Evolutionary Ecology of Learning & Social Recognition in Birds. Daizaburo Shizuka PhD, Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln, candidate for a faculty position in the Biological Sciences Dept.

Visual Ecology & Adaptive Coloration in the Avian World. Mary Caswell Stoddard PhD, Harvard University, candidate for a faculty position in the Biological Sciences Dept.

Plants Don't Really Count...or do They? From Patterns to Processes Behind the Evolution of Senescence. Roberto Salguero-Gomez PhD, Univ. of Queensland, candidate for Bio. Dept.

Why Bother with Bayes?: An Example from Population Ecology. The EEB Modeling Group will host N. Thompson Hobbs, PhD, Colorado State University.

Biotic Interactions as Determinants of Range Limits. Michelle Afkhami PhD, University of Toronto, candidate for a faculty position in the Biological Sciences Dept.

Nina K. Lany will present her PhD thesis: Effects of Temperature on Species Interactions in Northern Hardwood Forests

From WMDs to Vaccines and GMOs: Understanding Misperceptions in Politics and Science. Prof. Rob McClung will host Brendan Nyhan, PhD, Government Dept., Dartmouth College.

Swarm Intelligence in Honey Bees. Tom Kraft, EEB Grad. Student, will host Thomas Seeley (D'74) PhD, Cornell University.

Ecological and Evolutionary Drivers of Long-distance Animal Movement. Mark Laidre, Neukom Fellow with the Calsbeek/McPeek labs will host Allison Shaw, PhD, University of Minnesota.

Evolution and Function of Animal Specific Gene Regulatory Networks in Sponges. Jeff Robinson, MCB grad. student, will host April Hill, PhD, University of Richmond.