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Hairston receives award for work in limnology

Nelson Hairston, the Frank H. T. Rhodes Professor of Environmental Science emeritus, has been awarded the Naumann-Thienemann Medal by the Societas Internationalis Limnologiae (SIL), the highest honor that can be bestowed internationally for outstanding scientific contributions to limnology. Hairston will receive this honor at the next SIL congress in Gwangju, South Korea.

Backyard bird event counting on citizen scientists

In a study published in September, a Cornell-led team of scientists revealed a decline of more than one in four birds in the United States and Canada since 1970 – a total of 3 billion birds gone.

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APR 13Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Seminar Series; EEB T... EEB Town Hall, Cornell University 04/13/20, A106 Morison Room, 12:20pm

APR 20Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Dissertation Seminar ... Kate Eisen, Cornell University Title: Species interactions affect the distribution and evolution of multiple floral traits in California native wildflowers 04/20/20, A106 Morison Hall, 12:20pm

APR 27CANCELLED: Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Weekly Sem... Sally Otto, University of British Columbia Title: Genomic Scope of Adaptive Mutations in the Face of Environmental Challenges 04/27/20, G10 Biotech, 4pm

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EEB faculty and students pursue topics across a broad set of interlinked fields, including ecosystem biology and biogeochemistry, community ecology and population biology, organismal biology, chemical and molecular ecology, population genetics and genomics, speciation and macroevolution. Follow this link to view Our Department in Action gallery. Photos below: Geber Lab, “Clarkia species flowers in an experimental array for pollinator observations” by Aubrie James; Searle Lab research, wild house mouse (Mus musculus domesticus) by Michael Amphlett.

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Teaching at Cornell is in the midst of a transformation, with EEB faculty Michelle Smith and others across the University applying the latest research and technologies across disciplines to excite and engage students. The Center for Teaching Innovation (CTI), established in 2017, brings together experts on teaching and learning research and academic technologies, previously housed in different units, to provide the most comprehensive and forward-thinking resources and programming for faculty. This video was orginally posted by CornellCast (an interactive transcript is available once you click on the video).

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Cornell, Nature Conservancy to study key climate projects

Plants use a common ‘language’ for emergency alerts

Flecker Lab collaborates to shrink Amazon dams' greenhouse gas emissions

Study lead by Atkinson Center's David Lodge shows invasive rusty crayfish sabotage their own habitat