tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53920249596138403802024-02-18T20:33:08.713-05:00GREBEGREBEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09663074053704596972noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5392024959613840380.post-6035066224018237382018-03-29T16:02:00.002-04:002018-03-29T16:03:57.213-04:00New Website!<h2>
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This website is not maintained anymore and your new website can be found <a href="https://grebeemail.wixsite.com/grebe"><b>HERE</b></a>.<br />
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GREBE-OfficersGREBEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09663074053704596972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5392024959613840380.post-23249521499590874252017-05-12T15:05:00.003-04:002017-05-12T15:05:37.795-04:00Con-grad-ulations to our graduate student graduates for the 2016-2017 year!<br />
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<br />GREBEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09663074053704596972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5392024959613840380.post-71909671180231598152017-05-12T14:54:00.000-04:002017-05-12T14:57:19.976-04:00Congratulations to our newly elected GREBE officers for the 2017-2018 school year!<br />
President- Chelsea Miller<br />
Vice President- Orlando Schwery<br />
Secretary- Shelby Scott<br />
Treasurer- Tyler PoppenwimerGREBEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09663074053704596972noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5392024959613840380.post-14932729818450832082017-04-10T13:28:00.000-04:002017-04-10T13:29:05.560-04:00<span style="font-size: medium;">Thanks to everyone who participated in our event, Beyond Academia: Environmental Edition. We had 10 wonderful panelists from a variety of careers including representatives from NGOs, the federal government, science writing, non-profits, zoos and more. We would like to extend special thanks to the Forum on Science Ethics and Policy (FOSEP), who partnered in planning this event, to Alix Pfennigwerth for her help and the EEB department for financial support. Did you miss the event? Check the meeting and minutes tab for notes taken during the event.</span><br />
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As a part of recruitment weekend, our Friday seminar slot will be filled by graduate student lightning talks. Come to SERF 307 at 3:30 to hear 6 grad students give 5 minute presentations on their work. As usual, snacks will be provided beginning at 3pm in the Dabney break room. Hope to see you there!GREBEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09663074053704596972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5392024959613840380.post-58346743396816229152017-02-20T11:28:00.004-05:002017-02-20T11:35:10.486-05:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Welcome to the grad student recruits! Feb 23-26 is EEB's Recruitment Weekend 2017. The grad students and faculty have been tirelessly preparing for your arrival and we have a lot of fun events (interviews, city tours, hikes, talks, Q&A sessions, and lots of food!) planned for the weekend. If you have any questions regarding recruitment weekend, feel free to email GREBE (contact info in the 'about me' link on the right side of the page). We're looking forward to meeting you!GREBEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09663074053704596972noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5392024959613840380.post-74814770692124478522017-02-17T10:45:00.003-05:002017-02-17T11:50:00.207-05:00Thanks to all who helped out with a successful Darwin Day! Thanks especially to Alannie for all of her work planning, organizing and advertising!<br />
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We had a GREBE meeting on Feb 14th. See the Meeting and Minutes page for notes from that meeting. We've got some exciting events coming up, including a non-academic speaker panel on April 8th.<br />
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Congrats to the Outreach Committee for securing funding from SSE for the 2017 Farmers' Market Outreach.<br />
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Reminder: Recruitment Weekend is almost upon us! Please sign up for volunteer activities and don't forget to update the collaboration network spreadsheet with side projects and non-dissertation/thesis work between labs.<br />
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GREBEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09663074053704596972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5392024959613840380.post-30627079358391452462017-01-20T11:23:00.003-05:002017-01-20T11:23:40.102-05:00Travel Awards applications due on Jan 25! This is a reminder that <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScVwtuer8nBs3hk-kV_1xL6G0YEkbM3VSkkS1MBvX7OiTNphg/viewform">GREBE travel award applications</a> are due on Jan 25. They only cover the period between Jan 31-May 31, and a separate summer travel award application will come out in late spring.<br />
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We only consider volunteer hours when awarding travel funds. This includes any hours accumulated from work with the Seminar Committee, Outreach Committee, attending meetings, etc. They do not include volunteer effort taken on without a GREBE affiliation (i.e. creek clean-ups with different organizations, etc.) If you are unsure of whether certain hours count towards this, please ask us in advance!<br />
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We are now soliciting applications to do a 5 minute presentation of your research during our upcoming Graduate Recruitment Weekend, on Friday, February 24th, 2017!<br />
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These are a great way of showcasing interesting research that grads have done at UT, and will fulfill your public seminar requirement if you are a current 2nd or 4th year student.<br />
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Apply <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeiGXtevdL6E6e5BXfDevXgOSrPWfeOxAfbgKul_CLsNU_gHw/viewform?usp=send_form">here</a>. We want to start getting back to 2nd and 4th years by Wednesday, January 18, but will accept applications as they roll in.GREBEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09663074053704596972noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5392024959613840380.post-85588260680001641092017-01-13T10:57:00.001-05:002017-01-13T12:31:23.703-05:00Happy New Year!<br />
