Biology

Dr. Gonzalez is a forest ecologist, climate change scientist, and lead author on four reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the organization awarded a share of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. He advances action on human-caused climate change through scientific research revealing new insights on ecosystem impacts and carbon solutions, and helps local people, national parks, and policymakers use the scientific results to conserve nature and protect human well-being. Sponsored by the Department of Biology.

Please register in advance for this science-oriented talk at: go.middlebury.edu/BioTurnerScience

Please register in advance for this public talk at go.middlebury.edu/BioTurnerPublic

Seminar by Janet Shibley Hyde, PhD, Univ of Wisconsin, Madison: “Men Are from Earth, Women Are from Earth: Psychological Gender Differences and Similarities”. The media portray women and men as vastly different psychologically – Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus. Is this portrayal accurate, or are women and men actually similar psychologically? Prof. Hyde answers these questions using massive data sets and the technique of meta-analysis.

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Biology-ES-ConBio thesis Presentations, Feb. 11 & 12:
Annie Blalock ’21, Feb. 11: Please register in advance at go/BioThesisBlalock
“Functional Trait Diversity of Aquatic Insect Communities and Stoichiometric Constraints”
Phoebe Oehmig ‘21, Feb. 12: Please register in advance at go/BioThesisOehmig

Biology-ES-ConBio thesis Presentations, Feb. 11 & 12:
Annie Blalock ’21, Feb. 11: Please register in advance at go/BioThesisBlalock
“Functional Trait Diversity of Aquatic Insect Communities and Stoichiometric Constraints”
Phoebe Oehmig ‘21, Feb. 12: Please register in advance at go/BioThesisOehmig

Panel discussion of the documentary film “Picture a Scientist”. The panel will feature Ananya Christman Ph.D. Asst. Prof. of CSCI, Stephanie Pritchard Gilley ‘06 M.D./Ph.D. currently a Pediatrics Fellow at Children’s Hospital Colorado, Yin Daisy Zhue ‘12 Ph.D. Co-founder of Interpretable AI and Stephanie Soriano-Cruz ‘21 President of UR-STEM. The movie is available to Middlebury students, staff and faculty through Davis library.

Senior Thesis Presentation by Colin Howe, Biology ‘20.5
“Host Competence of Two Cryptic Peromyscus Species for Borrelia burgdorferi, the Lyme Disease Agent, in Central Vermont”

Register in advance at: go.middlebury.edu/BioHowe. More information at: www.middlebury.edu/academics/bio 

Talk by Dr. Krista Sherman, of the Perry Institute of Marine Science. Nassau grouper are globally critically endangered and a key fishery species in The Bahamas and parts of the Caribbean, with an urgent need for better management and conservation. Nassau grouper from Exuma and Long Island appear to have genetic signatures that differ from other islands and from an active fish spawning aggregation. DNA analyses have revealed findings that provide novel information on the intraspecific population dynamics of Nassau grouper within The Bahamas. 

The Vermont Academy of Science and Engineering will host Dr. Mark Levine, Commissioner of the Vermont Department of Health, as its keynote speaker on Monday, October 26th at 5:00pm. Dr. Levine will speak on “The Application (and Misapplication) of Science, Epidemiologic Data, Public Health Practices, and Health Policy during the COVID-19 Pandemic” via webinar. This webinar is open to the public, although advance registration is required to attend. Go to http://go.middlebury.edu/vasetalk to register.