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Scott Edwards Elected to 2009 Class of Fellows

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The American Academy of Arts and Sciences elected Scott Edwards to the 2009 class of Fellows. Full Story.

H. Bradley Shaffer Named 2009-10 Hrdy Visiting Fellow

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H. Bradley Shaffer has been named the 2009-10 Hrdy Visiting Fellow in Conservation Biology .

Professor Karel F. Liem Passed Away On September 3, 2009

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Professor Karel F. Liem , Henry Bryant Bigelow Professor of Ichthyology, Curator of Ichthyology in the Museum of Comparative Zoology, and Honorary Associate and Former Master of Dunster House, died on September 3, 2009. Full Story.

Jonathan Losos Receives E. O. Wilson Naturalist Award

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Jonathan Losos received the 2009 E. O. Wilson Naturalist Award from The American Society of Naturalists. Press Release.

James McCarthy Honored as Scientist of the Year

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James McCarthy awarded the 2009 Scientist of the Year by the Harvard Foundation at the annual Albert Einstein Science Conference. Full Story.

Jesse Weber Awarded The Hamilton Prize

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Graduate student, Jesse Weber ( Hopi Hoekstra Lab) , was awarded the Hamilton Prize for the best student paper at the Evolution 2009 Meeting.

Dino Martins Receives Whitley Award

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Graduate student Dino Martins (Naomi Pierce Lab) received the 2009 Whitley Award for his work related to the conservation of insects and sustainable agriculture in Kenya. Video of Dino's project.

Pardis Sabeti Awarded NIH Director's New Innovator Award

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Pardis Sabeti awarded an NIH Director's 2009 New Innovator Award for research in host and pathogen evolution in Lassa fever. The award addresses two important goals: stimulating highly innovative research and supporting promising new investigators. NIH...

OEB Faculty Participate In Life Sciences-HHMI Summer Outreach Program

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OEB faculty participated in the 2009 Harvard Life Sciences/Howard Hughes Medical Institute sponsored summer outreach programs for high school biology teachers and students. Read more about the MCB-hosted program. Visit the program website . Follow links...

The Infamous Jackalopus Karelliemi Makes Unexpected Appearance At Newly Renovated Great Mammal Hall

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The infamous Jackalopus karelliemi, a.k.a. ”Liem’s Jackalope,” made an unexpected appearance at the opening of the newly renovated Great Mammal Hall in the Harvard Museum of Natural History on October 16, 2009. The perpetrator remains unidentified and at...

OEB Alumni Career Panel II

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The OEB Alumni Career Panel, sponsored by the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology. Panelists: Stephanie Atkipis, PhD '09 Foreign Affairs Officer U.S. Department of State (AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow) Amy Maxmen, PhD '06 Science...

2009 Prather Lecture Series: J. Craig Venter

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Co-sponsored by Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Molecular and Cellular Biology J. Craig Venter Founder, Chairman and President, J. Craig Venter Institute A Genomic View of the World