Emily has been selected as a resident scholar for summer 2019 at the New York City Urban Field Station, which is jointly run by the USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station and the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. Emily will work on her project studying white-tailed deer vigilance behavior in response to coyote presence in New York City parks. For her project, she is working with faculty at E3B, at the American Museum of Natural History, and with scientists from the Gotham Coyote Project.
Dr. Sara Kross, Director of the Master’s program in E3B, recently co-authored a publication for farmers about ‘Supporting Beneficial Birds and Managing Pest Birds.’
This freely-available resource was launched with two farmer field days in Northern California in March, where Dr. Kross spoke to row-crop farmers in Yolo County and to grape-growers in Napa County. Dr. Kross also recently wrote an article about beneficial birds for Organic Farmer Magazine.
Sarika was named a 2019-2020 U.S. Fulbright Student to India. Her research aims to quantify the potential recovery of forests from recently-introduced programs that reduce fuelwood demand and collection.
Sarika’s Fulbright project involves two main components, vegetation and household surveys for research and community engagement, and will take place in human settlements and forest surrounding Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) in Maharasha, India. After data collection at each study site, Sarika will host a village-wide event. In partnership with Jackson Wild, she will showcase films from…
Pallavi received a 2019–2020 U.S. Fulbright Student Award to Colombia to pursue her dissertation research on the ecology and epidemiology of mosquito-borne diseases in urban environments. Urbanization has contributed to the dramatic rise of diseases such as dengue, Zika, and Chikungunya in recent years. However, the quantification of urban transformation on the risk of such diseases remains understudied, particularly the effects of neighborhood composition/configuration, population density, and human social behavior on mosquito populations. To address these gaps in knowledge, Pallavi will integrate…
Beryl Kahn, a second-year student in the Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology MA program, was featured in a live Story Collider show on the theme ‘Urban Oceans’ in New York City. Story Collider is a nonprofit organization dedicated to telling ‘true, personal stories about science.’
Beryl’s story was chosen to be featured on the Story Collider podcast. To listen to Beryl’s story, click on this link and make your way to the 20-minute spot in the podcast: Ocean Adventures: Stories about the swashbuckling high seas
Congratulations to our PhD student, Ivan Vincent Monagan, for being selected as an awardee in the Ford Foundation 2019 Predoctoral Fellowship Competition!
This fellowship is sponsored by the Ford Foundation and administered by the Fellowships Office of the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine.
Ivan’s selection for this prestigious award reflects panelists’ judgment of his scholarly competence as well as the promise that he shows for future achievement as a scholar, researcher, and teacher in an institution of higher education.
PhD student, Shailee Shah, was recently featured by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s Youtube channel.
Shailee’s research on the breeding ecology of Superb Starlings gives young scientists a first hand look at the wonders of field work.
Prof. Marina Cords and her “Behavior Bio Living Primates” class took a trip to the Bronx Zoo and had a delightful exchange with the resident Gibbon apes.
Dr. Don Melnick, Thomas Hunt Morgan Professor of Conservation Biology, was elected to the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) in March 2019. The CFR is an independent, nonpartisan membership organization dedicated to being a resource for public sector, private sector, and civil society leaders in order to help them better understand the world and the foreign policy choices facing the United States and other countries. Professor Melnick, who has advised heads-of-state, ministers of foreign affairs, and minsters of environment, as well as the UN, hopes to use his CFR membership to further efforts…
Congratulations to Dr. Andrés Bendesky, who was just named a 2019 Sloan Research Fellow by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation for being one of “the most promising scientific researchers working today.”
The first annual E3B Winter Games. An evening of Fun, Fellowship, Food and Science! Inspired and coordinated by graduate students Palani Akana, Beryl Kahn, and Hannah Dancy, and professors Sara Kross and Duncan Menge to celebrate fellowship in the E3B community. With a collection of events inspired by E3B and the Winter Olympics, students, faculty and administrators strove for the gold!
This year, E3B grad students Sarika Khanwilkar and Pooja Choksi are organizing events to advance communication skills for broader scientific and policy impact. Read more about their first event and save these dates for future events: March 1, April 5, April 18.