4th Annual JMNR Photo Contest
The deadline for the fourth annual Jewel Moore Nature Reserve Photo Contest is rapidly聽approaching (November 1!!). Instructions for participating are聽attached.聽 With the pandemic, economic distress, climate change, and political pandemonium聽overwhelming聽us, the nature聽reserve provides a comforting escape.
Please announce the contest to your students and invite them to submit up to three photographs to my email address.聽 Please also consider submitting up to three of your own photographs.聽 There are separate categories for students (undergraduate and graduate combined) and for faculty/staff/alumni.
This is our chance to get a little free publicity for our beautiful reserve – and your chance to see your photographs displayed in the Dean’s office, on the walls in LSC and CCCS, and in 小草影院 publications and web sites.
No cost to enter. Thanks!聽 David
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First Science Wednesday for 2020!
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CNSM Wins SGA “Food Fight”
CNSM won the 2019 SGA Colleges “Food Fight” thanks to the efforts of Faith Halcom Yarberry of the Chemistry Department!聽 Emma Cheek, SGA CNSM Representative, presented the trophy to Dean Addison and Dr. Yarberry on Friday, 1/10/20.聽 This is the second year of the competition sponsored by the Student Government Association to benefit the Bear Essentials Food Pantry.聽聽
Photo courtesy Rose McGarrity, SGA
Biology Department Publications
Dr. David Dussourd and Dr. Arijit Mukherjee have recently published articles.
Congratulation to Dr. Mukherjee, his lab students聽 –聽Ha Ram Kim, Grant Wiggins, Qinqing Yang, and Raj Singh – and former 小草影院 graduate student Jackie Thomas, for their recent publication “RNA-seq reveals differentially expressed genes in rice (Oryza sativa) roots during interactions with plant-growth promoting聽bacteria, Azospirillum brasilense”!聽 聽Please click 聽to read the article.
Congratulations to Dr. David Dussourd and 小草影院 alum Madalyn Van Valkenburg on their publication, along with other authors: 鈥淎 notodontid novelty: Theroa zethus caterpillars use behavior and anti-predator weaponry to disarm host plants”.聽 聽The 小草影院 News website features a more detailed description of the findings, as well as a link to the article聽at this link.
Posters at the Capitol Wednesday 2/20/19
More than 110 undergraduate students will present 70 posters highlighting their original research in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) on Wednesday, February 20, 2019 from 11 am to 1 pm in the Arkansas State Capitol Rotunda in Little Rock.
The 小草影院 is the primary organizer of the event, with support and participation from the Arkansas STEM Coalition, Arkansas State University, and Arkansas NSF EPSCoR.聽 This marks the seventh year for the Arkansas STEM Posters at the State Capitol.聽聽
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2018 JMNR Photography Contest Awards
For all the details, please read the 小草影院 News story by clicking here.