Men participated more in an active learning course in science, technology, engineering and math, while women reported lower perceptions of their scientific abilities, were more aware of gender identity and more likely to feel judged based on gender, a new Cornell-led study has found.
Knowing what to study and having the necessary skills to succeed are students’ main course-related concerns early in introductory STEM classes, according to a new study co-led by Cornell researchers – findings that Cornell faculty are now working to address. The researchers surveyed students at three large Ph.D.-granting institutions to identify broad trends in course-related concerns, with an eye toward improving retention in science, technology, engineering and math majors.
James Morin, professor emeritus in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and former director of the Shoals Marine Laboratory, first discovered that Caribbean ostracods use bioluminescence in courtship signaling in 1980. Last fall, Morin and his co-authors described a new genus and species of Caribbean ostracod, Maristella chicoi.
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.
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.
Meet Corrie Moreau, ant biologist, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Director of the Insect Collection at Cornell University. Join us in learning about Corrie's journey from studying ants at a young age to to becoming E.O. Wilson's last Ph.D student at Harvard University. Follow this YouTube link to listen to "A Conversation with Corrie Moreau / Stellar Student of E.O. Wilson." Closed captioning available as part of YouTube's playback options. Photo of Corrie thanks to Cornell University photography.
