Buzzing through Time: the Interplay of Ecology, Evolution, and Humans on Bees’ Recent History

Thompson Hall - Room 206 96 Lipman Dr, New Brunswick, NJ, United States

Friday, March 1, 2024. 11:00 AM. Buzzing through Time: the Interplay of Ecology, Evolution, and Humans on Bees' Recent History. Margarita Lopez-Uribe  (Dept of Entomology, Pennsylvania State University) . Sponsored by Rutgers Department of Entomology. More information here.    Location:  Thompson Hall, Room 206

Webinar: CEED 6th Annual Environmental Health and Justice Summit – Session III

Speaker: Jennifer Senick, Rutgers Center for Green Building; Gediminas Mainelis, Rutgers University. Abstract: This project, funded by the National Science Foundation and in partnership with the community of Elizabeth, NJ, seeks to protect Seniors during life-threatening summer heatwaves, while taking into account poor outdoor and indoor air quality. It also supports community efforts for kids by providing STEM education opportunities. ...

Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services, and the Conservation of Wild Bees

ENR-223 14 College Farm Rd, New Brunswick, NJ, United States

Speaker: Rachael Winfree, Rutgers University.  Abstract: Human well-being relies on ecosystem services, yet ecology lacks a clear understanding of how biodiversity affects ecosystem services in the real world -- that is, in naturally assembled communities studied at large spatial scales. In the first part of this talk I will share my lab's work on this topic, for which we use ...