FACULTY NEWS

Oliver Pergams

Those Who Stay Active Outdoors Stay Active in Conservation

"The conservation movement needs to diversify its outreach strategy, engaging novel and diverse constituencies," says Oliver Pergams, visiting research assistant professor of biological sciences. "In other words not just target the white, highly educated, middle-aged and affluent." READ ON

Alan Molumby

Biologist Buzzes about Local Bees

"Many people are surprised to learn there are bees here other than honey bees," he says. "Most are surprised to learn there's about 3,000 species of bees in North America, and they’re surprised to learn that no honey bee is native. They’re introduced." READ ON

STUDENT NEWS

Isabel Caballero

Doctoral Student Studies the Peregrine Falcons of University Hall

Elvis has left the building. So says the DNA that Isabel Caballero has extracted from the falcon chicks living on a ledge atop University Hall. Caballero is studying the birds is for her doctorate in population genetics. She is gathering data from about 500 peregrines around the world. READ ON

Nicole Mayer

Psychology PhD Student Asks: Are the Words "I think" or "I Feel" More Persuasive?

Nicole Mayer recently worked with Zakary Tormala, associate professor of marketing at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, on a study proving that nearly identical messages can have radically different persuasive impacts depending on whether the messages are oriented toward "thinking" or "feeling." READ ON

LAS LIBRARY

Jennifer Brier

New Book Looks at the Politics of AIDS

"As the recent debate over health care reform has shown, arguments over the best way to keep people healthy are fundamentally political as well as medical," says Jennifer Brier, associate professor of gender and women's studies and history and author of Infectious Ideas: U.S. Political Responses to the AIDS Crisis (University of North Carolina Press, 2009). READ ON

Lawrence Officer

Where to Find Today’s Much Needed Economic Advice

"I always wanted to write a book that presents economics as a practical guide to rational decision-making in daily life and to good thinking about economic matters that affect us all," says Lawrence Officer, professor of economics and author of Everyday Economics: Honest Answers to Tough Questions (Palgrave Macmillan, 2009). READ ON