[ECOLOG-L] 14-18 November: Online Multivariate Course

2016-10-23 Thread Jeri Peck
-- Multivariate Analysis for Community Ecologists using PC-ORD One-week (5 half-days) live online training: 14-18 November 10:00-15:00 EDT (UTC-4) More information about this and future (February) courses can be found at:

[ECOLOG-L] M.Sc. and Ph.D. positions: Mathematical biology - Memorial University of Newfoundland

2016-10-23 Thread Amy Hurford
I invite applicants for M.Sc. and Ph.D. studies in mathematical biology. Possible research topics include the ecology and evolution of infectious disease, animal movement models, and population biology in changing environments. A competitive salary will be offered with additional funding available

[ECOLOG-L] Northern California Botanists 2017 Symposium

2016-10-23 Thread David Inouye
NCB 2017 Symposium -- student stipends available -- apply early, but no later than Dec. 2. Northern California Botanists 2017 Symposium "Diverse Environments: How Plants Succeed in Northern California" January 9-10, 2017 Optional workshops on January 11 At California State University, Chico,

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Should Calculus Be Required of All Ecology/Biology Majors?

2016-10-23 Thread Malcolm McCallum
The biggest problem for students in the life sciences is grades, PERIOD!!! If you have a 3.8 in the sciences and never took calculus, you can get in grad school, and at worse they will ask you to take it then. If you have a 2.6 gpa and took calculus, and earned an A, you are still going to face a

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Should Calculus Be Required of All Ecology/Biology Majors?

2016-10-23 Thread John Anderson
Still more fascinating commentary on this thread. I hope I don't come across as too much of a Luddite, but I am a simple person. Yes, I do think it is important to understand the expansions of dN/dt, but (and this is where I am so simple minded) I really want to know what N is and how you got it.

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Should Calculus Be Required of All Ecology/Biology Majors?

2016-10-23 Thread Malcolm McCallum
Before anyone responds with the Einstein misinformation.. Read this.. He had stellar grades. http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2004/06/23/1115185.htm On Sun, Oct 23, 2016 at 10:41 AM, Malcolm McCallum < malcolm.mccallum.ta...@gmail.com> wrote: > The biggest problem for students in the life

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Should Calculus Be Required of All Ecology/Biology Majors?

2016-10-23 Thread Jane Shevtsov
For the last four years, I have been working on a new Math for Life Scientists course at UCLA that our life sciences majors can take (along with a stats course) instead of the usual Calculus for Life Sciences sequence. This course dives right into dynamical modeling, with students learning how to w