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Hip hip hooray! Awards aplenty for EEB grads
On U-M Gateway: dishonesty is aggressively punished in the world of paper wasps
EEB First Paper Award recognizes publication milestone
And the EEB Outstanding Paper Award goes to . . . Chuan Li!
EEB grads bring home “I’m a Scientist USA” Gold for two years running
EEB grads chosen for selective Genetics Training Program
Outreach News
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U-M joins new National Microbiome Initiative
On U-M Gateway: oldest well-documented Blanding's turtle recaptured at U-M reserve at age 83
On U-M Gateway: Google searches for ‘chickenpox’ reveal big impact of vaccinations
FIVE EEB grad students win NSF DDIGs
On U-M Gateway: more than 13M U-M specimens moving to state-of-the-art facility
Climate warming sometimes – but not always – benefits insect pests
In memoriam: U-M zoology alumnus Paine called a keystone among ecologists
EEB’s current faculty searches
Kurdziel wins LSA award for outstanding undergrad education
EEB postdocs gather awards
New book by Hunter hot off the press: The Phytochemical Landscape
2016 promotions for Professors Chris Dick and Aaron King
Biological Sciences Building tops out
Visualizing and predicting evolution by mapping the elusive 'fitness landscape'
EEB First Paper Awards recognize publication milestone
Apply by Sept. 15 for EEB/MCDB Fall Graduate Program Preview Weekend
Namesake snakes for U-M Museum of Zoology researchers
Otero Jimenez named HHMI Gilliam Fellow
Previously on U-M Gateway: Google searches for ‘chickenpox’ reveal big impact of vaccinations
Invasive species may unexpectedly reduce disease prevalence
Building community: EEB 32nd annual retreat
eXXpedition 2016: scientists sampled plastics in Great Lakes
Science with Passion and a Moral Compass: A Symposium in Honor of John Vandermeer
“Michigan Shrubs and Vines,” long-awaited companion to “Michigan Trees” published
Revving the microbial engine: Horsepower versus fuel efficiency in bacterial genomes
Tests of shifting tree distributions in response to climate change reveal impact of seasonal drought
EEB First Paper Award recognizes publication milestone
Thompson receives service award from American Society of Mammalogists
Journal Cell asks Wittkopp about big questions in evolution
20th annual ID Day delights community and scientists alike
Biology Letters cover story: a role of mimicry in brightly colored ground beetles?
ASLO honors Duffy with 2017 Early Career Award
Previously on U-M Gateway: Shifts in mating strategies help herbicide-resistant ‘superweeds’ persist
Review published on how humans affect evolution of emerging diseases
U-M Gateway feature: Camera-trap project captures Michigan wildlife selfies
A Night at the Museum: EEB’s holiday party
New UMMZ digital collection unearths mysterious order of amphibians
U-M volunteers fire up GIRL STEM POWER!
Warm welcome to our newest EEB faculty
Genomic tools for species discovery inflate estimates of species numbers, U-Michigan biologists contend
Moments in time captured: EEB Photographer at Large Contest 2016
Duffy named AAAS public engagement fellow
OConnor and Klimov: USDA Bee Mite ID released
EEB volunteers at Detroit’s Cooke STEM Academy Career Day
Thomaz wins notable Museum of Zoology Tinkle Award
Goldberg awarded prestigious Thurnau Professorship
Topographically complex areas hold much of Earth’s biodiversity
Cheng wins ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Honorable Mention
Duffy invited as main stage speaker for DC March for Science
Undergrads find research niche in Harris lab
LSA and the March for Science
Crocker wins UROP Outstanding Research Mentor recognition
EEB grads coach area students for Michigan Science Olympiad
Tropical lowland frogs at greater risk from climate warming than high-elevation species
Introducing EEB's new grad student administrative assistant
Early Career Scientists Symposium: “a real gem”
On U-M Gateway: Bumblebee populations higher in Detroit than in some less urbanized areas; vacant lots could be a factor
EEB First Paper Award marks publication achievement
Mid-continent Paleobotanical Conference hosted at U-M by EEB and EARTH
And the EEB Outstanding Paper Award goes to…Pascal Title!
