Recruitment Weekend

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Last weekend, we welcomed 17 prospective grad students to our department! As always, our weekend was jam-packed with faculty interviews, dinners with faculty and grad students, tours, and awesome research and student life talks. Good luck to all the applicants, we hope to see you back in the Fall!

 

EEB Symposium 2017

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We hosted our 2017 GSA symposium this past week! Graduate students and faculty in the department presented on their most recent work to their peers in Corson Hall. A day and a half of 15-20 minute conference-style talks were followed by a workshop on Bayesian statistics (thank you, CSCU!), a poster session by undergraduates and visitors, and drinks and awards. Here’s just a taste of the research topics we covered: speciation, developmental genomics, parasitism, herbivory, ecosystem function, disease ecology, phylogeography, and coexistence theory. Thanks to everyone who attended, and congratulations to the award-winning talks! The Book Award went to first-years Kara Andres and Maria Akopyan, and the Whittaker Award went to Erin Larson and Henry Kunerth for their amazing presentations.

Diversity Recruitment Weekend 2017: Video recap!

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Last April’s Diversity Recruitment Weekend in EEB and NBB was a wonderful success, with students arriving from across the country to learn about graduate school and the application process. Organization of the 2018 Diversity Recruitment Weekend – now including the departments of Plant Science and Entomology – is already under way. Spread the word!

The 2018 application website: http://www.inclusivecornell.org/

Meet the dynamic duo who led the effort:

 

Meet the attendees and explore the weekend:

Faculty Search

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For almost two months this semester, our department hosted and interviewed several exceptional scientists for two faculty positions in Quantitative Ecology and Evolution. Graduate students attended seminars, chalk talks, pizza lunches and individual meetings with each candidate and provided feedback to help with the difficult hiring decisions our faculty have to make. We’re looking forward to greeting the new scientists and mentors who join our department!

Recruitment Weekend

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Thanks to the 21 applicants who attended our annual graduate student recruitment weekend from January 27-29. We hope you enjoyed your stay and left with all the information you needed about our department; if you still have questions, don’t hesitate to contact your faculty sponsor, the admissions committee, or any of the graduate students you met. Please check out the Prospective students page for even more information, as well as our departmental website. We hope to see you next year!

Save these dates!

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The dates for two big departmental events have just been announced, so mark your calendars: the Holiday Party will be on Saturday December 3 from 6-10 PM, and the EEB Symposium will be December 5-6.

To RSVP to the Holiday Party, click here. Don’t forget to buy your tickets and bring a dish! Sign-up for the potluck here.

If you’d like to speak in the Symposium, abstracts are due Friday November 18.

 

Insectapalooza

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Our neighbors in Entomology hosted their annual outreach event Insectapalooza on October 22! Thousands of parents and kids came to explore insect biology and Cornell research, and many EEB grad students attended and volunteered. For photos and more details, check out their website and coverage by the Ithaca Journal.