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After slogging through 5 exams, each two weeks apart, how did Intro Bio students feel about frequent exams?

February 25, 2021February 25, 2021 Gail B KuhnleinEEBlog

From Dynamic Ecology by Meghan Duffy, a University of Michigan ecologist and professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology When thinking about how to adjust Intro Bio for the realities of Fall 2020 teaching, we made a few […]

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News and notes from your librarian: the “need more therms!” edition

February 11, 2021February 22, 2021 Gail B KuhnleinEEBlog

Greetings from the frozen woodlands! I’ve spent the last week huddled more closely to the woodstove, trying to stave off the February chill – except when I bundle up to go for my daily walk, that is. As long as […]

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Sex in nature – when weird is normal

January 29, 2021January 29, 2021 Gail B KuhnleinEEBlog

The ninth in a series from the blog Gender and Sexuality in Nature, a 2016 UC Davis course organized by UM EEB alumnus Ash Zemenick (UM EEB B.S. 2011, Ph.D. UC Davis 2017) and Jacob Moore (B.S. University of Washington […]

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Homosexuality in nature

January 21, 2021January 21, 2021 Gail B KuhnleinEEBlog
two female horned beetles are head-butting for possession of a feeding site

The eighth in a series from the blog Gender and Sexuality in Nature, a 2016 UC Davis course organized by UM EEB alumnus Ash Zemenick (UM EEB B.S. 2011, Ph.D. UC Davis 2017) and Jacob Moore (B.S. University of Washington […]

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Does transgenderism exist in nature? Some examples in birds and insects

December 14, 2020December 14, 2020 Gail B KuhnleinEEBlog
A brown headed cowbird nestling (right) being raised by a warbler adult. Image credit: Audubon, Beth Hamel

The seventh in a series from the blog Gender and Sexuality in Nature, a 2016 UC Davis course organized by UM EEB alumnus Ash Zemenick (UM EEB B.S. 2011, Ph.D. UC Davis 2017) and Jacob Moore (B.S. University of Washington […]

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Sequential hermaphroditism (or why to be wary of frog DNA)

December 1, 2020December 14, 2020 Gail B KuhnleinEEBlog

The sixth in a series from the blog Gender and Sexuality in Nature, a 2016 UC Davis course organized by UM EEB alumnus Ash Zemenick (UM EEB B.S. 2011, Ph.D. UC Davis 2017) and Jacob Moore (B.S. University of Washington […]

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Simultaneous hermaphroditism

November 20, 2020November 20, 2020 Gail B KuhnleinEEBlog

The fifth in a series from the blog Gender and Sexuality in Nature, a 2016 UC Davis course organized by UM EEB alumnus Ash Zemenick (UM EEB B.S. 2011, Ph.D. UC Davis 2017) and Jacob Moore (B.S. University of Washington […]

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Anisogamy – it matters

November 13, 2020November 13, 2020 Gail B KuhnleinEEBlog

The fourth in a series from the blog Gender and Sexuality in Nature, a 2016 UC Davis course organized by UM EEB alumnus Ash Zemenick (UM EEB B.S. 2011, Ph.D. UC Davis 2017) and Jacob Moore (B.S. University of Washington […]

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Why are sperm so small? Or, how did anisogamy evolve?

November 5, 2020November 13, 2020 Gail B KuhnleinEEBlog
Anisogamous gametes – a very large egg and a very small sperm

The third in a series from the blog Gender and Sexuality in Nature, a 2016 UC Davis course organized by UM EEB alumnus Ash Zemenick (UM EEB B.S. 2011, Ph.D. UC Davis 2017) and Jacob Moore (B.S. University of Washington […]

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Research on root trait evolution!

August 22, 2018November 4, 2020 Gail B KuhnleinEEBlog

by Sara Colom, graduate student in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Michigan It is widely accepted that competition for limited resources has the potential to drive patterns of species diversity and distributions.Gauging the relative […]

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An infectious summer of fun and growth: a Doris Duke Conservation Scholar in EEB

August 9, 2018November 4, 2020 Gail B KuhnleinEEBlog

by Emily Chang, 2018 Doris Duke Conservation Scholar with the Duhaime Lab, University of Michigan The work-in-progress that was the Biological Sciences Building was always eye-catching, its glassy exterior looking impressive, daunting, and… science-y. Throughout my winter semester of freshman […]

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Choosing reviewers, recognition not recall, and why lists like DiversifyEEB are useful

October 13, 2017November 4, 2020 Gail B KuhnleinEEBlog

From Dynamic Ecology by Meghan Duffy, a University of Michigan ecologist and associate professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Last week, I was assigned a paper to handle as an Associate Editor at American Naturalist. After reading […]

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Some thoughts on The Undoing Project, especially related to science, academia, and mentoring

August 17, 2017November 4, 2020 Gail B KuhnleinEEBlog

From Dynamic Ecology by Meghan Duffy, a University of Michigan ecologist and associate professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology I recently finished Michael Lewis’s The Undoing Project, which focuses on the lives and work of psychologists Danny […]

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Spectacular symbiosis: Golden Medusa

April 28, 2017November 4, 2020 Gail B KuhnleinEEBlog

Image credit: CT Snow From Thought and awe by Alex Taylor, a University of Michigan graduate student in ecology and evolutionary biology Isolated saltwater lakes on remote islands of the South Pacific serve as the stage for a surprising and […]

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A Very Venomous Field Season, Part 2: Back in the lab

April 11, 2016November 4, 2020 Gail B KuhnleinEEBlog

A view from the Sesoko Station wharf as typhoon Chan-hom rolls in. I’ve been back from the field for more than seven months now, but I continue to use the animals that I collected while I was there. I had […]

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