Great turnout for EEB’s annual spring picnic
Genetic analysis of New World birds confirms untested evolutionary assumption
TOP U-M HONOR: Hunter named Distinguished University Professor
Inaugural Digital Data in Biodiversity Research Conference hosted by U-M museums
Three cheers! Jenkinson named Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor
Grad student curatorial project: U-M Herbarium begins digitizing its wood collection
EEB + FEMMES = a great partnership
EEB grads rack up Rackham awards
DIG this: three NSF DDIG awards and two Graduate Research Fellowships
Gold stars galore for grads
New speciation research in Andean cloud forest birds shines light on age-old questions
On U-M Gateway: three species of tiny frogs discovered in Peruvian Andes
BioBlitz Detroit 2017: discovering biodiversity in the city
U-M biologist teaches microbe-hunting skills honed at sea
Duffy hosting Twitter's @RealScientists week of Aug. 21
Close encounters of the scientific kind at A2 SummerFest KidZone
Animal coloration research: on the threshold of a new era
U-M partners in project to create digital encyclopedia of thousands of 3-D vertebrate specimens
On U-M Gateway: Due to climate change, one-third of animal parasites may be extinct by 2070
Hop, skip, run, leap: Unpredictability boosts survival for bipedal desert rodents
Celebration of EEB awards and promotions
Welcome new faculty Allgeier and Winger
On U-M Gateway: Soil holds potential to slow global warming, two studies show
On U-M Gateway: UMMZ bird collection plays pivotal role in study of air pollution in last century
On U-M Gateway: Duffy selected for inaugural President’s Award for Public Impact
Kondrashov authors new book: "Crumbling Genome"
Wittkopp named Sally L. Allen Collegiate Professor of EEB and MCDB
First Green Life Science Symposium at U-M bridges pure and applied sciences on plants and food systems
On U-M Gateway: 2017 experimental burn at UMBS extends research on forest recovery from fire to over a century
EEB First Paper Award celebrates publication landmark
Museum mammal specimens “sign up” for Intro Bio
Top notch: Massey named HHMI Janelia Graduate Research Fellow
Nadelhoffer visits Michigan Congressional offices
Vandermeer pens new book: Ecological Complexity and Agroecology
On U-M Gateway: ID Day ABCs: algae, bird skull, cicada
High honor: Zhang named AAAS Fellow for contributions to molecular evolution
Photo contest 2017: a venomous frog hops to first place
Introducing new faculty: López-Fernández and Valdovinos
Introducing EEB’s grad program assistant
New two-way shuttle runs between RMC and Ruthven
Researchers publish first compendium of vascular plant species of the Americas
Promoting diversity and excellence: EEB welcomes U-M Presidential Postdoc and LSA Collegiate Postdoc
On U-M DEI website: EEB is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion
On U-M Gateway: Climate change, urbanization driving opossum's northward march
FEMMES keeps STEM sparks alive in young girls
EEB First Paper Award celebrates publication milestone
U-M Gateway feature: Science and art collide brilliantly in class: Making Science Visible
How to Science: Recap of Season 1
Reforesting US topsoils store massive amounts of carbon, with potential for much more
Grad student curatorial project: U-M Herbarium discovers unique specimens in decades old ES George Reserve Herbarium collection
EEB is on the move!
Digitizing the U-M Herbarium collections: microfungi digitization project completed
U-M EEB graduate program ranked sixth nationwide
The honeymoon is over: Decades-long trends, not flawed vaccine, explain resurgent whooping cough
Not just for the birds: possibilities abound for EEB and sociology undergraduate
Three cheers for GREEBs volunteers!
ECSS 2018: Ecology and Evolution of Color: an exciting, emerging frontier in integrative biology
Dissecting the changing “fitness landscape” across environments helps decode evolution
And EEB’s Outstanding Paper of the Year Award goes to…Paul Glaum!
Woot woot! 2017 – 2018 EEB awards honor roll
EEB grads rack up Rackham awards
Insights into alien pollinators’ invasion success and impacts on natives
New video: Edwin S. George Reserve turtle research and more
EEB First Paper Award celebrates publication milestone
On U-M Gateway: rising carbon dioxide levels pose a previously unrecognized threat to monarch butterflies
A celebration of EEB faculty and research scientist awards and promotions
New scholarly focus needed to help solve global food crisis, U-M experts say
U-M Gateway feature: Puerto Rico -- networking to power a grid
HAIL! EEB grads capture best talk and best poster at IMC
EEB website awarded University Standard of Excellence from Web Marketing Association
Fitness effects of altering gene expression noise in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Cindy Carl wins LSA Outstanding Individual Staff Award before retirement
Walk of Remembrance of the Burt Lake Village burnout at EEB annual retreat
Recent retirements: Professors Emeritus Berry, Burnham and Dunlap
EEB photo for the ages
Video celebrates successful museum specimen move
Citizen science: Research Museums Center prairie restoration project begins
Expanding fungal diversity, one cell at a time
Moore wins U-M Outstanding Postdoctoral Fellow Award
Introducing EEB’s new executive secretary and grad coordinator
Early Career Scientists Symposium 2019 theme and call for nominations announced
Goldberg honored with Distinguished University Professorship
Research Museums Center holds first all-museums tour
U-M howler monkey study examines mechanisms of new species formation
On U-M Gateway: Photo finish: frog (once again) leaps to first place
EEB announces new DEI library
Alumnus publishes about 3D scans of UMMZ bat skulls
Introducing EEB’s new graduate program assistant
Poisons or medicines? Cyanobacteria toxins protect tiny lake dwellers from parasites
In memoriam: the great Dick Alexander’s legacy spread far, wide, deep
On U-M Gateway: Historical letters in U-M zoology museum archive highlight links between specimen collection, conservation
On U-M Gateway: U-M biologists capture super-creepy photos of Amazon spiders making meals of frogs, lizards, furry mammals
On U-M Gateway: Impact of urbanization on wild bees underestimated
EEB holds town hall on student mental health
Challenging bird biology dogma, Winger Lab wins AOS Katma Award
Myers wins Outstanding GSI Award 2019
Fearon awarded 2019 Dow Sustainability Fellowship
Evolutionary and ecological insights from herbicide-resistant weeds: what have we learned about plant adaptation, and what is left to uncover?
