Are you a faculty member at the U of M with concerns about the competitiveness of our faculty salaries relative to peer institutions? If so, check out this video abstract of a new report by the executive committee of the Faculty Senate: https://t.co/d3pcgHrO8M via @YouTube
New paper out in @AnimBehSociety by lab alum @Saumya_Gupta1 on "Studying mate choice using inertial measurement units." It describes using the Customizable Recorder of Animal Kinesis (CRoAK...get it?) to study communication and sexual selection in frogs.
https://t.co/UbZSjpzPjy
Op-Ed published today on how chronic disinvestment by the State of MN harms faculty, staff, and students at the University of Minnesota. MN ranks No. 20 among U.S. states in per capita investment in higher ed...that's behind AL, AR, GA, MS, NC & TN.
https://t.co/8bU8Z4qIwN
VERY impressive auditory illusion (if you can call multistable stimuli illusions). I love how you can effectively choose what to hear by looking at the relevant lyrics! (Via Reddit)
The @threeriverspark District and the @UMNews are studying the deer herd at Elm Creek Park Reserve. Crews are using helicopters to catch deer with a net. Researchers will then put radio collars on the deer and test them for SARS-CoV-2
Story:
https://t.co/XlLQJTu5Ju
Our paper on sex and species differences in poison frog spatial behavior is now out in @eLife! Over 300 days in the rainforest watching over 300 frogs in the rain with a team of the most dedicated frog scientists! Read more at https://t.co/88hJ3LjKYC
@wc_ratcliff Haha, Will…you’ll get a kick out of this: Lisa W. ordered a box of 200 business cards for me when I started in EEB at UMN. Think I still have 196 left. The other 4 I used in luggage tags.
Highest State honors #KeralaAwards announced by Kerala Gov @iprdkerala. Overjoyed and proud on award of #KeralaSree to Prof Sathyabhama Das Biju @SDBiju1! Self-made, hard-earned, truly deserving! Thank you Sir for your inspiring and extraordinary journey! @frogsindia@UnivofDelhi
Hey colleagues...please help us spread the news about this open position for an assistant professor: we are hiring in Ecology, Evolution, or Behavior...or any integrative combination thereof!
Hey, I wrote that! This paper is a banger, check it out for the latest in variation in #frog calls. Featuring stats by @MariaMoironn The trade off in frog calling is mainly at the among individual level
We (@HokeCSU@UMNFroglab@EvoNeuralCode) are hiring postdocs to study acoustic communication and mate choice. Find us at the @neuroethology meeting in Lisbon #icn2022lisbon. https://t.co/oBp9fvSsED
Congrats to former PhD student @jamestumulty on publishing another outstanding piece of his research: "Predicting and Measuring Decision Rules for Social Recognition in a Neotropical Frog"...online in American Naturalist
https://t.co/T3AjBdLUML
Roadsides are not a passing blur for @SnellRoodLab + colleagues. They study how roadsides might provide critical habitat for monarchs+other 🦋🐝. With big implications for management, Snell-Rood connects w/ @MnDOT@MNBWSR@mndnr. Learn more @UMNresearch > https://t.co/2ljGVeLsSh
Think vocal sacs are part of a multimodal courtship signal in all nocturnal #frogs? Think again! 🤔 New paper out in #AnimalBehaviour (@AnimBehSociety) with @UMNFroglab alumna Hongyu Li and Katrina Schrode!
https://t.co/zeDHSGFIO9
https://t.co/TigH5S4s7D
Big News: This fall, I’m joining the faculties of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology (@UTK_EEB) and Psychology (@UTKPsych) at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. I’m very excited to join two excellent departments and continue my work on the evolution of animal communication!