Events
Seminar title: Ecological and Evolutionary Insights into the Assembly of the Gut Microbiome.
Hosted by Moeller/Xu
Abstract: Wetlands, ponds, and lakes play an important role in global carbon cycling by sequestering carbon in their sediments and emitting greenhouse gases to the atmosphere. Yet, there is a lot of uncertainty in the extent to which wetlands and waterbodies are carbon sinks or carbon sources, and inventorying emissions. In this talk, we will discuss the role of wetlands and waterbodies in the global carbon budget and provide an overview of our lab’s research studying the carbon cycle in ponds, lakes, and wetlands.
Bio: Meredith Holgerson is a freshwater ecologist studying how ponds and lakes function and respond to environmental change. Her research program focuses on community and ecosystem ecology, and she is interested in how organisms and ecosystem processes interact. She asks questions about freshwater food webs, community composition, greenhouse gas production, and ecosystem metabolism. Her research relies on field studies, small-scale and whole-ecosystem experiments, and collaborations to scale local observations to global patterns.
This event is presented as part of the 2024 Perspectives on the Climate Change Challenge Seminar Series:
- Most Mondays, Spring Semester 2024, 2:55-4:10pm
- Via Zoom
This university-wide seminar series is open to the public (via Zoom), and provides important views on the critical issue of climate change, drawing from many perspectives and disciplines. Experts from Cornell University and beyond present an overview of the science of climate change and climate change models, the implications for agriculture, ecosystems, and food systems, and provide important economic, ethical, and policy insights on the issue. The seminar is being organized and sponsored by the Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering and Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability.
Seminar title: Looking through animal senses to reveal evolutionary patterns, understand species interactions, and solve conservation problems.
Hosted by Maren Vitousek
The Fulbright U.S. Student Program provides full funding for graduate and professional students conducting research in any field or teaching in more than 150 countries. Open to U.S. citizens only.
The Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Program supports doctoral students conducting research in modern languages or area studies for six to 12 months. Open to U.S. citizens and permanent residents of the United States. Travel to Western European countries is not eligible.
Register for the information session. Can’t attend? Contact fulbright@einaudi.cornell.edu.
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The Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies hosts info sessions for graduate and for undergraduate students. To learn more about funding opportunities, international travel, research, and internships, view the full calendar for spring semester sessions.
Seminar title: Fish frugivory: eco-evolutionary insights on a unique feeding habit.
Hosted by Alex Flecker
Seminar title: Constraints on the pace of upslope range shifts by Rocky Mountain subalpine forests with warming.
Hosted by Xiangtoa Xu
Through art, we deeply engage with our world and can understand complex ideas we otherwise couldn’t. In this group art exhibition, 10 artist-scientist pairs collaborated to interpret new research findings about our natural world.
We invite you to engage with the natural world through art, and share your experience with any artwork in the show. Adults who are willing to share about their experience, have the chance to win 1 of 4 - $50 Gift Cards.
Featuring the art of Elina Ansary, Melissa Conroy, Samarra Khaja, Maria Klos, Bridget Meeds, Sheila Novak, Werner Sun, Ivy Stevens-Gupta, Vera Ting and Wenfei Tong.
Inspired by the research of Leslie Babonis, Wendy Erb, Kathryn Grabenstein, Kara Fikrig, Chloe Jelley, Christopher Jernigan, Johannes Lehmann, Ashakur Rahaman, Dan Sprockett, and Jay Stafstrom.
This art show is a part of Monique Pipkin's dissertation research. To find out more about this art show and project, visit MoniquePipkin.com/sci-art. This project has been approved by the Cornell University Institutional Review Board under Protocol #IRB0147545.
Carbon, nitrogen, and other element interactions in eastern temperate forests. Hosted by Biogeochemistry.
Remote sensing solutions for vegetation monitoring in cloudy regions.
Hosted by Xiangtao Xu
