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CBS Saturday Morning sits down with Chip Taylor, Director of Monarch Watch
Watch Chip Taylor in this clip from CBS Saturday morning, as he discusses Monarch Watch and its growth from a research enterprise, to an outreach and educational organization, and finally a conservation organization. Taylor is the founder and Director of Monarch Watch at the University of Kansas and is retiring and passing the baton to a new director and the next generation of activists working to protect the Monarch butterfly and other insects.
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Congratulations to three EEB professors for recent awards
Victor H. Gonzalez Betancourt received the Bob & Kathie Taylor Excellence in Teaching Award.
Mart Mort received the Chancellors Club Teaching Professorship.
Paulyn Cartwright received the Ned Fleming Trust Award.
Congratulations on your well-deserved achievements!
Sharon Billings named University Distinguished Professor
Sharon Billings, dean’s professor and senior scientist, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology and Kansas Biological Survey & Center for Ecological Research has received the designation of University Distinguished Professor. Billings is known nationally and internationally for working…
Genomics Research Initiative Selected to Receive Research Rising Award
The project, Growing KU’s Interdisciplinary Strengths in Genomics, is one of four selected by the university, and aims to unlock the secrets held in genomes to understand where we come from, how we fight disease, how organisms respond to a changing environment/climate, and new bioengineering app
Center for Undergraduate Research Honors Students, Mentors
Lena Hileman, professor and chair of the Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, is the recipient of the 2022 K. Barbara Schowen Undergraduate Research Mentor Award. Srishti Baid, doctoral candidate in molecular biosciences, and Pietro Longo Hollanda De Mello, doctoral candidate in…
Billings receives Byron A. Alexander Outstanding Graduate Mentor Award
Congratulations to Dr. Sharon Billings, recipient of the Byron A. Alexander Outstanding Graduate Mentor Award. This award is given to honor a faculty member who demonstrates exceptional effort, care, and guidance in advising graduate students.
Ellis receives undergraduate research award
Congratulations to Martel Ellis, a senior studying Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, who received the Undergraduate Research Award for Summer, for their work in "MAMP Comparison Between Hybrid and Inbred Maize Genotypes."
KU's 'I Am Striving Series': Featuring Paulyn Cartwright
Paulyn Cartwright, professor of ecology & evolutionary biology, shares what inspires her research and work, along with her goals for that research.
Watch a video and read a story about how Cartwright uses her study subject, jellyfish and their relatives, to help understand the evolutionary…
Join us for the EEOB Pizza Social!
Are you thinking about declaring the EEOB major or are you curious about EEOB?
Join us for pizza and meet EEOB majors and professors Friday, May 6, 2022!
The undergraduate committee is planning a Stop Day event for our EEOB major from 12 p.m. to 2:00 p.m., Friday, May 6, 2022.
The event will…
Honoring Women in Science
In honor of Women’s History Month, the Biodiversity Institute & KU Natural History Museum celebrated women in science on Saturday, March 26.
Local scientists set up booths for the day, including Maggie Wagner, ecology and evolutionary biology assistant professor, and Ph.D. student Ceyda Kural…
Spring to Action: Support EEB GSO's LaunchKU Fundraiser
EEB's Graduate Student Organization's Spring LaunchKU Fundraiser is officially underway. Continuing until May 5, this fundraiser aims to attain funds to support graduate student travel scholarships and outreach work. If you are able to donate, please do so! You can also help by attending the…