Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. EEB Thesis Defense: Novel DNA mycovirus BdDV-1 alters the phenotype of amphibian pathogen batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (June 7, 2022 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/95384 95384-21789257@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, June 7, 2022 2:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Please reach out to the department for the zoom link

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 02 Jun 2022 08:29:17 -0400 2022-06-07T14:00:00-04:00 2022-06-07T16:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Lecture / Discussion Poster advertising a thesis defense featuring a jumping frog
UMBS Summer Lecture Series - Global change impacts on forest ecosystems: Amplifying Indigenous voices to find community-driven solutions (June 29, 2022 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/95347 95347-21789210@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, June 29, 2022 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University of Michigan Biological Station

The annual Summer Lecture Series at the University of Michigan Biological Station explores scientific topics and celebrates notable achievements. Our lecture series is free and open to the public, allowing interested community members to learn more about the natural world, and the Biological Station.

Pettingill Endowed Lecture in Natural History - Global change impacts on forest ecosystems: Amplifying Indigenous voices to find community-driven solutions

Eastern US forests are losing a foundation tree species, the eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadenis), due to the exotic insect pests hemlock woolly adelgid (Adelges tsugae) and elongate hemlock scale (Fiorinia externa). The widespread destruction of this important evergreen conifer has large ramifications for ecosystem processes and other species that depend on it for survival. Using an "accidental experiment" initiated by patch-level timber harvesting ~30 years ago in western Massachusetts, Dr. Ignace will present the impacts on source/sink carbon dynamics, which may be exacerbated by a warming climate. Building on this framework, she will discuss how we can center Indigenous voices and knowledge to fully understand local land use history. Going beyond the peer-review publications and moving to include many forms of writings, knowledge sharing, artwork, and communication will be needed to find community-driven solutions to environmental problems.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 31 May 2022 15:50:59 -0400 2022-06-29T19:00:00-04:00 2022-06-29T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location University of Michigan Biological Station Lecture / Discussion Dr. Danielle Ignace
EEB Dissertation Defense: Diversification in the Unionidae: Investigating the role of parasitism (July 21, 2022 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/95512 95512-21790024@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, July 21, 2022 11:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

In addition to in-person, there will be a Zoom link. Please reach out to eeb.gradcoord@umich.edu at least two hours in advance for the link.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 07 Jul 2022 08:42:17 -0400 2022-07-21T11:00:00-04:00 2022-07-21T13:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Lecture / Discussion EEB superimposed over leaves, a rodent, an amphibian and a bird
UMBS Summer Lecture Series: Hann Lecture in Ornithology (July 27, 2022 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/96244 96244-21792165@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, July 27, 2022 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University of Michigan Biological Station

Dr. Ben Winger, (Assistant Professor, U-M Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Assistant Curator, U-M Museum of Zoology) will present the 2022 Hann Endowed Lecture in Ornithology: "From Northwoods dark skies to bright city lights: bird migration in a changing world". Open to the public, Q&A to follow.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 25 Jul 2022 13:12:38 -0400 2022-07-27T19:00:00-04:00 2022-07-27T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location University of Michigan Biological Station Lecture / Discussion Dr. Ben Winger
EEB Dissertation Defense: Investigating neutral and niche contributions to species dominance in the Amazon basin (December 2, 2022 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/101668 101668-21802202@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 2, 2022 2:00pm
Location: 1027 E. Huron Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Tamara defends her dissertation in this hybrid event in the field of ecology and evolutionary biology.

This seminar will be in-person and livestreaming on Zoom ( https://umich.zoom.us/j/91915632005). Contact eeb.gradcoord@umich.edu for password at least two hours prior to the event.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 29 Nov 2022 17:37:26 -0500 2022-12-02T14:00:00-05:00 2022-12-03T03:00:00-05:00 1027 E. Huron Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar event details image
U-M Biological Station Information Session (January 23, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/103524 103524-21807433@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 23, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Dana Natural Resources Building
Organized By: University of Michigan Biological Station

Undergrads: come learn about spring/summer courses and research opportunities at the U-M Biological Station! Featuring a student panel and scholarship/financial aid information.

