UT Hosts Summer Camp for Local Middle Schoolers
https://tntribune.com/ut-hosts-summer-camp-for-local-middle-schoolers/
Gavrilets’ work on monogamy featured in Slate
UTK Distinguished Professor Sergey Gavrilets’ work on the evolution of monogamy, published in PNAS, has been featured in an article in the online magazine Slate. In his model, low-ranked males begin providing resources to females, who begin selecting them rather than higher-ranked males. Such behavior then becomes optimal for males higher and higher up the hierarchy.
Gavrilets’ work on monogamy featured in Slate
UTK Distinguished Professor Sergey Gavrilets’ work on the evolution of monogamy, published in PNAS, has been featured in an article in the online magazine Slate. In his model, low-ranked males begin providing resources to females, who begin selecting them rather than higher-ranked males. Such behavior then becomes optimal for males higher and higher up the hierarchy.
Paul Ehrlich addresses UT
Famed ecologist Paul Ehrlich addressed an audience at UT as part of the Baker Center Interdisciplinary Group on Energy and Environmental Policy series.
Wildflower pilgrimage begins
The Spring Wildflower Pilgrimage is an annual five-day event in Great Smoky Mountains National Park consisting of a variety of wildflower, fauna, and natural history walks, motorcades, photographic tours, art classes, and indoor seminars. Most programs are outdoors in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, while indoor offerings are held in various venues throughout Gatlinburg, TN. Many UTK faculty, staff, and students participate in and organize these events.
Wildflower pilgrimage begins
The Spring Wildflower Pilgrimage is an annual five-day event in Great Smoky Mountains National Park consisting of a variety of wildflower, fauna, and natural history walks, motorcades, photographic tours, art classes, and indoor seminars. Most programs are outdoors in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, while indoor offerings are held in various venues throughout Gatlinburg, TN. Many UTK faculty, staff, and students participate in and organize these events.
Phyloseminar on “Making comparative methods as easy as ABC”
Faculty member Brian O’Meara is giving a phyloseminar on March 30 at 2 pm eastern on “Making comparative methods as easy as ABC” based on work by him and postdoc Barb Banbury. A phyloseminar is a seminar delivered online virtually — people around the world can log in to watch and ask questions. For more information, see http://phyloseminar.org/.
Update: The seminar is over. You can see a recording at http://phyloseminar.org/recorded.html and the slides at http://brianomeara.info/.