OEB's Michelle Gilbert is one of many exceedingly talented artists featured on Talented Women in Art and Marine Science, hosted by Women in Fisheries. Stop by the site for some breathtaking marine-inspired images!

Meghna Marjadi is one of 20 graduate students who has been awarded a 2021 Switzer Fellowship.  

The Switzer Fellowship offers one-year fellowships to highly talented graduate students from diverse academic and personal backgrounds in New England and California whose studies and career goals are directed toward environmental improvement and who clearly demonstrate leadership in their field. The fellowship includes a $15,000 cash award, leadership training, access to a vibrant network of nearly 700 Switzer Fellowship alums, and opportunities for professional development and grants beyond the fellowship year.

Switzer Fellows are on the leading edge of environmental and social change through efforts in environmental science, policy, justice, public health, economics, journalism, urban planning, business, law and more.  Switzer Fellows come from diverse social, academic and economic backgrounds. They are committed to interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral work, applied results, and collaborative leadership. Further, they are committed to their own professional development and to continually improving their leadership skills throughout their careers.

OEB's Kadambari Devarajan, Joe Drake, and Toni Lyn Morelli are part of a team that published a paper in PLOS Computational Biology, which set out guiding principles to help scientists structure their lab meetings to be more inclusive and productive, ultimately leading to better science. Congratulations! Read more

Bethany Bradley was the lead author on a paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, Disentangling the abundance–impact relationship for invasive species, which won this year's George Mercer Award from ESA. This award recognizes an outstanding, recently published, ecological research paper. OEB's Brit Laginhas was also an author on this paper. Congratulations!!