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Rally / Mass Meeting Tue, 17 Jan 2023 09:49:03 -0500 2023-01-23T16:00:00-05:00 2023-01-23T17:00:00-05:00 Dana Natural Resources Building University of Michigan Biological Station Rally / Mass Meeting Students studying field ecology at UMBS
EEB Tuesday Lunch Seminar - Hybrid - New approaches for modeling variation in rates of trait evolution (January 24, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/97027 97027-21793705@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 24, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Abstract: Rates of trait evolution vary markedly across the tree of life, from the accelerated evolution apparent in adaptive radiations to the remarkable evolutionary stasis exhibited by so-called "living fossils". Identifying and understanding the causes and consequences of such "rate heterogeneity" has critical implications for robustly testing evolutionary hypotheses and, more generally, elucidating how and why levels of phenotypic diversity vary across space, time, and taxa. For my dissertation, I am developing novel phylogenetic comparative methods for inferring variation in rates of continuous trait evolution. These methods will fill key gaps in the comparative biologist's toolkit and provide researchers with more power and flexibility in exploring and dissecting rate heterogeneity across the tree of life.

Our weekly lunch seminar series featuring internal speakers in the field of ecology and evolutionary biology. This seminar will be in-person and livestreaming on Zoom (link this page).

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 23 Jan 2023 13:55:33 -0500 2023-01-24T12:00:00-05:00 2023-01-24T13:00:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Lecture / Discussion event details image
2023 Robertson Lecture (February 9, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/103734 103734-21807706@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 9, 2023 4:00pm
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Residential College

Livestream link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbxVSrZ3IwU

Cydney K. Seigerman is a Ph.D. candidate in the Integrative Conservation & Anthropology program at the University of Georgia, where they work with Dr. Don Nelson and are a member of the Human Environmental Change Lab (HECL). Cydney is an NSF Graduate Research Fellow and a research scholar at the Cearense Meteorological and Water Resources Foundation (Funceme) in Ceará, Brazil.

Cydney's research incorporates methods from the critical social sciences, natural sciences, and theatre/performance studies to explore human-technology-environment relations. Their dissertation work explores how socionatural (i.e., interrelated sociopolitical, environmental, and technological) processes shape and are shaped by the lived experience of water insecurity in Ceará, northeast Brazil.

Before pursuing their Ph.D., Cydney studied chemistry and Spanish language and literature at the University of Michigan, graduating from the Residential College and Honors College. They then relocated to Madrid, Spain, where they served as a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant, studied acting at the theater school La Lavandería, and ran competitively.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 09 Feb 2023 14:14:07 -0500 2023-02-09T16:00:00-05:00 2023-02-09T17:00:00-05:00 East Quadrangle Residential College Lecture / Discussion C. Seigerman
EEB student evaluation seminar: Evolution Evolving: Mechanistic Origins of Evolvability (February 15, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/101403 101403-21801307@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 15, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Bhaskar presents their preliminary seminar.

Check your email or contact eeb.gradcoord@umich.edu for the passcode at least two hours before the seminar.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 07 Feb 2023 14:28:30 -0500 2023-02-15T12:00:00-05:00 2023-02-15T13:00:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar event flier
EEB Thursday Seminar - Hybrid: Mechanisms of behavioral evolution: lessons from poison frogs (February 23, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/96709 96709-21793108@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 23, 2023 3:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Our weekly seminar series featuring internal and external speakers in the field of ecology and evolutionary biology. This seminar will be in-person and livestreaming on Zoom (link this page).

Abstract:
Research in our lab asks how nervous systems can be both strikingly flexible and remarkably robust, and how these phenomena simultaneously give rise to widespread similarities and incredible diversity in behavior. We use integrative approaches to address these questions across levels of biological organization and timescales, using charismatic frogs as a model system. The talk will provide a conceptual framework as well as data-driven background for ongoing projects in the lab, exploring mechanisms of inter- and intra-specific variation in parental behavior and juvenile aggression in poison frogs.

Contact eebsemaccess@umich.edu for Zoom password at least 2 hours prior to event.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 25 Jan 2023 13:49:37 -0500 2023-02-23T15:00:00-05:00 2023-02-23T16:00:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar Poison frogs being studied by the lab.
EEB student evaluation seminar: Face It: The Structure and Development of Cognition in Polistes fuscatus (March 6, 2023 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/104448 104448-21809066@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 6, 2023 2:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Jaunita presents their preliminary seminar.

