Biology

This practice-based activity is open to anyone on campus, but especially those interested in thinking about ecology beyond traditional Western disciplinary lenses. We will use drawings and sound to consider the boundaries between more-than-human nature and embodied experience that Gloria Anzaldúa set out in her mediations, which proposed a feminist approach to the spaces and places at the U.S-Mexico border.

Celebrate the great outdoors with us at Nature Fest! Enjoy a day of guided nature walks, interactive booths, gardening activities, nature crafts, food, and other family activities. Connect with local ecology and discover new way to view the world around us!

Remarks and awards for Biology, Biochemistry, Chemistry, and Molecular Biology and Biochemistry department seniors and their families.

Remarks and awards from 2:45-3:15 pm.

Location: McCardell-Bicentennial Hall, Great Hall

1. Elle Thompson
2. Kayley Porter

1. Ciara Murphy
2. Seth Boffa

Putting ecosystem science in Earth system models

This presentation will examine the problem of improving Earth system prediction from the perspective of adding new mechanistic understanding of ecosystem processes. The difficulties of spatial scale and process resolution, and some solutions, are addressed through examples including the representation of coupled carbon and nutrient dynamics, prediction in the extreme environment of the Arctic tundra, and resolving the interface between land and ocean in coastal wetlands.

Ancilleno Davis, Michelle LeFebvre, and Alexis Mychajliw in conversation

Ancilleno Davis is an Assistant Professor of Environmental Science at the University of the Bahamas and Faculty Programs Coordinator of UB North Field Station. He grew up on New Providence Island in The Bahamas and has visited more than 13 countries and territories to deliver scientific talks or presentations on ecology and conservation.

1. Taylor Han
2. Maya Henning

1. William McCarthy
2. Peyton Smith