All presentations are at 7:30 p.m. in the
Marian P. and David M. Gates Lecture Hall or the Alumni Room.

All-Camp Lectures address broad topics and are aimed at a general audience.
Research Seminars focus on detailed questions, methods and results.
All events are free and open to the public.

Thursday, May 21, All-Camp Lecture
Revealing Archaeological Remains Using Geophyscial Techniques (PDF)
Tim Horsley, Research Scientist, University of Michigan Museum of Anthropology

Tuesday, June 23, All-Camp Lecture
The Vegetation of Early Michigan Based on the Original Land Survey Notes (PDF)
Dennis Albert, Senior Research Professor, Oregon State University

Tuesday, June 30, Hann All-Camp Lecture
The Legacy of Piping Plovers at the University of Michigan Biological Station (PDF)
Francesca Cuthbert, Professor, University of Minnesota

Wednesday, July 1,Hann Research Seminar
Factors Affecting Survival of Great Lakes Piping Plovers (PDF)
Erin Roche, PhD Student, University of Minnesota

Tuesday, July 7, All-Camp Lecture
Hunting Caribou Hunters beneath Lake Huron: Discovering Submerged Landscapes (PDF)
Guy Meadows, Professor, Director, University of Michigan Marine Hydrodynamics Labs

Wednesday, July 15, Research Seminar
Nitrogen Availability and Acquisition by Forest Trees at UMBS
Luke Nave, Post Doc, UMBS and Ohio State University

Tuesday, July 21, Pettingill All-Camp Lecture
A Clonal Pandemic of the Emerging Fungal Disease Chytridiomycosis:  Effects on Declining and Healthy Amphibian Populations (PDF)
Tim James, Assistant Professor, University of Michigan

Wednesday, July 22, Research Seminar
Cicadas: Exploring Species Differences Using Sounds (PDF)
John Cooley, Research Scientist, University of Connecticut

Tuesday, July 28, All-Camp Lecture
Insects: Nature’s Secret Little Chemists
Curt Blankespoor, Professor, Calvin College

Friday, July 31, All-Camp Lecture
Literature in Michigan: Learning from the Natural Sciences (PDF)
John Knott, Author and Professor Emeritus, University of Michigan and
Keith Taylor, Author and Lecturer, University of Michigan

Tuesday, August 4, Bennett All-Camp Lecture
Ecological Indicators of Deer Overabundance
Don Waller, Professor, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Wednesday, August 5, Bennett Research Seminar
Tracking Ecological Change in Wisconsin’s Northwoods
Don Waller, Professor, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Summer Lecture Series Calendar (PDF)