News & Announcements
Four OEB defenses scheduled in August
Four OEB defenses scheduled in August
OEB grad students Kim Ogden Vitale, Rachel Bolus, Dana Moseley and Sasha Tulchinsky are all defending during the month of August. Details for each defense are listed below.
The seminar portion of the defense is open to the public
Refreshments will be served before each defense
Copies of each student's thesis or dissertation will be on display in the OEB office one week before the defense date
Goodwin awarded Dissertation Research Grant and Fellowship
Goodwin awarded Dissertation Research Grant and Fellowship
In the span of one week, OEB doctoral candidate Sarah Goodwin learned that she had received both a Graduate School Dissertation Research Grant and a Graduate School Fellowship. The Graduate School Dissertation grants are new, competitive awards given to UMass doctoral students to help cover expenses associated with the student's doctoral dissertation research. Goodwin's Graduate School Fellowship was one of only 13 awarded this year to continuing graduate students at UMass. Congratulations Sarah!
OEB Science Café featured in Daily Hampshire Gazette
OEB Science Café featured in Daily Hampshire Gazette
This spring's final Science Café was featured in a May 15 Daily Hampshire Gazette article, along with a similar series hosted through Mount Holyoke College. The series of monthly events was started by Sarah Goodwin two years ago and has become the primary outreach focus of OEB grad students. “We desperately want to make science more approachable,” said Goodwin . . . “We want the community to walk away with a better idea of what the science is about and who the scientists are.”
The OEB Cafe (oebsciencecafe.org) is on break for the summer, with its next café scheduled for September.
Long awarded two grants
Long awarded two grants
OEB doctoral candidate Skye Long was recently awarded grants from Sigma Xi and the Arachnological Society. Congratulations.
May Science Café: Brace for impact!
May Science Café: Brace for impact!
Join us at Esselon on Monday, May 6th at 6:00 PM for Brace for Impact! with Gary Gillis of Mt. Holyoke College. Gary will explore the acrobatics of jumping frogs and how they, like gymnasts, coordinate their muscles to effectively prepare for landings. Gary uses biomechanics and neuromuscular analysis to understand how animals are able to control their movements during rapid deceleration.
All Science Café events are free and designed for a public audience. Light snacks will be provided and drinks will be available for purchase. For more information, visit www.oebsciencecafe.org.
April Science Café: Speed
April Science Café: Speed
Join us at Esselon on Monday, April 15th at 6:00 PM for Speed: Life in the Fast Lane with Sheila Patek of the University of Massachusetts. Dr. Patek will explore some of the world’s fastest animals – but maybe not the ones you’re thinking of! We hope to see you then!
All Science Café events are free and designed for a public audience. Light snacks will be provided and drinks will be available for purchase. For more information, visit www.oebsciencecafe.org
Sinauer Associates Lecture: Eric J Nestler
Sinauer Associates Lecture: Eric J Nestler
8th Annual Sinauer Associates Lecture
Eric J. Nestler
Department of Neuroscience
Mt. Sinai School of Medicine
"New Insight Into the Neurobiology of Depression"
4 PM Weds, April 3, 2013
222 Morrill Science Center (South)
March Science Café: Beyond the Chatter
March Science Café: Beyond the Chatter
March's Science Café features Sarah Partan, Hampshire College, who will present Beyond the Chatter: Adventures in Animal Communication on Monday, March 4 at 6 p.m. at Esselon Café.
Learn about the fascinating world of animal communication and the answers to such questions as: Why did the robot squirrel wave its tail? What do female pigeons really want, his song or his dance? Do urban birds find it harder to get a date over all that noise?
All Science Café events are free and designed for a public audience. Light snacks will be provided and drinks will be available for purchase. For more information, visit www.oebsciencecafe.org
Today's OEB seminar is cancelled due to snowstorm
Today's OEB seminar is cancelled due to snowstorm
With the University closing at noon today, Kristina Stinson's seminar has been cancelled.
Classic Readings in Evolution and Ecology
Classic Readings in Evolution and Ecology
Classic Readings will meet on Tuesdays from 12 noon - 1 pm in the OEB Seminar Room (319 MOR 2). The schedule and pdfs of papers can be found here. All OEB grad students are invited. Contact discussion leader Scott Schneider with questions.