | '''September 25, 2008''' | ||
| + | Janet Browne (Harvard University) | ||
| + | 4:00PM in Dodd Center | ||
| + | Darwin Lecture Series. | ||
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| + | '''October 2, 2008''' | ||
| + | Daniel C. Dennett (Tufts University) | ||
| + | 4:00PM in Dodd Center | ||
| + | Darwin Lecture Series. | ||
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| + | '''October 9, 2008''' | ||
| + | Erika Edwards (Brown University) | ||
| + | How the cactus came to be | ||
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| + | '''October 15, 2008''' | ||
| + | George Levine (Rutgers University) | ||
| + | 4:00PM in Dodd Center | ||
| + | Darwin Lecture Series. | ||
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| + | '''October 30, 2008''' | ||
| + | John Wiens (Stonybrook University) | ||
| + | Integrating evolutionary biology and historical biogeography | ||
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| + | '''November 5, 2008''' | ||
| + | Sandra Herbert (University of Maryland - Baltimore County) | ||
| + | 4:00PM in Dodd Center | ||
| + | Darwin Lecture Series. | ||
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| + | '''November 13, 2008''' | ||
| + | Iolanda Ventura (University of Catholique de Louvain - Belgium) | ||
| + | Book Culture and Experimental Science in Late Medieval Herbals | ||
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| + | '''November 20, 2008''' | ||
| + | Julie Lockwood (Rutgers University) | ||
| + | Propagule madness: definitions and null hypotheses in invasion ecology | ||
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| + | '''December 3, 2008''' | ||
| + | Ian Tattersall (American Museum of Natural History) | ||
| + | 4:00PM in Dodd Center | ||
| + | Darwin Lecture Series. | ||
Revision as of 04:45, 15 August 2008
EEB 3894
Undergraduate Seminar at the University of Connecticut, Storrs, Fall, 2008
1 credit
Thursday 2:30-5pm
Bamford conference room (Torrey Life Sciences)
Instructors: Tobias Landberg & Katherine Shaw
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.
Fall 2008 Seminars
(4:00PM in BPB 130 unless otherwise noted)
August 28, 2008 Storrs Olson (Smithsonian Institution) Bermuda: Avatar of Pulsating Evolution and Bellwether of Global Inundation
September 11, 2008 Laura Galloway (University of Virginia) Maternal effects: Parental care in plants?
September 18, 2008 Dov Sax (Brown University) An Evolutionary Null Model of Species Invasions & The Future of Species Extinctions on Islands
September 25, 2008 Janet Browne (Harvard University) 4:00PM in Dodd Center Darwin Lecture Series.
October 2, 2008 Daniel C. Dennett (Tufts University) 4:00PM in Dodd Center Darwin Lecture Series.
October 9, 2008 Erika Edwards (Brown University) How the cactus came to be
October 15, 2008 George Levine (Rutgers University) 4:00PM in Dodd Center Darwin Lecture Series.
October 30, 2008 John Wiens (Stonybrook University) Integrating evolutionary biology and historical biogeography
November 5, 2008 Sandra Herbert (University of Maryland - Baltimore County) 4:00PM in Dodd Center Darwin Lecture Series.
November 13, 2008 Iolanda Ventura (University of Catholique de Louvain - Belgium) Book Culture and Experimental Science in Late Medieval Herbals
November 20, 2008 Julie Lockwood (Rutgers University) Propagule madness: definitions and null hypotheses in invasion ecology
December 3, 2008 Ian Tattersall (American Museum of Natural History) 4:00PM in Dodd Center Darwin Lecture Series.
