In the News
Awards and Honors:
31 May 2018, Ph.D. student Matthew Halley was recognized as a College of Arts and Sciences finalist for Drexel University's Graduate College Research Excellence Award at the Graduate Student Day awards ceremony.
April 2018, B.S./M.S. student Emily Ostrow was awarded a grant through US National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP), which will fund three years of stipend and cost of education allowance for her Ph.D. research at the University of Kansas.
April 2018, B.S./M.S. student Emily Ostrow was a US Department of State Fulbright Scholarship Semi-Finalist/Alternate.
12 July 2017, Ph.D. student Matthew Halley was awarded the William L. McLean III Fellowship for 2017-2018, in support of his original graduate research in Ornithology.
2 March 2017, Lab volunteer Monica Carlson was admitted to the Ecology Evolution and Behavior Ph.D. program at Princeton University and will join the lab of Dr. Cassie Stoddard.
17 November 2016, Ph.D. student Matthew Halley was awarded the Julian Potter Award by the Delaware Valley Ornithological Club, which honors members who have made an outstanding contribution to the field of Ornithology.
Radio Stories:
Urban Birding story with Ph.D. student Matthew Halley on WHYY RadioTimes
The Pulse: So What do you do? on WHYY Radio
Big-Beaked Toucans Play It Cool on NPR All Things Considered
Dead Migratory Birds on WBEZ 91.5
Videos:
Field Museum Expeditions: Amazonian Birds
Variety is the Spice of Lice from the Field Museum
Science at FMNH - Collecting Birds for Museums from the Field Museum
Science at FMNH - The Emerging Pathogen Project from the Field Museum
Can working at The Field Museum change your life? from the Field Museum
Articles and Press:
24 March 2016 story about our Ceuthophilus cave cricket phylogeography paper from Science News
16 March 2016 press release about our Ceuthophilus cave cricket phylogeography paper from Drexel Now
9 March 2016 news story about hawks as a danger for domestic pets KYW Newsradio Website
Article about or summer 2015 research in Mexico from Exel Magazine 2016
Feature article about our research from EXEL Magazine 2015
8 April 2015 press release about our PLOS ONE paper on avian malarial parasites from Drexel Now
8 April 2015 press release from Academy of Natural Sciences Blog