News and Upcoming Events

Nov. 3, 2009

Simon Conway Morris of Cambridge University to speak at international Darwin conference at ND

Simon Conway Morris is a Professor of Evolutionary Palaeobiology in the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Cambridge. Known as the foremost authority on the Cambrian Explosion, the most important fossil transition in history, he is also well known for his many debates with the late Stephen Jay Gould on the topic of predictability of evolutionary history.

Prof. Simon Conway MorrisMorris will give a public lecture on Tues, Nov. 3 at 8 p.m. in Jordan Hall 105 entitled “Darwin’s Compass: How Evolution Discovers the Song of Creation.” A reception sponsored by GLOBES immediately follows the lecture in the galleria outside the Jordan Hall auditorium.

For a complete schedule of the conference program for “Darwin in the 21st Century: Nature, Humanity and God” presented by the John J. Reilly Center for Science, Technology, and Values and the Ontological Quest Project go to http://nd.edu/~reilly/darwinconference.html

> Go to Prof. Morris website

Oct. 19-20, 2009

GLOBES Fellows complete Policy Training Module with trip to Washington DC over Fall Break

Twelve GLOBES fellows donned business attire and put recently acquired communications skills into practice during a Fall Break trip to meet with journalists and policymakers in Washington DC. > Read more.

Sept. 8, 2009

Dr. Eugenie Scott to speak at Science and Society Series

The Biology Graduate Student Organization is proud to host Dr. Eugenie Scott, Executive Director of the National Center for Science Education, on Tuesday, Sept. 8.

Eugenie ScottDr. Scott has been closely involved with the evolution-creationism controversy for over 25 years and is a powerful advocate for science education.  She will be delivering two lectures, both in Jordan Hall 105:

4pm - How to Teach Evolution Better

7pm - The Evolution of Creationism

Both lectures are open to the public, though the first will be more geared toward scientists.  A reception will follow the evening lecture in the Jordan Hall Galleria.

Dr. Scott will also be speaking at a graduate student workshop (Tuesday morning) and faculty chat (Tuesday afternoon).  This event is the third in the BGSO Science & Society series, which has been made possible through funding from The Graduate School, Department of Biological Sciences, and GLOBES. For more info on the talks go to http://www.nd.edu/~bgso/BGSO/Science%20and%20Society%20Series.html

July, 2009

GLOBES fellows receive grant awards to further research

GLOBES Cohort 1 fellows Andy Deines (Biological Sciences) and Adam Bee (Economics) received a matching grant award from Notre Dame's Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies and the Ford Family Program for Human Development Studies to fund ongoing research on the ecological and economic impact of exotic aquaculture in Zambia. The grant matches funds from the Center for Aquatic Conservation and the Dept of Economics and Econometrics and furthers the interdisciplinary effort to understand the overall economic value of the fishery industry, and how that value may change as the invasion of Nile tilapia continues in the Kafue Watershed, Zambia. The grant monies support work with foreign collaborators to compile the economic data needed for the analysis. > Read more on tilapia research

GLOBES fellow Peter Levi (Cohort 1) received a Bayer Predoctoral Research Fellowship for the 2009/2010 academic year from Notre Dame's Center for Environmental Science and Technology. 

July 9, 2009

See the NSF news video with GLOBES Program Director Jeffrey Feder on a recently published paper in Science that sheds light on sequential speciation and how new species emerge.

> Go to Video > Go to Science Article

June 6, 2009

US News and World Report features the research work of GLOBES Faculty Advisors Jessica Hellmann and Jason McLachlan on "managed relocation," a climate change strategy

A multi-disciplinary working group under the leadership of Notre Dame biologists Jessica Hellmann and Jason McLachlan and law professor Alejandro Camacho has recently published a paper in the May 25, 2009 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that describes a ground-breaking tool that helps determine when and how to use managed relocation, an intervention strategy designed to help species adapt to rapid climate change. > Read more >Go to ND News article > Go to PNAS article

April 7, 2009

GLOBES cosponsors BGSO Science and Society Lecture Series featuring Dr. Mario Capecchi, 2007 Nobel Prize Laureate

A leading voice in international genetic research, Dr. Capecchi will give two lectures at 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Tuesday, April 7. > Read More

April 3, 2009

Behind the Scenes news article on NSF LiveScience.com describes a GLOBES research trip to China to study the impact of Louisiana crayfish on native ecosystems.

GLOBES Fellow Ashley Baldridge and GLOBES Associate Matt Barnes explored natural systems and investigated research facilities and resources of the Chinese Academy of Sciences that will be essential to the successful study of the impact of nonindigenous crayfish in China.

The article also appears in Discoveries on the NSF website.

December 18, 2008

GLOBES announces undergraduate research opportunities for Summer 2009

With funding from an NSF IGERT grant award and University support, GLOBES is pleased to sponsor a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program during the summer of 2009. GLOBES undergraduate research fellowships provide exciting opportunities for students to be involved in cutting-edge research with the intent of providing real world solutions to global environmental and human health issues. Deadline for applications is Feb. 27, 2009. > Read more on the GLOBES REU program

 

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