[ECOLOG-L] Opportunity for a scientific illustrator

2017-12-05 Thread David Inouye
*2018 “Pollinators and Seeds: Supporting healthy ecosystems and food security” Poster Job Advertisement* http://pollinator.org/assets/globals/2018-Pollinator-Poster-RFP-FINAL.pdf  The Pollinator Partnership is seeking an artist to render the 2018 Pollinator Poster, this year focusing on

[ECOLOG-L] American Museum of Natural History Helen Fellowship Announcement

2017-12-05 Thread BridgeUP STEM
Dear Colleagues, The BridgeUP: STEM program at the AMNH is excited to announce that the application for the Helen Fellowship is now open. This fellowship is a one-year residency for post-baccalaureate women to devote time immersed in computational scientific research and educational

[ECOLOG-L] Assistant or Associate Professor - Biology/Environmental Studies - CUNY Baruch College

2017-12-05 Thread Chester B. Zarnoch
FACULTY VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT The Department of Natural Sciences at Baruch College, City University of New York, invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor of Biology/Environmental Studies starting September 1, 2018. Baruch College

[ECOLOG-L] Open tenure track faculty position in Agroecosystem management

2017-12-05 Thread Karen Goodell
COlleagues, I am pleased to announce that The Ohio State University is advertising a new faculty position: Assistant/Associate Professor, Agroecosystem Management for Food System Resilience. See the attached file for a full position description. Please distribute to potential candidates.

[ECOLOG-L] PhD Position Available in Forest Pathology/Chemical Ecology

2017-12-05 Thread Caterina Villari
A fully funded three-year position for an exceptional doctoral student starting Fall 2018 is available at the Villari Forest Pathology Lab (http://villarilab.com/), in the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia (www.warnell.uga.edu). The incoming doctoral

[ECOLOG-L] COMMUNITY ECOLOGY INTERNSHIPS IN ICELAND – Summer 2018

2017-12-05 Thread Amanda McCormick
COMMUNITY ECOLOGY INTERNSHIPS IN ICELAND – Summer 2018 We are looking for undergraduates or recent graduates to join our team of interdisciplinary researchers in northeast Iceland this coming summer. We study the ecology of Lake Mývatn, and interns will assist in our ongoing LTREB (Long-Term

[ECOLOG-L] DIVERSITY MENTOR PROFESSORSHIPS IN STEM

2017-12-05 Thread Sparkle Malone
Florida International University invites applicants for multiple Senior Faculty Positions in the Diversity Mentor Professorship Initiative to recruit excellent scientists, mathematicians, computer scientists, and engineers with a history and commitment to the mentorship of students from

[ECOLOG-L] MS program in Climate System Science, Hamburg Germany

2017-12-05 Thread Benjamin Runkle
Dear colleagues, Several years ago I was a post-doc at the University of Hamburg and gained exposure to and lectured within their School of Integrated Climate System Sciences (www.clisap.de/grad-school/sicss/about-sicss/). This is an excellent, multi-disciplinary program. Of special interest

[ECOLOG-L] Two Ph.D. Assistantships in Geospatial Analytics for Plant Health at NC State

2017-12-05 Thread Megan Skrip
The Spatial Analytic Framework for Advanced Information Systems (SAFARIS) team at North Carolina State University seeks two creative, motivated Ph.D. students with interests in quantitative modeling of biological invasions to join an interdisciplinary group developing spatial models and

[ECOLOG-L] MS Position: Ecotoxicology modeling

2017-12-05 Thread Guha Dharmarajan
Ecotoxicology Modeling; Graduate student assistantship (Master of Science) University of Georgia’s Savannah River Ecology Lab The University of Georgia’s Savannah River Ecology Laboratory is seeking a highly motivated student with strong academic credentials to join a collaborative research

[ECOLOG-L] Gilbert Foundation Assistantships available for Fall 2018 at LSU

2017-12-05 Thread Thomas J Dean
We are advertising for applicants for our Gilbert Foundation Assistantships in LSU's School of Renewable Natural Resources in Baton Rouge, LA. Thomas J. Dean, Ph.D. Professor, Quantitative Silviculture and Forest Ecology School of Renewable Natural Resources Louisiana State University 210 RNR

