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SBE Seminar Series: Emma Perry, University of Maine

Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions 5710 Norman Smith Hall, Orono, ME, United States

Dr. Emma Perry, University of Maine Tardigrades are everywhere! Tardigrades, aka “waterbears,” are a little-studied phylum, although they are widespread. They are members of the understudied meiofaunal ecosystem. I will share my progress in discovering the biodiversity of the tardigrades around us and some new species I have described along the way. Emma Perry is […]

SBE Seminar Series: Undergraduate Lightning Talks

Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions 5710 Norman Smith Hall, Orono, ME, United States

SBE Undergraduate Lightning Talks Dylan Applegate (Water striders' turning). Ru McClung (Browntail moth's conifer preferences), Richard Viveiros (Snow springtails' locomotion ), Hunter Praul (Exploring patterns between annuli growth of wood turtles {Glyptemys insculpta} and past weather conditions), Grace Hodgkin, and Marcus Russano  

SBE Seminar Series: Robert Dudley, University of California-Berkeley

Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions 5710 Norman Smith Hall, Orono, ME, United States

Dr. Robert Dudley, University of California-Berkeley. "From gliding ants to Andean hummingbirds: the evolution of animal flight performance." What is the use of half a wing?  More generally, how do novel structures and behaviors evolve? Controlled aerial behaviors in ant workers and other insects of the tropical rainforest canopy demonstrate directed gliding in the complete absence […]

SBE Seminar Series: AJ Jolley, University of Waikato

Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions 5710 Norman Smith Hall, Orono, ME, United States

AJ Jolley, University of Waikato. Affective and Effective STEM Undergraduate Field Experiences Undergraduate field experiences are central to many STEM disciplines. They offer unique ways for students to apply their knowledge to authentic settings and challenge them to construct and synthesize their learning holistically. Historically, much of the field education research has focused on the […]

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