Jarome Ali just led a new paper on bird extinctions,  using  hypervolume  methods to assess how functional diversity varies for almost all species of birds under different extinction risks. This was part of his masters’ work and is an important contribution. White-necked Rockfowl (Picathartes gymnocephalus): a morphologically distinctive species threatened with extinction. Credit: Joe Tobias…

Fieldwork in ecology and the environmental sciences often leads to negative physical and emotional outcomes for workers. I argue that this is largely due to an abdication of responsibility on the part of their supervisors, and that supervisors are charged with carrying three interlinked moral burdens: first, the duty of promoting safety; second, the duty…

Ten large-enrollment courses in the Departments of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management (ESPM), Integrative Biology, and Nutritional Sciences and Toxicology were substantially revamped over the summer to better incorporate inclusive and anti-racist approaches to course design and teaching practices. This was one of my summer projects, and I’m so proud of the work and people…

Summary: We have a funded opportunity for one recently-graduated student (degree awarded between Jan 2022 – Jan 2023) who has NOT had substantial prior research experience and wishes to get it. Topic: You will seek to understand how and why leaf structure and anatomy varies in a wide range of plant species. We will teach…