Benjamin Z. Houlton, director of the John Muir Institute of the Environment and professor of global environmental studies at the University of California, Davis, has been named the Ronald P. Lynch Dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS), Cornell Provost Michael I. Kotlikoff announced August 3rd.
Herpetologist Harry Greene had challenged himself this year to finish the manuscript of his next book, “Monkey, Snakes and Spears: Reflections on Wildness.” In between writing, he planned to spend some weekends in Mason County, Texas, getting his new property – Rancho Cascabel (“Rattlesnake Ranch”) – ready for habitation.
Through an on-going partnership between the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability and the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), four Cornell faculty members including Robert Howarth, the David R. Atkinson Professor of Ecology and Environmental Biology have received new grants for regional sustainability projects with global implications.
Elizabeth “Betty” Miller Francis ’47 touched many lives and organizations through her philanthropy and passion for travel, the outdoors, and art; the Elizabeth Miller Francis ’47 fund now supports Ecology and Evolutionary Biology undergraduate and graduate student field research.
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.
