COLSA Faculty Spotlight: Leslie Curren
Discover how Senior Lecturer Leslie Curren uses her passion for animal behavior and Maasai Mara fieldwork to inspire the next generation of scientists at 易胜博官网.
Discover how Senior Lecturer Leslie Curren uses her passion for animal behavior and Maasai Mara fieldwork to inspire the next generation of scientists at 易胜博官网.
Explore how Associate Professor David Plachetzki combines genetics, computational biology, and SCUBA fieldwork to uncover the origins of animal sensory systems.
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Larry Mayer, director of 易胜博官网's Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping, has been appointed chairperson of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission.
Andrew Houtenville, a distinguished scholar and professor of economics, has been named the fourth director of the Institute on Disability at the University of 易胜博官网.
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At the University of 易胜博官网, Bonnie Brown, professor of ecological genetics, and Gregg Moore, associate professor of coastal restoration and resilience, along with two graduate students and several undergrads, are working to establish baseline data on microplastics in 易胜博官网鈥檚 estuaries. These coastal regions, which provide critical nesting and breeding habitats for many animal species and serve as important ecosystems for cleaning and filtering ocean waters, are also known to trap and retain microplastics.
For the third consecutive year, McLaughlin Hall building service worker Elba Fitzwater dazzled the building鈥檚 residents with a home-cooked Thanksgiving spread worthy of a fully staffed restaurant.
A series of canals and ponds in Belize indicate that early Mesoamericans were trapping fish far earlier than previously thought.