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Biogeoscience Holiday Party

The Biogeoscience Program celebrated the end of the semester with an annual holiday party on December 7, 2016. Graduate students participated in a Gingerbread Your Research activity to represent their work with gingerbread and candy! Biology PhD Candidate Amanda Gallinat used oreos and gummy worms to describe her research involving bird fecal pellets:  

Biogeoscience Outings Club Hike

The Biogeoscience Outings Club went for a group hike in Sudbury, MA on November 19, 2016 with graduate students, postdocs, faculty and family. 

Jennifer Talbot featured on BU Research

BU Research recently featured Jennifer Talbot, an assistant professor in the Biology Department, in an article titled Why Fungi Rule the World. Check out the link to hear Talbot discuss how mycorrhizal fungi respond to climate change while she hunts for mushrooms in a New England forest!

Pamela Templer featured on Vice News

Pamela Templer, an associate professor in the Biology department, was recently featured on a segment of VICE news for her work on winter climate change at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest! Watch Templer and her team describe the large-scale winter climate manipulation experiment here.

2016 Graduate Student and Postdoc Symposium

The BU Biogeoscience Program hosted its Annual Graduate Student and Postdoc Symposium at the start of 2016, featuring oral presentations, elevator pitches, and a poster session. Biology graduate student Steve Decina’s talk on urban soil respiration was voted Best Oral Presentation. Earth and Environment graduate student Andrew Trlica poster on spatial patterns of urban land cover […]

Biogeoscience Career Development Workshop

The Biogeoscience Program will host a career development workshop with the BU Center for Career Development on Monday, November 2, 2015 at 3pm. Students will learn about services offered by the Center for Career Development, including CV and resume writing tips!

Lucy Hutyra, Ian Sue Wing, and Conor Gately featured in BU Today

Lucy Hutyra, an assistant professor in the Earth and Environment department, and graduate student Conor Gately were featured in a BU Today article, along with Ian Sue Wing, an associate professor in the Earth and Environment department, for work on greenhouse gas emissions in urban areas. Check out the article, “where the wild things are,” […]

Jenny Talbot receives Peter Paul Professorship

Jenny Talbot, an assistant professor in the Biology department, was one of four BU professors selected for the prestigious Peter Paul Professorship for her work on fungi, microbial ecology, and climate change. Check out a full profile of the four Peter Paul Professors here!