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Collective Behavior: July 2014

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Tuesday, July 29, 2014. Waves of insect sound. On Friday, James "Teddy" Herbert-Read will present our recent work on synchronized cicada calling at ISBE2014. Much of our analysis of this data will be inspired by earlier work on synchronized firefly flashing. And the models by Steve Strogatz. And others on coupled oscillators. You can also read more about these types of synchronization in chapter 6 of my book on Collective Animal Behavior. Teddy's talk is on Friday at 3:20. Friday, July 25, 2014. Better t...

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The Prancing Papio: June 2014

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Tuesday, June 3, 2014. My Life So Far . I am currently working with Dr. Andrea Baden. At Hunter College for my MA thesis. It will be on ruffed lemur ( Varecia variegata sp. Sensory and foraging ecology. I plan on going to Duke Lemur Center. Later this Summer or early Fall for data collection, so if there are any readers that goes to Duke University or live near Durham/Chapel Hill, feel free to contact me so we can meet up. You can also find out more about me on the About Me. Links to this post. The views...

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Collective Behavior: Waves of insect sound

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Tuesday, July 29, 2014. Waves of insect sound. On Friday, James "Teddy" Herbert-Read will present our recent work on synchronized cicada calling at ISBE2014. Much of our analysis of this data will be inspired by earlier work on synchronized firefly flashing. And the models by Steve Strogatz. And others on coupled oscillators. You can also read more about these types of synchronization in chapter 6 of my book on Collective Animal Behavior. Teddy's talk is on Friday at 3:20. In memory of Dave Broomhead.

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News

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Rayna Harris was awarded a $40,000 Fellowship by the Graduate School! These university-wide fellowships are very competitive and prestigious and only a handful of students get even nominated! Chelsea Weitekamp received a Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant (DDIG) from the National Science Foundation! This is a tremendous achievement and very much deserved! Sylvia Garza has been offered a position at STRI in Panama to work with Richard Merrill and Chris Jiggins on Heliconius wing pattern evolution!

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The CUNY Animal Behavior Initiative

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The CUNY Animal Behavior Initiative. Can offer unique training opportunities to undergraduate and graduate students across species and model systems. Coming soon: Behavioral Ecology 2014 conference at CABI/Hunter. Mark Hauber is PI on $1.2 million HFSP grant. To study the structural basis of egg coloration in birds. Diana Reiss showing evidence in problem solving in an elephant. Chris Braun's segment with NBC-Learn. Mark Hauber has publication in Nature Communications. Evolution of birdsong learning.

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The Prancing Papio: July 2014

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Monday, July 28, 2014. It's Officially Conference Season: ISBE 2014. I'll be presenting my hamadryas baboon handedness poster this week at International Society of Behavioral Ecology (ISBE) conference in NYC. ISBE 2014 Poster Abstract. Links to this post. Friday, July 18, 2014. Checking Out Duke Lemur Center. Duke Lemur Center. Durham, North Carolina. Prosimians of the world! Oh, right. Duke Lemur Center. I got to see all the ruffed lemurs, both red ruffed and black-and-white ruffed, ( Varecia variegata.