OConnor, world renowned mite expert, retires, sort of
EEB undergrad feature: Turrill combines interests in EEB and optometry
BATting 1000: Auteri wins awards for bat conservation research
THREE CHEERS for GREEBs and working group volunteers!
Celebration of Life Memorial for Dr. Richard D. Alexander
Baiz wins notable Museum of Zoology Tinkle Award
Fatal chirps: nocturnal flight calls increase building collisions among migrating birds
RECAP — Early Career Scientists Symposium 2019: Stable Isotopes in Ecology, Evolution and Conservation
Cortés Ortiz coauthors National Academy of Sciences study on wolf taxonomy
Paper wasps capable of behavior that resembles logical reasoning
And EEB’s 2019 Outstanding Paper Award goes to…Anat Belasen!
Wittkopp’s trifecta of awards
U-M Gateway feature: researchers test ways to make aspen-dominated forests resilient to climate change
EEB First Paper Award hails publication achievement
WISE GISE summer camp: middle school girls solve whodunit mystery with help from EEB grads
Seeking to help farmers with the science of ecology
On U-M Gateway: Monarch butterflies rely on temperature-sensitive internal timer while overwintering
Welcome newest faculty: Umaña and Zaman
NSF grants $4.3 million to UMMZ and collaborators for Terrestrial Parasite Tracker project
Sustained brilliance and dedication: Goldberg, the quintessential U-M professor, retires
M-Sci Scholars Fund honors Goldberg’s commitment to diversity in STEM
2019 faculty promotion: Baucom
Duffy leads new Rackham task force on graduate-student mental health
Johnson and Baucom named HHMI Gilliam Fellows
EEB grads win summer meetings’ awards
On U-M Gateway: West African camera survey details human pressures on mammals in protected areas
EEB shout out to GREEBs!
U-M ecologist awarded 2019 Packard Fellowship to study sustainable coastal fisheries in Bahamas, Haiti
Researchers solve long-standing puzzle about link between genetic mutations, mating behavior in fruit flies
EEB undergrad alum begins Fulbright and seeks future in science and policy for positive environmental change
On U-M Gateway: Teaching about climate needs to empower students toward change
On U-M Gateway | Unexpected outcomes: damages to Puerto Rican coffee farms from Hurricane Maria varied widely
Devitz honored with Certificate of Appreciation at Neubacher Awards
On U-M Gateway: Migratory birds shrinking as climate warms, new analysis of four-decade record shows
EEB First Paper Awards celebrate publication milestone
EEB grads rack up 2019 Rackham awards
Previously on U-M Gateway: Azteca ant colonies move the same way leopards’ spots form
Mills wins grad student poster competition at African Studies Center STEM conference
Curlis and a parliament of owls swoop in for the lead: EEB Photographer at Large Contest 2019
EEB volunteers at College Day Middle School program to help diversify STEM
U-M scientists teach biodiversity using preserved specimens dating back 100 years
Baucom lab students publish research on leaf shape and belowground root competition
On U-M Gateway: Probing the genetic basis of Roundup resistance in morning glory, a noxious agricultural weed
On U-M Gateway: First genetic evidence of resistance in some bats to white-nose syndrome, a devastating fungal disease
Super-urinators among the mangroves: Excretory gifts from estuary’s busiest fish promote ecosystem health
EEB First Paper Awards celebrate publication achievement
On U-M Gateway: Can a tiny invasive snail help save Latin American coffee?
On U-M Gateway: Duffy awarded Moore Foundation grant to study symbiosis in aquatic systems
Gulson-Castillo and Pegan win SSB Graduate Student Research Awards
Walsh wins American Society of Mammalogists’ research award
Umaña wins 2020 Jasper Loftus-Hills Young Investigator Award
Where lions roam: West African big cats show no preference between national parks, hunting zones
Four U-M faculty members named Ecological Society of America Fellows
Larson wins Rackham Outstanding GSI Award
Green Life Sciences Symposium outcome: cross-journal special issue published
Schmidt awarded Provost’s Teaching Innovation Prize
EEB undergraduate works to build healthy environment, community
Helping international student teaching assistants succeed
Sale-Hale publishes on pollinators in food webs in Nature Communications
And EEB’s 2020 Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Award goes to…Giorgia Auteri!
