[ECOLOG-L] Mongolian Documentary Film Project

2011-04-17 Thread Henry Brown
Hello Everyone, I would like to let you know about an environmental documentary film project currently under-way in Mongolia. A documentary portrait about modern Mongolia and itÂ’s struggle to find a balance with nature. Of Land and Water is a visually driven tale illustrated through the lives

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Education Public Science Media Writing Speaking Ecology Re: [ECOLOG-L] Disseminating scientific thought to the general public: are scientists making science readily accessible?

2011-04-17 Thread Warren W. Aney
The hypothesis that Yellowstone grizzlies have lost pine-nuts as a major seasonal diet component due to a massive climate-related beetle kill of whitebark pine and are therefore forced to seek other sources of protein (including humans) seems valid and worthy of further study. The serious losses

[ECOLOG-L] Job: Professor of vegetation science, University of Vienna

2011-04-17 Thread David Inouye
Job Announcement As stated in its development plan (http://www.univie.ac.at/rektorenteam/ug2002/entwicklungs plan.html) the University of Vienna aims at strengthening its position as a major research-oriented university. Key elements of this strategy include the provision of an attractive

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Education Public Science Media Writing Speaking Ecology Re: [ECOLOG-L] Disseminating scientific thought to the general public: are scientists making science readily accessible?

2011-04-17 Thread Lynn M. Moore
I heard the NPR interview yesterday and was left angered. I have been a public radio supporter for many years. NPR has been under attack for presenting unbalanced coverage. For the first time, I have to agree. The only part of the interview with Paul Solotaroff that may represent current

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Education Public Science Media Writing Speaking Ecology Re: [ECOLOG-L] Disseminating scientific thought to the general public: are scientists making science readily accessible?

2011-04-17 Thread David M. Lawrence
Before attacking journalists, Lynn, maybe you should do some fact-checking on your own. It seems Solotaroff is not too far off base -- there certainly seems to be enough proverbial smoke to make the claims you attack him for: From Scientific American: Lack of food drives human-grizzly

[ECOLOG-L] M.S vs. M.A.

2011-04-17 Thread Priya Shukla
Hello Ecologgers! I'm wrapping up my fourth-year in environmental sciences at UC Davis and have been looking at graduate schools. I notice that different schools will offer either an M.S. or an M.A. degree. While I've heard there isn't a true difference between the two degree types, I've noticed

Re: [ECOLOG-L] M.S vs. M.A.

2011-04-17 Thread Judith S. Weis
I wouldn't care at all which degree they had. I would care about what they knew and what they could do. Hello Ecologgers! I'm wrapping up my fourth-year in environmental sciences at UC Davis and have been looking at graduate schools. I notice that different schools will offer either an

Re: [ECOLOG-L] M.S vs. M.A.

2011-04-17 Thread malcolm McCallum
In many schools there is no difference. In others, MA takes a foreign language and MS takes stats. In others, MA is a non-thesis degree (sometimes a final book report) and MS is a thesis. Combine this with the MAT (masters arts teaching), Professional Masters, and the oodles of other masters