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Thorp Receives MCC Award
Laurie Thorp, director of the Residential Initiative on the Study of the Environment, was honored with the Michigan Campus Compact’s Faculty/Staff Community Service-Learning Award. The award is the highest honor awarded by the coalition of college and university presidents. Read more…
Coalitions in hyenas
BBC News featured research by Doctoral Candidate Jennifer Smith and Zoology Professor Kay Holekamp, and others regarding their work on spotted hyenas joining forces to cooperatively form a coalition. The article, published in the journal Behavioral Ecology, explains how coalitions allow hyenas to gain an evolutionary advantage by helping their relatives win fights and from reinforcing the status quo. See the BBC photo essay featuring photos by Doctoral Candidate Kate Shaw…
College of Natural Science Calendar
Tuesday, February 9th
Constrained Nonparametric Kernel Regression: Estimation and Inference
Tuesday, February 9th
Microbiology & Molecular Genetics Seminar
Wednesday, February 10th
CEM 958 Organic Chemistry Seminar
Thursday, February 11th
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology - Dr. Sin Urban, The Johns Hopkins University
