YIBS 1996-1997 Annual Report

VI. COURSES

Spring 1997

Observing the Earth from Space (G&G 362b; F&ES 306b)

World Population (461b)

VII. HONORS OR AWARDS

Oswald Schmitz, Member, Scientific Advisory Board, MISTIK Forest Management Ltd., Saskatchewan, Canada

Karl K. Turekian, 1997 Maurice Ewing Medalist of the American GeophysicalUnion

Gunter Wagner, Member, Austrian Academy of Sciences

VIII. INTERNATIONAL SEMINARS, CONFERENCES, COURSES, AND RESEARCH PROJECTS

Seminar series on population issues

Conference on deer, antelopes, giraffes, and relatives: past, present, and future

Course offered jointly by the Department of Biology and the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies on Fisheries for the Future-12 week series bringing to campus leading experts to discuss the fisheries crisis and new ideas for management and conservation

New antelope fossils in Ethiopia

Collaboration on a new giant species of Muntjac in Vietnam

Conservation genetics of Galápagos tortoises

Mitochondrial DNA variability in Grauer's Gorillas of Kahuzi-Biega National Park, Zaire

Characterizing the relationship between changes in land use and infectious diseases in the Anatolia Region of Southeastern Turkey using remote sensing and geographic information systems

The evolution and ecology of deep-sea fishes off the coast of the Philippine Island of Luzon

The age of Homo Sapiens

IX. MEMBERS OF THE FACULTY COUNCIL

D. Allan Bromley-Dean of Engineering Richard L. Burger-Director, Peabody Museum of Natural History

Mary Helen M. Goldsmith-Chair, Studies in the Environment

John C. Gordon-Dean, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies

Pierre C. Hohenberg-Deputy Provost, Science and Technology

Douglas R. Kankel-Chair, Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Michael H. Merson-Chair, Epidemiology and Public Health

Jeffrey R. Powell-Chair, Program in Organismal Biology

Gustav Ranis-Director, Center for International and Area Studies

Ronald B. Smith-Director, Center for Earth Observation

Karl K. Turekian-Director, Center for Global Change

J. Rimas Vaisnys-Department of Electrical Engineering

Elisabeth S. Vrba-Director, YIBS and Center for ECOSAVE

Gunter P. Wagner-Director, Center for Computational Ecology; Chair, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Robert J. Wyman-Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

X. MEMBERS OF THE EXTERNAL ADVISORY BOARD

Edward A. Adelberg-New Haven, CT

Edward P. Bass-Fort Worth, Texas

Frances Beinecke-New York, New York

Coleman P. Burke-New York, New York

John R. Bermingham-Denver, Colorado

William J. Cronon-Madison, Wisconsin

Duane Dickson-Chicago, Illinois

Strachan Donnelley-Garrison, New York

Michael J. Donoghue-Cambridge, Massachusetts

W. Daniel Hillis-Glendale, California

F. Donald Hudson-Boston, Massachusetts

Thomas E. Lovejoy-Washington, D. C.

George G. Montgomery, Jr.-San Francisco, California

Michael J. Novacek-New York, New York

Nicholas Pappas-Wilmington, Delaware

William K. Reilly-Washington, D. C.

Ralph C. Schmidt-New York, New York

Nelson S. Talbott-Cleveland, Ohio

Joseph H. Williams-Tulsa, Oklahoma