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2008-2009 Programs

All lectures, which are free-of-charge, are held at 7:30pm in room 100 Willamette Hall on the University of Oregon campus. The general public is warmly invited to attend. For more information, please call David Wagner at 1-541-344-3327

September 19, Samantha Hopkins, Assistant Professor of Geological Sciences, University of Oregon "Beyond the big, fierce creatures: lessons from fossil small mammals"

October 17, John Postlethwait, Professor of Biology, University of Oregon "Antarctic icefish and osteoporosis: Natural models of human disease"

November 21, Peter Wetherwax, Research Assistant Professor of Biology, University of Oregon "Honey Bees -- just one in 20,000"

December 12, Dick Lamster, past president, Lane County Audubon Society "Thinking inside the box: bird nests."

January 16, Joe Moll, Executive Director, McKenzie River Trust "Why is there a river in my forest?"

February 20, Bitty Roy, Professor of Biology, University of Oregon "Biodiversity Hotspots Around the World"

March 20, Emily Steel, Restoration Ecologist, City of Eugene "Green Gold: West Eugene's grassland communities"

April 17, Steve Sillett, Associate Professor, Humboldt State University "Ecology and Physiology of the World's Tallest Trees"

May 15, Bruce Mate, Director, Marine Mammal Institute, Newport, Oregon "The Biggest and the Deepest: Tracking Whales"