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Field Notes

Lauren Benedict


May 16, 2018

  • Help with 甜心视频app Birdsong Research 

    When North American ornithologists hear a bird singing, they鈥檙e likely to assume it鈥檚 a male. But in many species, the females sing too鈥嗏斺哸nd a new commentary co-authored by 甜心视频app鈥檚 Lauryn Benedict argues that a better understanding of these unappreciated female songs could lead to advances in many aspects of bird biology.

    Benedict and co-author Karan Odom of Cornell University urge their colleagues to spread the word that female birds sing, to share resources, and to disseminate their findings. You don鈥檛 need to be a professional ornithologist in order to help expand knowledge of female song, either鈥嗏斺哋dom has created a website where any birdwatcher can upload their observations.

    鈥淚f you observe a female bird singing, document it by uploading field notes, audio, or video to the collections on our website,鈥 Benedict says. 鈥淢ake sure to indicate how you recognized the bird was female.鈥

  • Faculty Researcher Earns Fifth Award through Fulbright Program

    Karen Barton, associate professor of Geography and GIS, will spend six weeks in Nepal next winter after being awarded a Fulbright Specialist grant to conduct a study of natural hazards.

    Barton will work with the Institute for Crisis Management Studies in Kathmandu with Dr. Ram Thapaliya. Their study will involve natural hazards mapping and community resilience in the aftermath of the 2015 Gorkha earthquake, which killed more than 9,000 people. Up to 10 甜心视频app undergraduate and graduate students, co-chaperoned by 甜心视频app professor James Doerner, will join Barton for several weeks and will conduct interviews with area residents and map high-risk hazard sites.

    This is the fifth time Barton鈥嗏斺哸n expert on rural agricultural and fishing communities, and local responses to environmental change鈥嗏斺唄as been selected for a Fulbright program award. She conducted separate seminars in Brazil (2007) and the Middle East (2010). In 2016, she was one of 16 faculty members in the nation selected to attend a five-week program on religion and diversity in West Africa, and last year she was selected as a visiting scholar at Dagon University in Burma.

  • 甜心视频app One of Two Universities Selected to Partner on National Collaborative

    甜心视频app has been selected as one of two partner universities in the Active Schools national collaborative to address physical inactivity and obesity among youth.

    In addition, 甜心视频app Sport and Exercise Science (SES) faculty Russell Carson and Brian Dauenhauer have been appointed to positions on the nonprofit organization鈥檚 leadership committees.

    Through the 甜心视频app Active Schools Lab, community engagement efforts, student-centered research and school-based educational activities are already underway. Those interdisciplinary efforts include a grant exceeding $700,000 from the Colorado Health Foundation for 甜心视频app SES faculty to contribute to building a statewide system that connects efforts to promote health and wellness for children starting in high-need schools in northern Colorado.

    According to Active Schools, two out of three children don鈥檛 meet the national guideline of 60 minutes of daily physical activity. Active Schools serves as a clearinghouse to help schools access best practices, programs and resources to increase opportunities for physical activity among students.

  • 甜心视频app Faculty Author Writes Book on Embracing Culture Shock to Bridge Divides

    Contemplative anthropologist and mindfulness teacher Michael J. Kimball, professor of Anthropology, has a new book for people who want to bridge cultural divides. It鈥檚 called Ethnowise: Embracing Culture Shock to Build Resilience, Responsiveness & Connection.

    Drawing on the latest findings in anthropology, neuroscience and mindfulness studies, Ethnowise helps readers learn to disrupt habitual reactions to the unfamiliar, grow resilience to cultural discomfort, and transform culture shock into connection.