Category: ECoGSS 2020

It’s been a week since ECoGSS 2020, the third year of our graduate student symposium, which brought together students, faculty, and conservation professionals for a great day of sharing our research and networking. Thank you to everyone who participated!

As in past years, we have developed a feedback survey for ECoGSS. Your participation in this survey helps us continue to improve ECoGSS each year and is a valuable tool for the symposium organizers. We appreciate your participation. In addition, we are recruiting volunteers for next year’s planning committee. If you are interested, please send us an email at ecogss@umass.edu.

Thank you to Participants, Volunteers, and Presenters

We owe a big thank you to our keynote, Dr. Kathleen Bell of UMaine, who started the day off for us with an inspiring talk on boundary spanning and interdisciplinary research. Thank you for coming and sharing your journey with us.

Thank you to our sponsors, particularly the ECo Department and our administrative staff. ECoGSS would not be possible without you. Thank you to our day-of volunteers and judges who volunteered their time to keep ECoGSS running smoothly and who provided valuable feedback to student presenters. Thank you to the BCT faculty and staff for their assistance in the Design Building. And thank you to the conservation professionals who shared their knowledge with us during the networking session and throughout the day.

Of course, ECoGSS would be nothing without our graduate student presenters. Thank you for sharing your work with us and thank you to all of the students who came out to support their labmates. All presenters will be receiving their talk feedback in their mailboxes shortly and congratulations to our winners!

Traditional Talk

• 1st place: Aaron Grade; 2nd place: (Tie) Jordanna Barley and Jennifer Ryan

• Audience choice: Andrew Villeneuve

Lightning Talk

• 1st place: (Tie) Nadia Fernandez and Meg Harrington; 2nd place: Alexia Perides

• Audience choice: Nadia Fernandez

Individual Poster

• 1st place: (Tie) Jamie Adkins Stoll and Laura Hancock; 2nd place: John Swenson

• Audience choice: Jamie Adkins Stoll

Lab Poster Audience choice: Family Forest Research Center

We look forward to seeing you all at ECoGSS 2021!

ECoGSS 2020 is here!

Please join us for a day of environmental conservation programming, centering graduate student research and promoting connections between conservation professionals and grad students!

Be sure to browse the Program and Abstract Book:

• Link to ECoGSS 2020 Program (pdf)
• Link to ECoGSS 2020 Abstract Book (pdf)

The ECoGSS 2020 Organizing Committee has worked hard to make this year’s symposium inclusive and accessible. Please email us at ecogss@umass.edu if you have any comments, concerns, or suggestions.

All attendees are asked to abide by our Code of Conduct.

We’re excited to announce the schedule for ECoGSS 2020!

 Please visit the Program to see the incredible and diverse line-up of graduate student presenters on February 28th. Our invited keynote speaker is Dr. Kathleen Bell from the School of Economics at the University of Maine. Dr. Bell will be speaking to us about spanning boundaries for career and conservation success.

To help us with our planning, please RSVP for ECoGSS 2020 as soon as possible, but by no later than Wednesday, February 26th. Attendees of ECoGSS 2020 are asked to abide by our Code of Conduct.

We look forward to seeing you at ECoGSS 2020 on Friday, February 28th! Please direct any questions to ecogss@umass.edu.

 

ECoGSS is in San Francisco at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) annual meeting! Come visit us today, Wednesday, December 11, 2019 at the afternoon poster session a poster presentation all about the symposium.  We’re excited to showcase the work that ECoGSS has done to actively improve our departmental symposium and DEI matters in our department and in conservation science in general.

This session is co-convened by several UMass Geoscience graduate students, and includes presentations by a wide variety of individuals and organizations that promote discussions of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) across scientific fields.

Please see our poster here, and send us any questions or comments at ecogss@umass.edu.

Monday, December 9th is the last day to submit abstracts for posters and discussion panels! Please see the presentation guidelines and links to submission forms. We’re looking for both individual research posters and lab group posters.

Please direct any questions to ecogss@umass.edu. We look forward to seeing your abstract!

Inviting all Graduate Students involved in conservation research!

Whether you are from ECo, MS3, OEB, or beyond, we want you to be involved in the 2020 ECo Graduate Student Symposium (ECoGSS). ECoGSS is a great space to present your conservation science research to friendly faces, whether you are just starting out in your graduate career or seasoned at attending conferences. The symposium, hosted by the Environmental Conservation Department, will be held in the Design Building on Friday, February 28th, 2020.

Abstracts for talks, posters, and discussion panels are due Friday, November 22nd, 2019. Submit your abstract here!

For further details and guidelines on abstract submissions, please visit: https://websites.umass.edu/ecogss/abstract-presentation-guidelines/

Please direct any questions to ecogss@umass.edu. We look forward to seeing your abstract!

The ECoGSS organizing committee is excited to announce ECoGSS 2020! The next iteration of our symposium will be held February 28, 2020, in the Design Building of the UMass Amherst campus. Details about abstract submissions will follow shortly — stay tuned!

We’re actively seeking nominations for the ECoGSS 2020 keynote speaker. Nominate a keynote speaker here!

We can’t wait to see you all again this year!