Three cheers! The 2019 – 2020 grad student award celebration
HAIL to our Class of 2020 graduates
Genetic ‘memory’ of ancestral environments helps organisms readapt
Highly diverse tropical forests' survival strategy is in clusters
Vandermeer and Perfecto Labs hold annual educational day with local schoolchildren in Mexico
Tiny brains, big surprise: eavesdropping wasps gain insights about fighting abilities of potential rivals
Changing of the EEB chairs: Wittkopp assumes leadership role
EEB volunteers at Feria de Ciencias
On U-M Gateway: Michigan coyotes: what’s for dinner depends on what the neighbors are having
EEB First Paper Awards celebrate publication milestone
Ecologists across the country say academy must root out racism, recognize Black scholar excellence
Science Fun Facts
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Archived News
2016
May 2016
New EEB reading group focuses on inclusive teaching
Deadly snakes or just pretending? The evolution of mimicry
Visualizing and predicting evolution by mapping the elusive 'fitness landscape'
Staff appreciation week celebrates outstanding work
April 2016
Wynneophycus, a new genus of red algae named for Wynne
Invasive species ID’d at regional UMMZ Fish Division workshop
Three EEB projects awarded Water Center grants
Educational and entertaining! Watch "Nature Boom Time" online
Bakker and Thomaz win prestigious Rackham Predoc Fellowships
On U-M Gateway: EEB highlighted in Planet Blue Sustainability Progress Report
Metzger wins ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award
Highest honors to Wittkopp, named Arthur F. Thurnau Professor
12th U-M EEB Early Career Scientists Symposium still hitting its stride
March 2016
In memoriam: Professor Emeritus David M. Gates
Diversify EEB: new effort by two EEB professors
Previously on U-M Gateway: on Darwin's birthday, tomato genetics study sheds light on plant evolution
On U-M Gateway: solving the mystery of birds singing different songs: a discovery in India leads to a museum at U-M
Students analyze their own biological samples to study microbes' effect
From NPR Science: Our 'Golden Mole' winner used to paint wasps for a living
EEB Professor George Kling on Cameroon's 'Killer Lakes'
Count on EEB volunteers at Great Lakes Bowl
February 2016
On U-M Gateway: U-M researchers leading effort to explain recent howler monkey deaths in Nicaragua
In March issue of Scientific American: All 2.3 million species are mapped into a single circle of life
“Nature Boom Time” makes TV debut on NatGeo WILD March 5
On U-M Gateway: On Darwin's birthday, tomato genetics study sheds light on plant evolution
EEB/Matthaei Botanical Gardens Research Awards announced
Registration is open for Early Career Scientists Symposium: Frontiers in Community Assembly
EEB grads educate community on urban pollination
January 2016
Huang awarded UMMZ Tinkle Scholarship
Kling wins ASLO Martin Award for paper with strong impact in aquatic sciences field
New Program in the Environment video features EEB cameos
On U-M Gateway: call of the wild: male geladas captivate females with moans, yawns
EEB plays key role in bringing women’s science event to campus
On U-M Gateway: A new hope: study shows tropical forest protected areas can sustain biodiversity
Goldberg appointed associate chair for research and facilities
Apply by Feb. 21: NextProf Science - Future Faculty Workshop
U-M biologists support Ann Arbor deer cull
Early Career Scientists Symposium 2016 theme and call for nominations
EEB First Paper Award recognizes publication milestone
EEB grad students volunteer at Peace Neighborhood Center
2015
December 2015
Through the lens of science
Duhaime Lab undergrad awarded prestigious ASM fellowship
James appointed as Wehmeyer Chair in the Taxonomy of Fungi
Previously on U-M Gateway: ‘tree of life’ for 2.3M species released; EEB plays key role in project
Popma awarded Rackham International Student Fellowship
November 2015
From LSA Today: for many profs, Twitter is where it’s @
Nearly $1.5 million in donations to UMMZ from Cohn bequest
Science feature: how the Amazon became a crucible of life
Fast Food for Thought videos online
Nearly $1.5 million grant to transform learning at U-M and UMBS
On Michigan Radio: researchers say biodiversity is key to saving threatened coffee crops
On U-M Gateway: parasitic fungi and the battle against coffee rust disease
Investigating the toxicity of Lake Erie cyanobacterial blooms
Three cheers for GREEBs volunteers!
Digitizing the U-M museum collections: Collections in Support of Biological Research update
Museums ID Day in the news
UMMZ hosted invasive fish identification workshops
October 2015
LSA Magazine features EEB
Welcome new associate chair for museum collections - Herbarium
Knowles named Robert Payne Collegiate Professor
On becoming emeritus: Webb leaves extraordinary legacy in U-M education and fish biology
Michigan Daily: in intro biology lab, students become research subjects
American Society of Mammalogists’ Grants awarded
Chelsea-area farmer donates mammoth remains to U-M
Hinshaw honored by Wilson Ornithological Society
On U-M Gateway: four biological kingdoms influence disease transmission in monarch butterflies
EEB hosts American Malacological Society Annual Meeting at UMBS
From Michigan News: old-school literature search helps ecologist identify puzzling parasite
Dunlap's NIH-JSPS fellowship for research in Okinawa
On U-M Gateway: MAMMOTH DISCOVERY
September 2015
Detroit Free Press OpEd: Nadelhoffer and priest on pope and climate change
Michigan Today feature: the butterfly effect
On U-M Gateway: ‘tree of life’ for 2.3M species released; EEB plays key role in project
U-M Gateway feature story and videos COFFEE KILLER: tracking ‘la roya’ – the fungus threatening coffee’s future
