August 3 2009

It’s the week of the Ecological Society of America meetings. They are being hosted in Albuquerque, New Mexico so a lot of RMBL people are driving down. They are huge meetings (something like 3,000 people). It’s a chance for field ecologists to talk about their research as well as related issues. The RMBL is trying something new; we’re hosting a mixer. We know that there are many students and scientists who are not currently working at the RMBL, but are still professionally active and will be at the meetings. I encourage anybody who is in the area to stop by. It’ll be this Wed., Aug. 5 from 6:30- 8 pm in the Apache Room at the Albuquerque Convention Center. I think there will be free pretzels. Thursday morning Mary Price and I are hosting a symposium on the Ecology of Place at the meeting. Speakers will be talking about research that has been conducted in a single place for a sustained period of time. It’s a great theme for the Lab and there will be several lab speakers. I encourage the RMBL alumni to come to either of these events! We’ve been thinking about ways to understand the impact the Lab makes on the profession, and seeing lots of people at the meetings is one way to get a handle on it!