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 members Monica Geber (on left) and Jennifer Thaler (on right) for receiving Senior Faculty Champion Awards at the 2020 Graduate Diversity and Inclusion Awards ceremony. Please join us in applauding Monica and Jennifer for their commitment, compassion and dedication.
EEB’s Drew Harvell among sixteen faculty and professional staff, selected for State University of New York Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence. Harvell was chosen for her scholarship and public engagement as a champion for ocean life and sustainable oceans.
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.