Don't miss out: EEBlog’s Coffee in Mexico series
Digitizing the U-M Herbarium collections: Great Lakes invasive species update
On U-M Gateway: watching Wasmannia: ants on a Mexican coffee farm
Dick quoted in two climate change articles: Wired and The Christian Science Monitor
Previously on the U-M Gateway: how to wipe out polio and prevent its re-emergence
August 2015
From Michigan News: bitter pill: monarchs, milkweed and self-medication in a changing world
Digitizing the U-M Herbarium collections: macroalgal update
Li awarded best poster at SMBE conference
On U-M Gateway: researching lizards in Mexican coffee fields
U-M Gateway feature: harvesting invasive cattails to restore marsh biodiversity
EEB promotions 2015 – 2016
On U-M Gateway: summer in Mexico, catching rats on a coffee farm
July 2015
Digitizing the U-M Herbarium collections: macrofungi update
On U-M Gateway: investigating the toxicity of Lake Erie cyanobacterial blooms (with video)
Digitizing the U-M Herbarium collections: tri-trophic update
Previously on the U-M Gateway: faulty modeling studies led to overstated predictions of Ebola outbreak
O’Brien named Honorary Lifetime Member of Michigan Entomological Society
The Wall Street Journal: Badgley says organic agriculture can feed the world
LSA teaching awards trifecta for EEB
Six EEBers are Detroit Zoo Fellows in Science Communication
June 2015
EEB grads coach Potions and Disease Detectives at Science Olympiad
A warm welcome to new EEB office staff
From Michigan News: how to wipe out polio and prevent its re-emergence
From Michigan News: old-school literature search helps ecologist identify puzzling parasite
Previously on U-M Gateway: predatory snails evolved diverse venoms to subdue a wide range of prey species
Blum named Distinguished University Professor
Life with Dead Birds blog is “for all your bird-nerdy questions”
First standalone meeting of Society of Systematic Biologists held at University of Michigan
A plethora of student awards to celebrate
New book by Vandermeer and Perfecto published: Coffee Agroecology
May 2015
Duffy’s popular blog lands her in nature.com
From Michigan News: How to explain tropical biodiversity? Cross ‘faster evolution’ off the list
Getting to know you: unique scientific illustration class explores UMMZ collections
Quanta Magazine article: Scientists map 5,000 new ocean viruses
Shi wins “I’m a Scientist USA” competition
And the EEB outstanding paper award goes to . . . Brian Metzger!
Consistency is the key to success in bread baking and biology
EEB partners with Detroit youth for BioBlitz biodiversity survey
You Are Welcome Here initiative in EEB
EEB features in LSA Spring Magazine
LSA Today exposes nature’s beauty with EEB photo contest
Three cheers for three EEB grads awarded NSF Grad Research Fellowships
A beautiful day for the EEB annual spring picnic
A hopping success: Save the Frogs Days
Artistic photo shoot of Museums Annex prior to demolition
April 2015
Crocker wins Rackham’s Lipschutz Award and more
Grad students teach middle schoolers about infectious disease and scientific inquiry
EEB First Paper Awards recognize student milestone
Wood wins UROP Outstanding Research Mentor Award
Sweet, bitter, savory: penguins lack three of the five basic tastes
Myers Endowed Award for Field Research established
Vote on student genomics videos this week
Blockbuster year for the EEB Early Career Scientists Symposium
Gould scores Rackham Predoc Fellowship and publishes paper in journal, Coral Reefs
Journal of Ecology publishes Eminent Ecologist Virtual Issue in Honour of Goldberg
On U-M Gateway: U-M researchers track the toxicity of Lake Erie cyanobacterial blooms
Burnham authors first book “Ecology of Lianas”
Five(!) EEB grad students awarded NSF DDIGs
EEB appreciates staff with playful week
U-M Earth Day celebration features Nadelhoffer
On U-M Gateway: faulty modeling studies led to overstated predictions of Ebola outbreak
March 2015
EEB First Paper Awards honor student excellence
Gould shines in the Rackham Student Spotlight
Predators, parasites, pests and the paradox of biological control
In University Record: $2.5M award to help train young scientists in microbial systems
On U-M Gateway: predatory snails evolved diverse venoms to subdue a wide range of prey species
EEB helps organize Teach-In + 50: End the War Against the Planet
Duhaime takes Great Lakes microbead research to the airwaves as Michigan Senate considers ban
On U-M Gateway: consistency is the key to success in bread baking and biology
Women in Science and Engineering convened at Software Carpentry Workshop
UMMZ staff honored with well-deserved LSA Outstanding Team Award
Michigan News featured story: Fighting invasive species in Michigan's lakes
Myers quoted in Detroit Free Press: Michigan’s mysterious, misunderstood coywolves
February 2015
Research by Assistant Professor Vincent Denef Helps Fight Invasive Species in the Great Lakes
Behind the Scenes Day: engrossed in the wonder of science
The ants that conquered the world – twice
On U-M Gateway: sweet, bitter, savory: penguins lack three of the five basic tastes
Ms. Andrews goes to Washington
January 2015
A warm EEB welcome to new staff
EEB First Paper Award recognizes publication milestone
Kling to present Collegiate Professorship Inaugural Lecture
Burnham’s lianas research featured in Brazilian research magazine
Early Career Scientists Symposium speakers announced; registration open
Bed nets and vaccines: some combinations may worsen malaria
Know your enemy: combating whooping cough requires informed vaccine booster schedules
Predators, parasites, pests and the paradox of biological control
EEB Study: Some Combinations of Bed Nets and Vaccines May Worsen Malaria
Not quite snakes on a plane but mites on planes!
