[Ocees] Ecolunch: Spring 2025 sign up

[Kuchta, Shawn]

Greetings!

Over the holiday break is time to organize EcoLunch.  We ask faculty, staff, postdocs, graduate students, and undergraduate researchers to consider sharing your research with our community this semester.  EcoLunch has a long history of holding our intellectual community together, and we ask that you consider participating in our shared endeavor.   Talks typically focus on Biology, Biomedical Sciences, and Plant Biology, but any other department with ties to OCEES is welcome, such as Geology, Anthropology, Philosophy, History, and Mathematics.

As a special note: we encourage talks on works in progress.  We understand the temptation to focus on completed projects, but that is what a thesis/dissertation defense is for.  Talks on ideas or new research are useful because they provide an opportunity for early feedback while there is still time for feedback to be helpful.  It also is useful for developing and clarifying ideas, and figures can be recycled for theses, papers, and grant proposals.  We’re all friends, we’re here to help, and it’s a small group, so don’t be shy to talk about upcoming or ongoing work.

EcoLunch will be in person. To be inclusive, we may have an online component, but the expectation is that graduate students will attend in person. In BIOS, every MS student has to give at least one EcoLunch, and every PhD student has to deliver three.

For new members of our community: welcome!  EcoLunch will be held every Wednesday from 11:50–12:40 in 159 Irvine Hall. Come to every talk if you can. You are welcome to bring your lunch!

The first week will be the OCEES organizational meeting.  All OCEES faculty are asked to attend.  This is an important meeting as we decide the direction of our organization and your input is important.  Other OCEES members can skip this meeting.

Here are the available times — it’s wide open, folks!!!
15 January— OCEES organization meeting for faculty (students skip this week).
22 January
29 January
5 February
12 February
19 February
26 February
5 March
12 March — Spring Break
19 March
26 March
2 April
9 April
16 April
23 April

Please contact me with a specific date (or a ranking of dates that will work) and a title (kuchta at ohio.edu<mailto:kuchta at ohio.edu>). Later slots fill first, so please consider signing up for an early date.  Also, please forward this email to any and all new people in your lab.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!!
Sincerely,
Shawn Kuchta

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Shawn R. Kuchta, Ph.D.
Rush Elliott Professor
Director, Ohio Center for Ecological and Evolutionary Studies

Office: Life Science Building 129
Lab: Life Science Building 130
Mail Drop: 107 Irvine Hall
Department of Biological Sciences
Ohio University
Athens, OH 45701

https://kuchtalab.weebly.com/

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