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We've got a number of events coming up early in the semester, so keep an eye on the GREBE website and watch for GREBE emails.<br />
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Here's a couple of reminders for events in the next couple of weeks:<br />
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Next Tues <b>Jan 17 at 12:30-2pm</b> we will have a grad student lunch with a job candidate in Dabney 488. Please RSVP via the link in the email from GREBE if you are coming and if you have any dietary restrictions.<br />
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Travel Awards for spring travel (Feb 1-May 31) are due <b>Jan 25 at Noon</b>. A link to the application was sent out in an email. A reminder that awards are based on volunteer hours not on need and that you need to have paid your GREBE dues for the year to be eligible.GREBEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09663074053704596972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5392024959613840380.post-44878991399779634662016-09-13T11:39:00.001-04:002016-09-13T11:39:08.603-04:00Our next GREBE meeting is Sept 14th at 10am! Don't forget travel awards are also due the 14th by 5pm.GREBEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09663074053704596972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5392024959613840380.post-24819916515275068082016-09-05T21:46:00.000-04:002016-09-05T21:46:13.606-04:00This past weekend was the annual GREBE grad student retreat. We had a fun weekend at the UT Field Station in the Smokies--complete with tubing, s'mores, pancake breakfasts, campfire songs and cornhole. Thanks to all who participated and helped make the weekend a success! Mark your calendars for next year!<br />
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Our first GREBE meeting will be Monday, Aug 29 from 12:30-1:30 in Dabney 575. We have a few announcements:<br />
1. Sign up for the grad student retreat from Sept 2-4<br />
2. GREBE travel award applications will be due Sept 14 at 5pm (start counting up those GREBE hours and pay your dues)<br />
3. The speaker in the EEB seminar on Sept 16 will be our GREBE nominated speaker--Dr. Ben Bolker<br />
4. Think about future ThinkTank or panel topics for GREBE meetings, what role you want GREBE to play in your grad school career and how GREBE can improve<br />
5. Most importantly: There will be ICE CREAM! at the meeting. We'll structure it as a social with general announcements and reminders at the beginning. Please bring your own cup/mug/bowl and a spoon.<br />
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Outstanding Publication by a Graduate Student- <b>Zach Marion</b> (Fitzpatrick Lab)<br />
Sandy Echternacht Outstanding Teaching by a Graduate Student- <b>Ian Ware</b> (Bailey Lab)<br />
Outstanding Outreach and Community Servce- <b>Rachel Fovargue</b> (Armsworth Lab)<br />
Best Progress towards Dissertation- <b>Michael Van Nuland</b> (Schweitzer Lab)<br />
Thomas G Hallam Appreciation Award (nominated by GREBE)- <b>Zach Marion</b> (Fitzpatrick Lab)<br />
Outstanding Master's Thesis- <b>Nate Sutton</b> (Armsworth Lab)<br />
Jim Tanner Outstanding Dissertation- <b>Austin Milt </b>(Armsworth Lab)<br />
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We further congratulate the following graduate students who received graduate student awards from the Division of Biology:<br />
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Hollaender Award- <b>Rachel Wooliver</b> (Schweitzer Lab) and <b>Ian Ware</b> (Bailey Lab)<br />
Fite Award- <b>Zach Marion</b> (Fitzpatrick Lab)<br />
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The new GREBE Officers for the 2016-2017 school year are:<br />
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President- Angela Chuang, 3rd year, Riechert Lab<br />
Vice President- Jordan Bush, 2nd year, Simberloff Lab<br />
Treasurer- Miranda Chen, 1st year, Schussler Lab<br />
Secretary- Chloe Lash, 1st year, Kwit Lab<br />
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Thanks to all who participated in the elections, and big thanks to the officers who made this year a great success! This includes Cassie Dresser (President, fall semester), Tyler Poppenwimer (Vice President, spring semester), Christopher Peterson (Treasurer), and John Reese (Secretary). We appreciate your service!GREBEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09663074053704596972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5392024959613840380.post-20568114907725656522016-04-13T11:17:00.003-04:002016-04-13T11:18:02.372-04:00GREBE Officer Nominations and Last Meeting of the Year<div style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">
Our LAST GREBE meeting of the year will be next Friday (April 22), in 427 Hesler, from 12-1:30PM and will feature our grad reps and what they learned from serving on the search committees. </div>
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GREBEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09663074053704596972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5392024959613840380.post-75141519065731963862016-04-07T10:35:00.005-04:002016-04-07T10:35:58.294-04:00Meeting tomorrow!Hi everyone,<br />
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We will meet tomorrow at 575 Dabney at 12:05 for a meeting with graduate affairs chair, Joe Williams, to discuss some changes to grad funding.<br />
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Our last meeting of the year will be on Friday, April 22, from 12:05-1:30. Our grad reps from the recent search committees will be sharing their insights on the process.GREBEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09663074053704596972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5392024959613840380.post-35427623797702685262016-03-10T11:29:00.002-05:002016-03-10T15:18:21.557-05:002015-2016 EEB Graduate Student CollaborationsWe tried to capture the network of professional interactions that grads are involved in (i.e. not including exclusive faculty-faculty projects), by visualizing self-reported departmental collaborations (click on each for full view).<br />