Brazilian Society of Ichthyologists Bulletin features Nelson
USDA awards half a million to Baucom for herbicide resistance study
Mighty ants conquered the world – twice
Duffy’s “Dynamic Ecology” blog among most influential
2014
December 2014
From LSA Today: Creative Inspiration: 8 LSA Inventions
Previously on U-M Gateway: contamination likely explains ‘food genes in blood’ claim
Pesky Dust Mites Travel the World on Our Luggage, Clothes, and Food, Says LSA Research
EEB First Paper Award celebrates student accomplishment
From LSA Magazine: Animal House
U-M ecologist wins prestigious award for young scientists
From LSA Magazine: The Dead Elephant in the Room
Kurdziel named Beverly Rathcke Collegiate Lecturer
Goldberg named AAAS Fellow for contributions to advancing community ecology
November 2014
Shout-out to GREEBs volunteers
EEB outreach with FEMMES Saturday Science Capstones
Bio-sciences building design blends research, teaching, museums
Great Lakes invaders go digital on Michigan Radio’s “The Environment Report”
EEB alumna named to Popular Science “Brilliant 10”
Two EEB grad students on editorial board of Michigan Journal of Sustainability
U-M EEB grad student selected for pilot program to increase Native Americans in STEM
ECSS 2015 theme and call for nominations
October 2014
MIDAS touch brings in $2.8 million in NIH grants
New study uses DNA sequences to look back in time at key events in plant evolution
On U-M Gateway: contamination likely explains 'food genes in blood' claim
Shi wins N. American Society for Bat Research’s Koopman Prize
Rohani invited to White House panel on predicting the next pandemic
EEB welcomes new Michigan Fellow
On U-M Gateway: Rabosky awarded 2014 Packard Fellowship
U-M forest preserve joins Smithsonian global network
A community favorite: ID Day
Rohani named Pearl L. Kendrick Collegiate Professor
Wittkopp honored for scholarship and service
Open Tree of Life/hackathon attracts international participants
On U-M Gateway: U-M biology student and nature filmmaker wins $50K National Geographic Channel exploration contest
September 2014
ESGR ponds hold clues to how amphibians will respond to climate change
In memoriam: Professor Emeritus Shappirio
Shi shares passion for science writing with local students
Martinez-Bakker invited to give international seminars
Bakker’s disease ecology research gets press at ESA meeting
Evolution and venomous snakes: diet distinguishes look-alikes on two continents
Get out the vote: UM EEB undergrad NatGeo grant finalist
Two of six NSF awards to digitize biodiversity collections include U-M museums
Photos and videos: 30th annual EEB fall retreat: “a great way to start the semester”
Kudos: 2014 EEB promotions
August 2014
New EEB associate chairs announced
New chair Ó Foighil takes helm of EEB
On the U-M Gateway: Sunlight controls the fate of carbon released from thawing Arctic permafrost
Viruses hijack deep-sea bacteria at hydrothermal vents
Fink, leading authority on the biology and systematics of fishes, retires
Unique Pacific mollusc collection donated to UMMZ
Pascual presented ESA’s Robert T. MacArthur Award
Thought-provoking posts on EEBlog
Award duo at ichthyologists and herpetologists meeting
EEB runs high school biology teacher workshop
International forestry workshop returns to UMBS
July 2014
LSA feature: A bird in the hand
Unvaccinated infants act as “kindling” to fuel epidemics
A SIGEO forest plot in Michigan
Incoming student, Myers, awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Hot on Twitter: Knowles Evolution 2014 talk
Frontiers Master’s 2014 cohort dives in at U-M Biological Station
Zhang is president-elect of SMBE
Cardinale ranks among most highly cited ecologists
Kling quoted in LA Times opinion piece, “A reality check from the Arctic for global warming deniers”
June 2014
Undergrad Engelman shoots UMMZ videos for Insect Week
Moth study suggests hidden climate change impacts
Huffmeyer wins Smithsonian Minority Award and takes part in G10K
Three 2014 ESA Fellows hail from U-M EEB
On U-M Gateway: evolution and venomous snakes: diet distinguishes look-alikes on two continents
U-M Gateway featured photo: the science of beauty
Rackham Predoc and Merit Fellowships announced
EEB/Matthaei Botanical Gardens Research Award
Wittkopp awarded over $1.15 million NIH grant
UMMZ’s endowments from early 1900s support today’s students: 2014 awards announced
May 2014
EEB Spring-a-Ling celebration
Title’s awards trifecta
Collecting biological specimens essential to science and conservation
LSA Researcher Cody Thompson Says Collecting Biological Specimens Is Essential To Science And Conservation
UMMZ herpetological collection goes global
What’s trending in weeds
$550K NSF grant for James to unveil early evolution in fungal kingdom
Cheng wins Brower Fellowship
Celebrating EEB staff with admini golf and more
On U-M Gateway: viruses hijack deep-sea bacteria at hydrothermal vents
Rabosky wins IBS MacArthur & Wilson Award
New insights on ecological dynamics driven by genetically modified crops
