Check out BES Items on Cafe Press

Check out this link: www.cafepress.com/baltimoreecosystemstudy

If you have not seen Café Press before, we upload the logos and arrange them on the items for sale. Individuals can order their preferences directly from Café Press.

There are currently three logo options:
The BES Logo,
The BES logo with Long Term Ecological Research and www.beslter.org
Photo of Baltimore City with Baltimore Ecosystem Study and www.beslter.org

 

You can order BES caps, mugs, clocks, t-shirts and other items.

BES Graduate Student Representative

Welcome Anna Johnson

Congratulations to Anna Johnson who was recently elected the BES Grad Student Rep. Anna is a student at UMBC. She is currently at the end of her second year. Her mentor is Chris Swan. Her area of study is meta communities – specifically, English Ivy. Anna is also an IGERT student. We look forward to working with Anna and the talents she brings to this leadership position.


Thanks Tammy Newcomer

We would also like to thank Tammy Newcomer who has been our BES grad student rep since December of 2009. Tammy’s leadership has been appreciated by both grad students and BES Co-PIs. Tammy started the BES Facebook page (check it out if you haven’t seen it). She also created our Café Press page with items carrying the BES logo (check that out too!). Tammy will continues as a grad student with BES working with the Education Team on the BPESL Project for her second year.

BES Annual Meeting 2011

S A V E     T H E     D A T E !

For:            Baltimore Ecosystem Study Annual Meeting

Dates:        Wednesday and Thursday, 19-20 October –

  All Day Wednesday; Half Day Thursday

And:           Community Open House and 
                   Annual Greening Celebration

 (in partnership with Parks & People Foundation)

Date:          Wednesday, 19 October – Evening Event

Place:         Cylburn Arboretum, Baltimore, MD

As usual BES researchers who have scientific results to share are invited to present a 15-minute talk or a poster summarizing the results. Due date for abstracts is Friday, 7 October.

Our invitation to participate and/or attend will be sent out at the end of August.

Welcome to the BES News on Blogger

Welcome to the BES News on blogger.  We hope that this format will make it easier for you to see what's happening with the Baltimore Ecosystem Study.  If you have an article or other information to post please email it to the Project Facilitator: BES-facilitator@caryinstitute.org

BES Meeting Dates 2011

Quarterly Research Meetings:

Thursday, 20 January – Topic – Sustainability Science – Steward Pickett, Chris Boone, Elena Irwin, Alan Berkowitz

Tuesday, 5 April – Topic – Scientific Writing and Training Workshop – Steward Pickett, Chris Swan

Thursday, 23 June  – Topic – Watershed 263 – Peter Groffman, Morgan Grove, Guy Hager

Community Awareness & Safety Training: 6 June

Graduate Student Symposium: 22 June

BES Steering Committee Meeting: Tuesday, October 18 1:00-5:00 pm at USGS

BES Annual Meeting: Wednesday and Thursday, 19-20 October  at the Cylburn Arboretum – Theme: Sustainability and Adaptive Processes

• Due date for Abstracts: Friday, 7 October
• Registration Open: 1 September through 12 October

Community Open House & Greening Celebration: Wednesday, 19 October follows Annual Meeting at the Cylburn Arboretum