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Red Hot Research: Friday, March 29, 4 to 5:30 PM, Watson Library, 3 West
Plan to attend to see Undergraduate Biology’s Jenny Archibald discuss systematics, taxonomy, species, plant, diversity.
Red Hot Research introduces researchers to the work of their colleagues; prompts questions within current research through the perspectives of many disciplines; and develops collaborative research teams as a result of overlapping interest & expertise.
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EEB's Micah Unruh receives prestigious dissertation award
Micah Unruh, a doctoral candidate in ecology & evolutionary biology, has received the Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Award. Unruh received $41,000 and will use the award to conduct research on soil carbon storage in South America. Beginning in January, Unruh will travel to…
NEW KU TRAINING PROGRAM WILL HELP DEVELOP SCIENTIFIC WORKFORCE EQUIPPED TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE’S IMPACTS ON BIODIVERSITY
Paulyn Cartwright, professor of ecology & evolutionary biology, is the lead investigator on $2.9 million grant from the National Science Foundation that will support a new training program based at KU to help develop a scientific workforce who can address the questions around climate change.…
Bad Biodiversity: How Hollywood Lies About Nature
On Friday, Sept. 22, EEB Professor Rich Glor is giving a public talk at Sunflower Bike & Outdoor at 6 PM. Glor will cover the Top 5 ways that nature is misrepresented in popular film and media. The talk is free and you can register at the Sunflower website.
BIOLOGY OPEN HOUSE: Friday, September 22
We are excited to announce we will be taking part in the KU Family Weekend with a Biology Open House! We’d love to see you and your family on Friday, September 22 from 1-3 PM in the 1st Floor Atrium of Haworth Hall. There will be cookies, coffee and a chance for your family to meet your professors…
September Monarch Watch Events
Monarch Watch invites you to join them for these FREE events in September:
The Monarch Watch Fall Open House on Saturday, September 16, 2023 and the Monarch Watch Tagging Event on Saturday, September 23, 2023.
Mark you calendars!
KU NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM ANNOUNCES FALL EVENTS
LAWRENCE — From sparking science curiosity in children through hands-on experiments to showcasing the excellence and variety of University of Kansas research at a local brewery, the KU Natural History Museum has a full slate of science-themed public events planned for fall.
DATASET REVOLUTIONIZES UNDERSTANDING OF BETA BARRELS, PROMISING TARGETS FOR VACCINE DEVELOPMENT
Researchers from the University of Kansas have created a new and powerful dataset shedding light on different types of beta barrels as well as their evolutionary relationships in order to facilitate drug development. Their findings recently were published in the peer-reviewed journal Proceedings of…
PAPER OFFERS GLIMPSE OF 500-MILLION-YEAR-OLD SEA WORM NAMED AFTER 'DUNE' MONSTER
Excavations by a University of Kansas paleontologist working in a treasure trove of fossils called the “Spence Shale Lagerstätte” have revealed an ancient sea worm unknown to science until now. When she found the fossil, Rhiannon LaVine, a research associate with the KU Biodiversity Institute…
GLOBAL STUDY DETAILS MICROPLASTICS CONTAMINATION IN LAKES AND RESERVOIRS
A new study reveals that concentrations of plastic found in freshwater environments are higher than those found in so-called “garbage patches” in the ocean. Ted Harris and Rebecca Kessler contributed samples from nearby lakes and reservoirs. “Places like Clinton Lake are relatively low in…