April 2014
Li wins Edwin H. Edwards Scholarship
Myers, a leading scholar in mammalian systematics and biodiversity, retires
On U-M Gateway: moth study suggests hidden climate change impacts | Tune in to Michigan Radio Stateside today
Eight EEB science covers honored by Shapiro Science Library
New videos: Arctic permafrost frozen for thousands of years is melting
10th annual Early Career Scientists Symposium: opening doors for future collaborations
Ancient sharks reared young in prehistoric river-delta nursery
Introducing EEB’s YouTube channel
Student creates video on Sustainable Food Systems initiatives at U-M
Gould hits a grants triple: DDIG, Lipshutz and PADI
Grad students volunteer to engage young girls in science
On the U-M Gateway: unvaccinated infants act as “kindling” to fuel epidemics
Dick is E.S. George Reserve’s new director; forest inventory plot to join Smithsonian Global Earth Observatory
Introducing new staff: lab/classroom services and HR
February 2014
Edwards' stint in the Peace Corps: the power of knowledge and consciousness
Global warming led to dwarfism in mammals – twice
New book published on red algae by Wynne
One-of-a-kind learning at Behind the Scenes Day 2014
A unique look at birds
On NPR: Fisher gives his perspective on the disappearance of the woolly mammoth
January 2014
Mutual benefits: Stressed-out trees boost sugary rewards to ant defenders
Professor Earl Werner, “a giant of ecology,” retires
A night at the museum 2013
ECSS 2014 speakers announced and registration open
On U-M Gateway: Pringle’s public radio Academic Minute
Long-held assumption about emergence of new species questioned
AP story quotes EEB experts: deep freeze has silver linings for natural world
From Michigan News: biology students program bacterial cells to make computer-like decisions
From Michigan News: ancient sharks reared young in prehistoric river-delta nursery
2013
December 2013
New book “The Princeton Guide to Evolution” features chapters by EEB faculty
Cardinale named AAAS Fellow
Irrigation in arid regions can increase malaria risk for a decade
Travel the globe with EEB photo contest winners
U-M Herbarium receives over $1.3 million from Voss Trust
NSF award for studying Andean-Amazon plant groups
On the U-M Gateway: culling vampire bats to stem rabies in Latin America can backfire
November 2013
In memoriam: Emeritus Professor of Botany William Anderson
Jenkinson named Dow Sustainability Fellow and wins best oral presentation at MSA meeting
Zhang awarded $1.16 million grant from NIH
Cheng is Audience Choice winner at Three-Minute Thesis®
EEB’s Honorary Photographer at Large contest is back!
Shout out to students for their service!
Two EEB researchers among new U-M Water Center grant awardees for freshwater research
Early Career Scientists Symposium 2014 call for nominations is posted
Otero Jimenez selected for Genetics Training Grant Program
Mercury levels in Pacific fish likely to rise in coming decades
Ibáñez receives NSF early-career award for forest study
National Geographic features Hunter’s research on self-medication in nature
New collection manager in UMMZ mammal division
On U-M Gateway: global warming led to dwarfism in mammals – twice
October 2013
Wittkopp awarded Work/Life Champion Award for Supervisors
Cohn Endowment created to benefit UMMZ Bird Division
ID Day: a special day to share treasures
Dobkowski’s Arctic research featured by LSA
Mimicking venomous snakes: untangling the history of deceptive coloration
Burnham’s research part of biodiversity presentation to Ecuador’s Congress
New student advisors in biology, neuroscience
September 2013
Nadelhoffer coauthors report on ecological fracking impacts in Michigan
EEB Professor Uncovers Why Some Fish Contain More Mercury Than Others
Welcome 2013 cohort!
On the U-M Gateway: long-held assumption about emergence of new species questioned
Passing on the chair baton from Goldberg to Vandermeer
August 2013
Welcome international students
UMMZ news from the World Congress of Malacology
Cardinale letter opposing anti-biodiversity SB 78 signed by 133 Michigan scientists
On the U-M Gateway: irrigation in arid regions can increase malaria risk for a decade
July 2013
New faculty welcome to Baucom
Herbarium awarded NSF grant to digitize macroalgae collection
Thomaz scores best poster award
Lifetime achievement award for Smith
Shaping the future of undergrad biology education
Michigan Today features EEB alum: A bug's life
Danger zone: volunteering in the path of tornadoes
Dengue research in NY Times
Influenza infection increases likelihood of bacterial pneumonia 100-fold
UROP Outstanding Poster Award to Hajian-Forooshani
Cardinale named to international research initiative, Future Earth
On the U-M Gateway: Mimicking venomous snakes: untangling the history of deceptive coloration
Soils in newly forested areas store substantial carbon that could help offset climate change
Leading explanations for whooping cough's resurgence don't stand up to scrutiny
June 2013
Welcome ED-QUE2ST students!
