Happy week after for those that went to ESA, I hope that you have returned safely to your respective home, states, institutions where it is not over 100 F. Today it cooled down in Georgetown (25 miles north of Austin) to a nice 101. Despite the heat, I hope that you had a great meeting.
*Now I have a question for you --- Did you get your "start" in undergraduate research???* If so, we (the Researchers at Primarily Undergraduate Institutions Section) would love to have a picture of your early days. We would also appreciate any cool pictures of ecology professionals currently working with undergraduate students. *Why do we ask? *Our section really loved the display from the new Natural History Section and we would like to do something similar in Portland and feature a photo from those good ole undergraduate days. Or, if you are at a primarily undergraduate institutions (PUI) and have those days often, current photos would be appreciated as well as we work to revamp our website. Note - these will go into a gallery and perhaps be snatched up by some other section of the ESA webpage. Send along to [email protected] (to account for size) with the following metadata: 1. Your name 2. 2-3 sentence description of the picture (i.e. what are you doing, who are you with?) 3. Date of the picture 4. Undergraduate Institution or Research Site 5. Your current title/position Send pictures of reasonably high quality so that they look on a webpage. We can always reduce the resolution if needed. As one additional plug, you do not have to currently be at a PUI to support research initiatives at such institutions or benefit from the collective knowledge we have about how to effectively conduct research with undergraduates. And, if you are a faculty at a PUI, then we would love to have your voice and participation. *Please consider joining the R-PUI Section - even before you need to renew your ESA membership. * You can do that by cutting/pasting this link: https://eservices.esa.org/services/source/security/member-logon.cfm?section=home Log in with your LAST NAME and your ESAID Number (6 digit number on your Frontiers subscription) and then follow the prompts until you get to adding sections. Thank you for your time and consideration. Romi Burks Laura Altfeld Past-chair, P-RUI Section 2011-2013, P-RUI Section Chair -- Romi L. Burks, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biology Southwestern University 1001 East University Avenue Georgetown, TX 78626 Office Phone: 512-863-1280 Lab Phone: 512-863-1640 FAX: 512-863-1696 email: [email protected] Website: http://people.southwestern.edu/~burksr/
