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FUNDING SERIES #4--Student Perspective on Applying for Funding Opportunities; 10/11/13 @ 11:00-12:00 in room 1028 Dana

Posted: 
08/21/2013
Contact Name: 
Diana Woodworth

DATE: 10/11/13

TIME: 11:00-12:00

LOCATION: 1028 Dana

Panel of students who have been successful in applying for and obtaining a variety of funding types share their experiences and insights.

OAP updates list: 
Financial aid

FY14 Outstanding GSI Award; SNRE internal nomination deadline 11/1/2013

Posted: 
08/19/2013
Contact Name: 
Diana Woodworth

SNRE internal deadline = 11/1/13

Rackham deadline = 1/22/14

SNRE may nominate up to 2 students for these awards. Up to twenty $1,000 awards will be made. Faculty should notify Diana W by 1 November 2013 if they would like to nominate someone. Faculty nomination statements (maximum 1 page) must be submitted to dianaw@umich.edu. Also needed--a copy of all of the student's teaching evaluation summaries.
OAP updates list: 
Financial aid

FY14 Rackham Non-Traditional Fellowship; SNRE application deadline 9/13/13

Posted: 
08/14/2013
Contact Name: 
Diana Woodworth

SNRE internal deadline = 9/13/13

Rackham deadline = 10/10/13

The FY14 Rackham Non-Traditional Fellowship program is available to aid master's students who return to graduate school after an extended absence (see below). The award will be equivalent to one term of tuition and associated fees. Students must be nominated by their program.

Each school may nominate up to three students. Funding will be available for the Winter 2014 term.
OAP updates list: 
Financial aid

Rackham International Student Fellowship and the Chia-Lun Lo Fellowship: SNRE Deadline 09/12/2013

Posted: 
09/04/2013
Contact Name: 
Erin Lane

SNRE Internal deadline = 09/12/2013

Rackham deadline = 10/10/2013

The Rackham International Students Fellowship Program is available to assist outstanding international students, especially those who are not eligible for other kinds of support because of citizenship. The Chia-Lun Lo Fellowship assists outstanding students who have earned a previous degree from a university in Taiwan. The $10,000 may be used as a stipend or toward tuition.

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Financial aid

New U-M-developed forecasting tool would reduce health-related swimming closures at Great Lakes beaches

Great Lakes beachgoers could spend a lot more time in the water if a beach forecasting tool under development by University of Michigan researchers and their colleagues is adopted throughout the region. The new forecasting tool would significantly reduce the number of days that Great Lakes beaches are unnecessarily closed to swimming due to inaccurate assessments of E. coli bacteria levels, according to David Rockwell of the U-M School of Natural Resources and Environment. "My estimate is that 23 percent of the time that swimming is prohibited at Great Lakes beaches due to high bacteria levels, those decisions are actually mistakes," said Rockwell, beach water quality forecasting coordinator at the Cooperative Institute for Limnology and Ecosystems Research (CILER), a collaboration between the U-M and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

University of Michigan Graham Environmental Sustainability Institute

Lindsey MacDonald performed the following duties during her internship:1) Planet Blue Ambassadors Program improvement. This program started last year as a way to encourage a culture of sustainability on campus. After its first year, they have identified areas for growth and improvement.  Sheworked to develop an online tool for sustainability leadership training and an in person model for staff and students. 2) Sustainability Leadership Program Analysis.

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Graham Environmental Sustainability Institute

Predatory beetles eavesdrop on ants' chemical conversations to find best egg-laying sites

Predatory beetles can detect the unique alarm signal released by ants that are under attack by parasitic flies, and the beetles use those overheard conversations to guide their search for safe egg-laying sites on coffee bushes.Azteca instabilis ants patrol coffee bushes and emit chemical alarm signals when they're under attack by phorid flies. In an article published online July 27 in the journal Ecology and Evolution, University of Michigan researchers and their colleagues show that pregnant lady beetles intercept the ants' alarm pheromones, which let the beetles know that it's safe to deposit their eggs. The findings, which may have practical implications for pest management on coffee plantations, are the first documentation of a complex cascade of interactions mediated by ant pheromones, according to the authors.

20 years after Rio Earth Summit: Ecologists call for preservation of planet's remaining biological diversity

Twenty years after the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, 17 prominent ecologists are calling for renewed international efforts to curb the loss of biological diversity, which is compromising nature's ability to provide goods and services essential for human well-being. Over the past two decades, strong scientific evidence has emerged showing that loss of the world's biological diversity reduces the productivity and sustainability of natural ecosystems and decreases their ability to provide society with goods and services like food, wood, fodder, fertile soils, and protection from pests and disease, according to an international team of ecologists led by School of Natural Resources and Environment Associate Professor Bradley Cardinale.

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