Rachael was awarded a Grant-In-Aid by the American Society of Mammalogists. Congrats Rachael – what a semester!

Our work on some ancient elk bones was recently featured in the UWM College of Letters and Science’s research publication, L&S In Focus [PDF]. See also http://www.sunnyandtheelk.org

New graduate student Bennett signed up to join the lab this fall, to work on Cascades frog conservation genetics. Welcome Bennett!

Rachael was awarded the Aldo Leopold Award by the Wisconsin Chapter of The Wildlife Society.  This award is “to provide support and recognition to a graduate and an undergraduate student who has made a commitment to the wildlife profession and has shown exceptional commitment to developing themselves professionally, and in doing so, honors the memory of Aldo Leopold”.  Congrats Rachael!

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Rachael was awarded a fellowship by the Morris Animal Foundation to support her dissertation work on landscape genetics of vector and host species in relation to plague ecology. Congrats Rachael!

A new blog has been set up for The Wildlife Society’s Molecular Ecology Working Group! See it at http://twsmolecularecology.blogspot.com/

Emily gave a talk at the Savannah River Ecology Lab in Aiken, SC. Stimulating conversation, great BBQ, warm weather!

We published a short article about the exciting new Molecular Ecology Working Group of The Wildlife Society, in the TWS publication The Wildlife Professional. Read it here!

Emily traveled to the San Diego Zoo and the Safari Park to work with collaborators and see all the critters. Was able to pet far fewer critters than she considers optimal, but the hospitality more than made up for it.

Liz successfully defends her PhD, and is joining the Savannah River Ecology Lab as a postdoctoral fellow to research landscape genetics of colonization.  We wish Liz the best of luck!