Nick on AOS professional society trends and challenges: Graduate student Nick Mason is the lead author on a paper out today that reports on a wide spectrum of trends and challenges related to membership in the American Ornithological Society. This survey was a major undertaking, the analyses are robust, and…
So far, so good … everyone in our group of freshman advisees seems to be transitioning well to Cornell after these first weeks of Fall classes, in part owing to the wise mentoring by my student advising partner Alyssa Rodriguez (thanks, Alyssa!). And way to go, freshmen! Shown here: (top…
We are enjoying a hard-working visit by Argentinians Dr. Cecilia Kopuchian and Dr. Darío Lijtmaer, who along with Leo Campagna from our lab are in the midst of prepping LOTS of samples for ddRAD sequencing as part of a project investigating the potential role of rivers as barriers to gene…