ADW and NSF Innovation Corps program join forces
Duffy named ESA Early Career Fellow
Elgersma awarded U-M Water Center research grant
Living fossils? Actually, sturgeon are evolutionary speedsters
Genetic study of house dust mites demonstrates reversible evolution
The votes are in: He wins EEB's outstanding paper 2012-13
Cheng wins Michigan Space Grant Consortium award
May 2013
Bick awarded Center for the Education of Women grant
Rackham International Research Awards go to Valencia-Mestre and Yitbarek
Wilson wins Epidemiology Faculty of the Year
Great turnout for EEB's Spring-a-Ling 2013
Welcome new HR and purchasing staff
Coveted NSF Graduate Research Fellowships announced
Stressed-out tadpoles grow larger tails to escape predators
Shining the spotlight on Megahan
Admini golf returns for staff appreciation week
UMMZ announces student awards
April 2013
Rabosky awarded $600K NSF grant
Li awarded UMMZ Tinkle Scholarship
$420K NSF grant for Hunter
Herbarium completes imaging and digitization of type collections
On U-M Gateway: Vandermeer chosen for U-M diversity service award
On U-M Gateway: FRACKTOPIA video with Nadelhoffer
In memoriam: alumna Dr. Nancy Walls: a lifetime of adventure and generosity
On U-M Gateway: geladas' vocal lip smacks resemble human speech
Sunlight stimulates release of climate-warming gas from melting Arctic permafrost
LSA Biologist Thore Bergman Says Gelada Monkeys Produce Sounds Similar To Human Speech
On U-M Gateway: self-medication in animals much more widespread than believed
He wins Edwin H. Edwards Scholarship
Crumsey awarded Brower Fellowship
LSA Ecologist Luke Nave Says Planting Trees On Barren Land Can Increase Soil Carbon
Five more years for UMBS Director Nadelhoffer
Sheehan's dissertation wins honorable mention
Welcome to Schmidt, first joint EEB-Medical School appointment
March 2013
Myers' NSF grant seeks to improve undergrad biology education
Tumblr. blog makes science visible
Cryptic clams: ÓFoighil and Li find species hiding in plain view
Early Career Scientists Symposium 2013 in review: identifying field's cutting edge
LSA Biologist Barry O'Connor Says Study Of Dust Mites Shows That Evolution Is Reversible
WCBN-FM broadcast on U-M peregrine falcons by EEB alumna
Vandermeer publishes "Inequality and Innovativeness" in social science journal
Wittkopp writes GENETICS primer
The Detroit News Op Ed: Biodiversity bill jeopardizes Michigan's natural resources
On U-M Gateway: genetic study of house dust mites demonstrates reversible evolution
The Michigan Botanist dedicates current journal to Voss
Early warning system of malaria epidemics in northwest India developed
Stressed-out tadpoles grow larger tails to escape predators
Wei awarded prestigious Barbour Scholarship
February 2013
Science outreach opportunity with Huron High School
Li awarded Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship
From humble beginnings: refreshed Animal Diversity Web reaches millions worldwide
Hunter honored with Rackham Master's Mentoring Award
On U-M Gateway: lessons from cockroaches could inform robotics
The Scientist opinion: biodiversity impacts humanity
U-M celebrates three Sloan Fellowships for research
Blum wins 2013 Patterson Award for research on mercury
Duveau awarded international fellowship
On U-M Gateway: Sunlight stimulates release of climate-warming gas from melting Arctic permafrost
Climate warming unlikely to cause near-term extinction of ancient Amazon trees
On Michigan Radio: Cardinale discusses SB 78; Hearing Feb. 14, Lansing
2012
December 2012
On U-M Gateway: climate warming unlikely to wipe out ancient Amazon trees
Megahan's paintings selected for Artists for Conservation show
EEB in first round of MCubed with two projects
Research turns to rap video
Spotlight shines on Barvinok
Ho awarded Rackham Chia-Lun Lo Fellowship
Miller and Shi awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
View and vote on photo contest entries
King crowned with AAAS Fellowship
November 2012
LSA Magazine feature: Tiny Wars We Barely Understand
Early Career Scientists Symposium 2013 topic and date announced
On U-M Gateway: fracking in Michigan: U-M researchers study potential impacts
In memoriam: Dr. Ted Cohn
In memoriam: Dr. Sally Allen
Getting to know our new administrative staff
Inaugural MNA Award recognizes excellence in conservation science
Grant to help attract diverse students in math, science, engineering
National Geographic grant for endangered Pacific Island land snails
LSA Shares A $2 Million National Science Foundation Grant To Increase The Number of Degrees Awarded In Science, Technology, Engineering And Math
On U-M Gateway: Gross anatomy, Museum of Zoology video
Submit stunning snaps: EEB photo contest 2012
October 2012
On the U-M Gateway: U-M launches $9 million effort to strengthen Great Lakes restoration
Fall Recruitment Partnership builds bridges to help diversify sciences
NSF grant for Dick's Amazon biota research is part of a $4 million US-Brazil initiative
Injaian spotlight on Rackham home page
Program in Biology office moves to USB
Werner named ESA Fellow
Ed Grant, a.k.a. Ed Kraus, retires
Wittkopp chosen to help create UT Academy of Distinguished Teachers
New resource: EEB grad and postdoc opportunities and announcements
On the U-M Gateway: Scientists uncover vast differences in Earth's polar ocean microbial communities
Miller awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
University Record spotlights O'Brien, insect collection manager and photographer
George Reserve collections donated to UMMZ provide portal through time
EEB-T design contest
September 2012
U.S. Department of Interior grant for James' amphibian research
New UMMZ publication, "Fishes of the Greater Mekong Ecosystem," announced
New Frontiers students get feet wet at U-M BioStation
Kling's NSF grant renews for studying microbial diversity and ecosystem function
M-Bio wraps up second successful summer
Welcome exceptional new faculty -- fall 2012
Rackham International Connect Ambassador Crocker
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