Ecologists showcase research

Current faculty research will be the focus of the UW–Madison Ecology Group’s free public symposium Oct. 3-4.

Guest speaker Marc Mangel, whose interdisciplinary research bridges ecology and behavioral studies with the statistical sciences, will present a lecture at 7 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 3, in 145 Birge Hall: “Ecology, Conservation and Public Policy: A Vision for the 21st Century.” Mangel is a professor of applied mathematics and statistics, and director of the Center for Stock Assessment Research at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

The symposium reconvenes from 1-4:30 p.m., Friday, Oct. 4, in the Wisconsin Historical Society Auditorium with briefings by six UW–Madison professors on current ecological research in the fields of botany, environmental studies, landscape architecture, limnology, soil science and wildlife ecology.

Mangel will give a final lecture, “An Ecological Detective Thinks about Smallpox, Foot and Mouth, and the Early Stages of an Epidemic,” at 3:30 p.m. A reception will follow.

For the complete agenda, visit: http://www.ies.wisc.edu/meg.