Hi David,
Old Dominion University in Virginia has a foreign language requirement for the
Ecology Ph.D. program. It is similar to as you described - student picks
language, committee selects a paper, and the student has to either translate it
and/or answer questions regarding the information.
Dear ECOLOG Membership:
Please pass this announcement along to prospective undergraduate students…
PROGRAM: Summer Comparative Marine Environments from the Mediterranean to the
Caribbean
program
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: This is an 8 week summer program allows you to spend this
summer exploring
di
Many universities require international PhD students who will work as
teaching assistants to pass some variation of Michigan Test Battery. I took
one at Texas A&M a few years ago. The test was not required if you did not
teach i.e. If you were supported through an RA ship throughout. Domestic
stude
About 10 years ago, Idaho State had a language proficiency requirement for
their Ph.D. program in Biology. I am not sure if they still do.
Nancy
On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 6:37 PM, David Inouye wrote:
> I know Univ. of NC still had a requirement in mid-1970s as I had to take
> an exam then, and my
I know Univ. of NC still had a requirement in mid-1970s as I had to
take an exam then, and my son had to take one at Duke in the 1990s.
Are there still any Ph.D. programs that require students take a
language exam? Typically students had to read a paper in the chosen
language, and then answer
The Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory (RMBL) is now taking applications
for its summer independent research program. We are especially interested
in attracting students interested in conducting independent research with
plants, soils, fungi, and insects. Interested undergrads and recent
gradua
And here¹s one with Phragmites australis:
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=117348401704881&set=vb.181955048542937
&type=2&theater
Not as professional and it occurs in a controlled setting, but still
pretty cool.
Steve
On 2/2/15, 12:05 PM, "Sarah Newman" wrote:
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Aquatic Biogeochemistry Research Technician
Washington State University - Vancouver Campus
(Portland, OR, metropolitan area)
The Global Change and Watershed Biogeochemistry Lab
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Vancouver, WA, seeks a full-time, temporary fie
Postdoctoral Research Scholar
Institute of Ecology and Evolution
Posting: 14431
Location: Eugene
Closes: Open Until Filled
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Postdoctoral Position in Microbial Ecology and Evolution
Jessica Green at the University of Oregon
(http://pages.uoregon.edu/green/) is currently seeking a
This is a second announcement that the Soil Ecology Society (SES) is
soliciting nominations by February 12 for three awards recognizing
outstanding soil ecologists, 1) Career Achievement Award, 2) Early Career
Research Award, and 3) Service Award. Award winners will be provided
financial suppor
Graduate Research Assistantships (Ph.D. and M.S.) in Forestry at
Northern Arizona University
Three graduate assistantships, two for the M.S. and one for the Ph.D.,
are available in the School of Forestry, Northern Arizona University,
Flagstaff, AZ. The research is focused on fire ecology, fores
I am preparing to conduct experiments with some of the specialist insect
herbivores that occur on milkweeds (eg, monarch caterpillars, aphids,
leaf beetles). I need to cage individual plants to keep the insects that
I add on the plants and to prevent unwanted colonization of plants by
other insects
Reminder: Participant Applications Due Friday, February 6th
Sustaining Biological Infrastructure (SBI): Strategies for Success
A Short Course for Project Directors
Organized by the Ecological Society of America (ESA)
http://www.esa.org/sbi
June 9 – June 11, 2015
Location: Washington, DC Metr
A great upcoming meeting in Bariloche, Argentina:
Contact iufrobarilo...@gmail.com with any questions.
IUFRO
A Global Perspective on the Ecology and Management of Bark and Wood Boring
Insects
BARILOCHE | PATAGONIA | ARGENTINA
1-4 September 2015
Research on the ecology and pest managemen
A NSF-funded postdoctoral research position in the field of landscape genomics
is available in Jeff
Loziers lab in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of
Alabama
(http://bama.ua.edu/~jlozier).
The available position will involve the study of evolutionary and functional
g
Region: Statewide
Official Domain: Grassland Systems Field Station, Clinton, Missouri
Title: Botanical Research Assistant
Pay Rate: $9.32/hr
Dates: May 18, 2015 – September 4, 2015
Hours: 40 hrs/week
Number of positions: 2
Supervisor: Dr. Elizabeth Middleton, Grassland Botanist, Miss
The Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre
(BiK-F) has been founded by the Senckenberg
Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, the
Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, and
additional partners. The mission of the centre is
to carry out internationally outstanding research
on the interactions of bio
The High Altitude Revegetation Committee and Central Rockies Chapter of the
Society for Ecological Restoration joint conference.
March 10-12, 2015
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado
Conference Early-bird registration fees - End Thursday February 5th
$190 HAR and CeRSER members
$2
Woody and herbaceouse vegetation sampling
Summer 2015 (Monday, May 11 – Friday, August 14)
Location: 3 positions in State College, PA and 3 positions in
Coudersport, PA
Pay: 40 hrs/week at $11/hr and housing assistance provided.
Duties: Find and monument permanent forest inventory plots using
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On Tuesday 24th of February we are arranging a one day workshop
INVASION IN NORTHERN ECOSYSTEMS
We are bringing together a group of researcher, who all work wi
*Share this 3 minute educational video that explains the importance of
watching plants as the seasons change.*
*The Stories Plants Tell: The Science of Phenology* is a quick video intro
to learning about how plants respond to seasonal change and how you can
make easy observations of plants in yo
The National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis
(NIMBioS) will host a half-day tutorial, "An In-depth Introduction to
Using R for HPC," from 1-5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 27 at NIMBioS. The tutorial
will be live streamed.
*Objectives: *By some measures, R is the most popular software
Description: The Great Basin Institute, in cooperation with the National
Park Service, is recruiting a Wildlife (Bat) Biologist to develop a bat
occupancy monitoring and public outreach program at Great Basin National
Park in eastern Nevada. Bat surveys will provide current information on
life
MS POSITIONS IN FUNGUS-GARDENING ANT SYMBIOSIS
Fall 2015 with Jon Seal, The University of Texas at Tyler
Research focus: We are seeking highly motivated graduate students (MS-
level) to conduct research on the evolutionary ecology of social insects
and their symbionts
(https://www.uttyler.edu/
We seek a PhD student to work on movement ecology of bats, and possibly
birds, using cutting-edge automated telemetry. The projects will cover
multiple scales from individual foraging ranges to regional migration. The
student will work on currently funded projects in Alaska and the Midwest,
and we
Assistant Professor of Soil Microbiology (position number 1729), University
of Wyoming
The Department of Ecosystem Science & Management at the University of
Wyoming (ESM;
uwyo.edu/esm) is an interdisiplinary department offering degrees in Soil
Science, Entomology,
Agroecology, Rangeland Ecology and
Field Methods in Ecology & Conservation Course: University of Florida in Belize
This is a field-based, 15 day, 5 credit course for undergraduate and graduate
students that will provide knowledge of and experience with plant and animal
research methods. Most of the course is spent in the field (r
Marine Ecology & Conservation Course: University of Florida in Belize
This is a field-based, 8 day, 3 credit course for undergraduate and graduate
students focusing on marine ecology & conservation. Most of the course is spent
in the water understanding the ecology and conservation of coral reef
The School of Forestry, Northern Arizona University, seeks a motivated Ph.D.
student to conduct field and greenhouse experiments near Flagstaff, Arizona
starting in Fall 2015. The student will be co-advised by Matthew Bowker and
Pete Fulé. The student will explore the feasibility of using greenhous
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