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Five million specimens on the move

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Over the next eight months, about five million specimens from the U-M Museum of Zoology's "wet" collection will be moved from the Ruthven Museums Building on central campus to a new off-campus storage facility.

Legend from the world of Michigan botany, Edward G. Voss, dies, leaves the newly released Field Manual of Michigan Flora to extend his legacy

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Edward G. Voss, professor emeritus of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Michigan, curator emeritus of vascular plants at the University Herbarium, and a legendary teacher at the U-M Biological Station, died on Monday, Feb. 13, 2012, just three days before the release of his latest book.

On PBS NOVA: Ice Age Death Trap

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

In the Rocky Mountains, archaeologists uncover a unique fossil site packed with astonishingly well-preserved bones of mammoths, mastodons, and other giant extinct beasts.

Knowles president-elect of SSB

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Professor L. Lacey Knowles is president-elect of the Society of Systematic Biologists.

Goldberg wins Sarah Goddard Power Award

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

EEB is delighted to announce that Professor and Chair Deborah Goldberg is one of the 2012 winners of the prestigious Sarah Goddard Power Award.

Inaugural Collegiate Lecturer Ammerlaan

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Dr. Marc Ammerlaan has been selected as one of three inaugural Collegiate Lecturers at U-M’s Ann Arbor campus, for his achievements and many contributions to the education of U-M students.

On the U-M Gateway: Crumsey's Climate Science Day adventures on Capitol Hill

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

EEB graduate student Jasmine Crumsey joined nearly 30 other scientists from across the country in Washington, D.C., this week to brief congressional staff members about climate change research.

First EEB undergraduate mixer a success

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Over 50 people attended the first EEB undergraduate mixer, January 18, 2012.

Welcome stellar new faculty

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

EEB is pleased to welcome new assistant professors Vincent Denef and Stephen Smith to the department, along with Melissa Beth Duhaime, research scientist.

On the U-M Gateway: King and Pascual's cholera prediction research

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

A new U-M computer model of disease transmission in space and time can predict cholera outbreaks in Bangladesh up to 11 months in advance.

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