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Tax Legislation Attacking Grad Students

2017-12-05 Thread Katharine Leigh
Hi John If I'm not mistaken, the Grad Tax was not part of the Senate version of the bill, correct? http://www.kykernel.com/news/grad-tax-not-part-of-recently-passed-senate-bill/article_45684804-d7a9-11e7-87f3-a7ab9681be9c.html Best Kat Katharine L. Leigh My Linkedin

[ECOLOG-L] bill to eliminare pub service forgiveness for grad students.

2017-12-05 Thread Malcolm McCallum
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/363175-gop-bill-would-eliminate-student-loan-forgiveness-for-those-who-enter

Re: [ECOLOG-L] open educational resources in ecology for intro courses

2017-12-05 Thread Kristin Douglas
Hello Margaret, The Network of Conservation Educators and Practitioners (NCEP) at the American Museum of Natural History’s Center for Biodiversity and Conservation has a database of over 160 open educational resources (modules) on a broad range of ecology/environmental science/conservation

[ECOLOG-L] PhD position - Decision triggers: linking monitoring data to management action

2017-12-05 Thread David Inouye
PhD position - Decision triggers: linking monitoring data to management action We are offering a fully funded PhD scholarship to work with a team of researchers led by Dr Carly Cook at Monash University, in conjunction with researchers at The Department of Conservation in New Zealand, Oxford

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Human ecology, communication and the "b" word. Re: [ECOLOG-L] Impossibility of outreach

2017-12-05 Thread Jessica Bray
As a masters student applying for candidacy soon, and who has been studying honest broker mentality in policy for two years, I can identify on many fronts of this. I’m both so close from having left that waiting tables gig, being first unemployed by the journalism collapse, then returning for a

[ECOLOG-L] University of Florida Hiring Assistant Professor of Global Change Agroecology

2017-12-05 Thread Zack Brym
Assistant Professor of Global Change Agroecology, University of Florida The Agronomy Department at the University of Florida (agronomy.ifas.ufl.edu) invites applications for a 12-month tenure-accruing position that will be 60% teaching and 40% research. This appointment will be at the rank of

[ECOLOG-L] PhD Opportunities in Fire Ecology at University of Florida

2017-12-05 Thread Raelene M. Crandall (University of Florida)
I am currently seeking 1-2 Ph.D. students to join the Crandall Fire Ecology Lab in the School of Forest Resources and Conservation (http://sfrc.ufl.edu/) at the University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. These are funded positions that include tuition waiver and competitive stipend. Students

[ECOLOG-L] Contribute to Teatime4science project before 15 February

2017-12-05 Thread Judith Sarneel
To all of you that tried to measure decomposition by using teabags: With this email we would like to remind you that the deadline for submitting your data to our global map is approaching. If you would like to contribute your results to our meta-analysis, please submit them before 15th of

[ECOLOG-L] PhD Position: Carnivore Ecology and Conservation

2017-12-05 Thread Brendan Hobart
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: We are seeking an outstanding student to pursue a PhD in carnivore ecology and conservation in the Wildlife Ecology program housed in the Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology (FWE) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The student’s dissertation will involve studying

[ECOLOG-L] Reminder: Interactive Webinar - Harmonizing scale & process representation across critical zone models - CZO/LTER/NEON/ISMC - Weds Dec 6th @ 9 AM MT

2017-12-05 Thread Samantha Weintraub
Hello all. Reminder to join us TOMORROW, Dec 6th, for the second installment in our interactive webinar series on Using Observation Networks to Advance Earth System Understanding: State of the Art, Data-Model Integration, and Frontiers. If you cannot make it, we will post the recording

[ECOLOG-L] Tax Legislation Attacking Grad Students

2017-12-05 Thread John A.
Has the ESA, or any other national group, spoken out against the new tax legislation targeting graduate students? One provision would tax the value of tuition waivers as “income,” despite the fact that grad students never actually receive the money. But the bill’s Republican