News Archive
First | Previous | Next | Last
Amphibian hunting trip to Great Smoky Mountains
Each year, the University of Michigan's Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles course culminates in a field trip to Great Smoky Mountains National Park, where the students spend several days searching for salamanders and other amphibians.
5/24/2012 | (more)
Jen-Pan Huang and Tristan McKnight receive Rosemary Grant Award
Congratulations to Jen-Pan Huang and Tristan McKnight. They each received a Rosemary Grant Graduate Student Research Award from The Society for the Study of Evolution. Professor Lacey Knowles is their advisor.
5/23/2012 | (more)
Tom Duda to become Frontiers' director
As of May 1, 2012 Professor Mark Hunter has handed over the director’s reins for the Frontiers Master’s Program to Professor Tom Duda for a five-year term.
5/18/2012 | (more)
Congratulations Celia Churchill & Wenfeng Qian for receiving the EEB Outstanding Student Paper Award
EEB graduate students Celia Churchill and Wenfeng Qian won the 2012 EEB Outstanding Paper Award.
5/9/2012 | (more)
Rabosky wins Dobzhansky Prize from SSE
Incoming assistant professor Dan Rabosky was awarded the 2012 Theodosius Dobzhansky Prize by the Society for the Study of Evolution.
5/7/2012 | (more)
EEB graduate student Qixin He has been awarded a Doctorate Dissertation Improvement Grant
The grant is for $15,000 from the National Science Foundation from June 1, 2012 for two years. She studies in the lab of Professor L. Lacey Knowles.
4/16/2012 | (more)
U-M Museum of Zoology receives shipment of rare seabirds for study
The University of Michigan Museum of Zoology recently received the carcasses of 15 rare Hawaiian birds called Newell's shearwaters. The specimens were processed at the museum, and tissue samples from the salvaged birds will be used to study foraging habits, genetic differentiation and former population size.
Tissue samples from the Hawaiian birds will be used by a multi-disciplinary research team that is analyzing stable isotopes and DNA from Newell's shearwaters and another rare species, the Hawaiian petrel.
3/30/2012 | (more)
Phil Myers in Michigan Daily
Mammals curator Phil Myers is featured in this Michigan Daily interview. He presents a brief summary of the mammal collection and its composition, how animals are preserved and used for research.
3/30/2012 | (more)
New research and collections facility now active
The Division of Reptiles and Amphibians´ move of fluid collections to the Biodiversity Research Center (BRC) at the Varsity Drive Building is complete (actual completion date will be Monday, 2/13). The collections are now safely stored in the newly constructed facility with state of the art fire safety provisions and strict environmental control.
3/2/2012 | (more)
The new fluid collection facility
A new museum fluid facility has been constructed off campus at the Biodiversity Research Center at Varsity Drive. The Bird fluid collection has been moved and is available for research or loans. A new wet lab and space for researchers is available.
A video from U-M News Service provides behind the scenes view of the move.
3/2/2012 | (more)