Check your email or contact eeb.gradcoord@umich.edu for the passcode at least two hours prior to the seminar.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 27 Feb 2023 14:02:38 -0500 2023-03-06T14:00:00-05:00 2023-03-06T15:00:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar wasp
EEB student evaluation seminar: "Spatiotemporal dynamics of geographic range in seasonally migratory birds" (March 6, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/104449 104449-21809068@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 6, 2023 3:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Matthew presents his preliminary seminar.

Check your email or contact eeb.gradcoord@umich.edu for the passcode at least two hours prior to the seminar.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 27 Feb 2023 12:56:46 -0500 2023-03-06T15:00:00-05:00 2023-03-06T16:00:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar Handbook of Birds of the World
EEB Student Dissertation Defense: Toxic Forms Most Beautiful: The Evolutionary Dynamics of Rear-Fanged Snake Venoms. (March 17, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/104542 104542-21809579@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 17, 2023 10:00am
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Peter presents their dissertation defense.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 09 Mar 2023 16:20:52 -0500 2023-03-17T10:00:00-04:00 2023-03-17T11:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar event details image
18th Annual Early Career Scientists Symposium (March 31, 2023 9:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/104175 104175-21808557@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 31, 2023 9:30am
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

The Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB) at the University of Michigan invites you to attend the 18th Annual Early Career Scientists Symposium (ECSS). This year, we are excited to announce the theme “Global Change and its Consequences for Green Life.” Green life (i.e. plants, algae, microbes) form the basis of productivity in most ecosystems. Understanding how environmental change can impact the ecology and evolution of green life on earth is critical to the future of most communities, ecosystems, and human societies.
The theme includes, but is not limited to:
1. Direct and indirect impacts of environmental change on green life survival, reproduction, and distribution
2. How green life can buffer the impact of global change
3. Evolutionary responses of green life to environmental change/stress
4. Green life functional traits and their environmental correlates
5. Agroecology

The 2023 ECSS will be held on the 31st of March 2023 at the University of Michigan Matthaei Botanical Garden in Ann Arbor, MI. Six early career scientists will be selected to present their work, and two keynote speakers will be featured. The symposium will also have an afternoon poster session with featured lightning talks and ample time for networking during coffee breaks.

For the chosen talks, we consider early career scientists as senior graduate students (who stand to receive their Ph.D. within two years), postdoctoral researchers, faculty or staff scientists within their first or second year, and researchers at equivalent career stages who are not affiliated with an academic institution.

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 28 Mar 2023 13:19:11 -0400 2023-03-31T09:30:00-04:00 2023-03-31T15:00:00-04:00 Matthaei Botanical Gardens Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Conference / Symposium event details image
EEB student evaluation seminar: Uncovering the drivers of tree diversification in lowland and montane Neotropical forests (April 3, 2023 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/104301 104301-21808805@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 3, 2023 2:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Diana presents their preliminary seminar.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 22 Mar 2023 12:02:35 -0400 2023-04-03T14:00:00-04:00 2023-04-03T15:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar field photo
EEB student evaluation seminar: The phylodynamic and macroevolutionary implications of failing to account for gene flow (April 3, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/103858 103858-21808006@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 3, 2023 3:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Avinash presents his preliminary seminar.

This event is hybrid.
Email eebsemaccess@umich.edu for access to this seminar at least two hours prior to event start.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 28 Mar 2023 13:18:12 -0400 2023-04-03T15:00:00-04:00 2023-04-03T16:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Lecture / Discussion event poster
EEB Thesis Defense - Zulay Caridad Rodriguez, Frontiers Master's Student (April 10, 2023 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/103860 103860-21808009@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 10, 2023 2:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Thesis Defense - Zulay Caridad Rodriguez
"A Multitude of Mimics: An Evolutionary Paradox in Coral Snake Mimicry"

Zulay defends their thesis.

Email eeb.gradcoord@umich.edu for access to this seminar virtually.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 07 Apr 2023 14:35:26 -0400 2023-04-10T14:00:00-04:00 2023-04-10T15:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Lecture / Discussion event poster
EEB Student Dissertation Defense: Kirby Mills, EEB Ph.D Student (April 13, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/106234 106234-21813955@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 13, 2023 10:00am
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

EEB Student Dissertation Defense: Kirby Mills, EEB Student
"Apex predators in the Anthropocene: African large carnivore ecology at the human-wildlife interface"

Kirby presents their dissertation defense.

