Three new Nicaragua-focused projects
Now that I'm back at UNR after my Fulbright/sabbatical in Nicaragua, I'm very excited that we have three distinct project areas...
Recruiting new grad student in conservation science
[Note: This position has been filled!.] Professor Thomas Albright is recruiting a new graduate student in geography/ecology/conservation...
Nicaragua?
After a bit of a hiatus (I blame Twitter), I’m going to start blogging again. I’ve also learned (though I’m not surprised) that the...
Congrats to Devin on MS defense!
Deven just defended his M.S. thesis: "Extreme Heat: Assessing the Impacts of Heat and Microclimate on Birds of the Sonoran Desert". ...
Paper on lethal bird dehydration out in PNAS and in the press
Tom and Denis authored a paper with Blair Wolf and other colleagues from University of New Mexico, University of Pretoria (South Africa),...
Congrats to Nicole Shaw on M.S. Defense!
Nicole presented her M.S. thesis and successfully defended today. It was entitled: Distribution and Conservation Status of Riparian Zones...
Perspectives from Project HEAT
We just wrapped up our middle school summer engagement workshop called Project HEAT and I’m exhausted (in a good way). Working with a...
Profile in 2013 Tahoe Summit Report
Earlier this summer, in preparation for the recent 2013 Tahoe Summit, I was among a handful of UNR faculty to be interviewed about our...
Project HEAT kicks off amid record-setting heat wave
Today we welcomed 21 students participating in the Dean’s Future Scholars (DFS) program for a 2-week workshop we organized with the...
Giancarlo awarded NASA Space Grant Fellowship!
Congratulations to Geography/LCB Ph.D. student, Giancarlo Sadoti for being awarded a Spring 2013 research fellowship from the Nevada NASA...