August 2010 - BERG - University of Stirling Mailing Lists

BERG meetings
by Hannah Buchanan-Smith 18 Aug '10

18 Aug '10

Dear all BERGers A special welcome to Craig and our new intake of MSc and PhD students! The BERG meetings will be on Wednesdays, at 5.30pm in the Psychology common room (3A94 Cottrell). The first meeting will be on Wednesday, 22nd September with a social get-together welcome, drinks, nibbles and report summer news. Please let me know if anyone wants to offer to entertain with fabulous photography, et. The success of these meetings relies upon us to contribute…. Please would you sign up for one of our meeting slots for this semester, using the online sign-up: http://www.doodle.com/i82m7hep72armu78 This will show you which slots are still available. Just sign up for one that is still free, and I will add you to our schedule and get in touch about your topic/title. The schedule will eventually be posted here: http://www.psychology.stir.ac.uk/research/BERGmeetings.php Remember we are happy to have talks, research proposals and paper discussions (you lead it). Thanks, and hope to see you on 22nd September for our introductory meeting! All the best, Hannah PS I have asked Linda to send this out to our new intake. Craig - note you will have to sign up here: http://lists.stir.ac.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/berg Hannah M. Buchanan-Smith Behaviour and Evolution Research Group Department of Psychology University of Stirling Stirling FK9 4LA Scotland Tel: 01786 467674 Fax: 01786 467641 E-mail: h.m.buchanan-smith(a)stir.ac.uk http://www.psychology.stir.ac.uk/staff/hbuchanan/index.php -- The Sunday Times Scottish University of the Year 2009/2010 The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.

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BERG meeting tomorrow: Wednesday 19th May
by Christine Anna Caldwell 18 Aug '10

18 Aug '10

Dear all, Just a reminder about tomorrow's BERG meeting. It will be our last meeting for the semester, and Lou Tasker will be presenting some of her PhD work on the welfare of laboratory macaques. We start at 5.30pm as per usual in the Psychology common room (3A94 Cottrell). Hope to see you there! Christine.

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FW: [african-elephant] "Echo - An Unforgettable Elephant" on BBC Aug 5/8
by Phyllis Lee 10 Aug '10

10 Aug '10

Dear all, Some of you may be interested.... Echo - An Unforgettable Elephant A celebration of the life and legacy of Echo, the world's most famous elephant, who was born in 1945 and died in 2009, and who Natural World followed for the last 20 years of her life. The timing of Echo's death could not be worse. The wise old matriarch had guided her family for half a century but the cruellest drought in living memory devastated her home under the shadow of Kilimanjaro. Will her 38-strong band of relatives and descendants overcome the loss of their leader, hunger and poachers to survive? Thu 5 Aug 2010 20:00 BBC Two (except Northern Ireland (Analogue), Wales (Analogue)) Sun 8 Aug 2010 18:00 BBC Two (England, Northern Ireland, Wales only) Article at the following link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00tcf7z See also Mike Birkhead's wonderful commentary: http://www.mikebirkhead.com/ And they are apparently playing all the original series on BBC4 on the 4th of August! Best Phyllis P.C. Lee Professor & Head of Department Department of Psychology University of Stirling Stirling, Scotland FK9 4LA +44 (0) 1786 467656 Fax: 01786 467641 phyllis.lee(a)stir.ac.uk

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