Email eeb.gradcoord@umich.edu for access to this seminar virtually.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 07 Apr 2023 14:40:20 -0400 2023-04-13T10:00:00-04:00 2023-04-13T11:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar event poster
Thesis Defense - Sorrel Hartford (April 14, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/103859 103859-21808007@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 14, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Thesis Defense - Sorrel Hartford
"Seeing beneath the trees: how understory diversity shapes forest resilience"

Sorrel defends their thesis.

Email eeb.gradcoord@umich.edu for access to this seminar virtually.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 06 Apr 2023 09:27:59 -0400 2023-04-14T12:00:00-04:00 2023-04-14T13:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Lecture / Discussion event poster
EEB student evaluation seminar: Diana Carolina Vergara-Florez, EEB Ph.D. Student (April 19, 2023 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/104966 104966-21810513@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 19, 2023 1:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

EEB student evaluation seminar: Diana Carolina Vergara-Florez, EEB Ph.D. Student
Microbes in the Shells: Unraveling eco-evolutionary processes between venomous molluscs and their microbiome

Diana presents their preliminary seminar.

Check your email or contact eeb.gradcoord@umich.edu for the passcode at least two hours before the seminar.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 13 Apr 2023 11:59:52 -0400 2023-04-19T13:00:00-04:00 2023-04-19T14:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar event details image
EEB student evaluation seminar: Samuel Stratton, EEB Ph.D. Student (April 20, 2023 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/105207 105207-21811378@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 20, 2023 1:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

EEB student evaluation seminar: Samuel Stratton, EEB Ph.D. Student
"Built different: how development determines seasonal migratory and non-migratory forms in the monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus)"

Samuel Stratton presents their preliminary seminar.

Email eeb.gradcoord@umich.edu for access to this seminar virtually.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 13 Apr 2023 10:35:42 -0400 2023-04-20T13:00:00-04:00 2023-04-20T14:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar Biological Sciences Building
EEB Thesis Defense - Libby O'Brien, EEB Master's Student (April 21, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/107669 107669-21816345@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 21, 2023 10:00am
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

EEB Thesis Defense - Libby O'Brien, EEB Master's Student
"Long-term leaf and root litter input manipulations influence Q. rubra seedling growth in a mesocosm experiment"

Libby defends their thesis.

Email eeb.gradcoord@umich.edu for access to this seminar virtually.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 18 Apr 2023 14:28:26 -0400 2023-04-21T10:00:00-04:00 2023-04-21T11:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar event details image
EEB Student Dissertation Defense: Héctor Figueroa, Ph.D. Student, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (April 25, 2023 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/106862 106862-21814943@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 25, 2023 1:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

EEB Student Dissertation Defense: Héctor Figueroa, Ph.D. Student, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
"Tracing the evolutionary origins of alpine plant lineages"

Héctor presents his dissertation defense.

Email eeb.gradcoord@umich.edu for access to this seminar virtually.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 17 Apr 2023 14:20:31 -0400 2023-04-25T13:00:00-04:00 2023-04-25T14:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar Biological Sciences Building
EEB Student Dissertation Defense: Kayla Hale, EEB Ph.D. Student (May 4, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/106238 106238-21813959@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 4, 2023 10:00am
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

EEB Student Dissertation Defense: Kayle Hale, EEB Ph.D. Student
"Tangled dynamics of trophic and mutualistic interactions in terrestrial ecosystems."

Kayla Hale presents their dissertation defense.

Email eeb.gradcoord@umich.edu for access to this seminar virtually.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 02 May 2023 09:33:11 -0400 2023-05-04T10:00:00-04:00 2023-05-04T11:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar Biological Sciences Building
EEB Student Dissertation Defense: (May 12, 2023 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/106579 106579-21814491@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, May 12, 2023 1:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Teresa presents their dissertation defense.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 06 Apr 2023 10:36:09 -0400 2023-05-12T13:00:00-04:00 2023-05-12T14:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar Biological Sciences Building