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Collaborations are considered to be any projects that will result in a publication or presentation at an academic meeting. Dissertation-related research between a grad and their adviser is not considered to be a collaboration for the purposes of this figure. Rather, many of the projects linking individuals in these figures represent side projects.<br />
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Figure 1.</div>
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In Figure 1, we show formal lab connections, with advisers (in green) linked to their graduate students, including co-advisers (in blue). This serves as a null model to compare with the full network figure in Figure 2.<br />
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In Figure 2, we show how collaborations link grad students to other grads, post-docs (also in green), and faculty in the EEB department, outside of primary dissertation work. Graduated students are shown in brown, and many collaborations with such students were likely not reported. Grad students with no self-reported collaborations are not included in this figure, although they are shown in Figure 1.<br />
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In Figure 3, we show only grad-grad collaborators and the extent of activities going on within and between labs. Different colors represent different labs.<br />
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Special thanks to Jordan Bush for collecting the 2015-2016 data and creating these figures!<br />
<br />GREBEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09663074053704596972noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5392024959613840380.post-2850971015309795122016-03-02T10:50:00.004-05:002016-03-10T10:01:46.360-05:00Simberloff talk on local invasive species tonight!<div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">A pioneering UT biologist will highlight regional invasive species and their ecological impact during a talk at 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, March 2.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://experts.tntoday.utk.edu/experts/daniel-simberloff/" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #517c96; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Dan Simberloff</a></strong>, one of the world’s leading experts on invasive species, will give a presentation titled “Zebra Mussels, Zika, Kudzu, and More: Winning the War Against the Aliens Among Us” in the auditorium of the McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture. It is free and open to the public.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">A 6:00 p.m. reception will be held before the presentation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Simberloff will discuss current efforts to stem the spread of local and regional invasive species and describe ways the public can join the fight. He will be introduced by Susan Kalisz, another prominent invasion biologist at UT. Kalisz studies how overabundant deer populations encourage invasive species by preferentially eating native species over introduced weeds.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">(Excerpt from Tennessee Today)</span><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman";"> </span><br />
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GREBEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09663074053704596972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5392024959613840380.post-72065227769414678772016-02-25T11:44:00.000-05:002016-02-25T13:44:51.973-05:00Update: Grant OpportunitiesIn case these aren't on your radar yet, check out these upcoming funding opportunities!<br />
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<a href="http://www.sysbot.org/">American Society of Plant Taxonomists; up to $1000; for plant systematics; due March 4</a><br />
<a href="https://studyabroad.utk.edu/index.cfm?FuseAction=Programs.ViewProgram&Program_ID=060671777A4F70070D76020271061C00017B0F14740973756E72070573747307717702017377057170&Type=S&sType=O">UT McClure Scholarship for the Study of World Affairs; up to $5000; for projects addressing world affairs/international work; due March 8</a><br />
<a href="http://botany.org/awards_grants/detail/bsagsra.php">Botanical Society of America; $500; due March 15</a><br />
<a href="https://www.sigmaxi.org/programs/grants-in-aid">Sigma Xi; up to $1000; due March 15</a><br />
<a href="http://www.biologists.com/travelling-fellowships/">Traveling Fellowships for visits to other laboratories; up to 2500 euros; due Mar 31</a><br />
<a href="http://www.systbio.org/graduate-student-research-awards.html">Society for Systematic Biologists; up to $2000; due April 24</a><br />
And accepting on a rolling basis, <a href="http://www.nationalgeographic.com/explorers/grants-programs/young-explorers/">the National Geographic Young Explorers Grant; up to $5000; for ages 18-25</a>.<br />
<a href="http://thereedfoundation.org/landes/grants.html">Ruth Landes Memorial Grant; $10,000-$60,000; for US citizens</a>.GREBEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09663074053704596972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5392024959613840380.post-3828646083757857592015-02-06T10:30:00.003-05:002015-02-11T09:27:19.713-05:00<b>Darwin Day Volunteer Opportunities</b> (now-Feb.12th) - Sign up at the <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1OdvrSYiM07ebTfBHbKrYTkW7G6dzXWOWOAWhsa2klW4/edit?usp=sharing">here</a>.GREBEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09663074053704596972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5392024959613840380.post-3039759314887873742015-01-26T11:26:00.001-05:002015-04-02T15:27:00.415-04:00Spring 2015 General Meeting ScheduleFull member GREBE meetings will be held biweekly, alternating between Monday and Friday and between Hesler and Dabney:<br />
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Friday, February 6th @ 10:00 AM in Dabney 488<br />
**Friday, February 13th @ 10:00 AM in Dabney 488 (GREBE nominated speaker VOTE)<br />
Friday, February 27th @ 11:15 AM in Hesler 427<br />
Monday, March 9th @ 10:30 AM in Dabney 488<br />
Friday, March 27th @ 11:15 AM in Hesler 427<br />
Monday, April 6th @ 10:30 AM in Dabney 488<br />
Friday, April 24th @ 11:15 AM in Hesler 427<br />
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*Coffee will be provided<br />
**Meetings will include Think Tanks, student presentations, and guest speakers / workshops (TBA)GREBEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09663074053704596972noreply@blogger.com0