Life: Inside and Out Lecture Series

The series offers opportunities to learn directly from experts about exciting biological research happening today and possible career paths students might pursue with firsthand knowledge. All are welcome to attend.
Sept. 17: Dr. Danielle Ulrich, Associate Professor of Plant Ecophysiology at Montana State University, Bozeman, will speak on “High-elevation Pine Physiological Responses to Drought.”
October 15: Dr. Yui Suzuki, Dorothy and Charles Jenkins, Jr. Distinguished Chair in Science and Professor of Developmental Biology at Wellesley College in Wellesley, MA, will speak on “The Evolution of Insect Metamorphosis: What Have We Learned Since Aristotle?”
Nov. 12: Dr. Mark Loewen, Resident Research Associate of Paleontology at the Natural History Museum of Utah at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, will speak on “Horned Dinosaur Evolution on the Shifting Shores of the Lost Continent of Laramidia.”
Jan. 14: Dr. Meradith Snow, Professor of Forensic Anthropology at the University of Montana, Missoula, will speak on “The Past, Present, and Future of DNA: How Ancient DNA Studies are Shaping Our Understanding of the Human Condition and Aiding in Building a Better Tomorrow.”
Feb. 11: Dr. Kristen Intemann, Professor of Philosophy in the Center for Science, Technology, Ethics and Society at Montana State University, Bozeman, will speak on “Challenges to Ethical Assessments of Prescribed Fires on Human Health.”
Apr. 15: Dr. Jennifer Forbey, Professor of Biology at Boise State University, Boise, ID, will speak on “Life: The Inside and Out of Herbivore Foraging Where to Go, What to Eat, and When to Quit.”