“As an amateur I was beholden to nobody and could follow my inclinations and make my own decisions without the need to justify them to granting agencies, senior academics, or anybody else… ”  (Pers. Comm. cited in Langenheim 1996)   While the name Pielou may not immediately come to mind when considering mammalian reproductive biology,… Read More Statistics and shaking conventions — Dr. Evelyn C. Pielou Copy

“As an amateur I was beholden to nobody and could follow my inclinations and make my own decisions without the need to justify them to granting agencies, senior academics, or anybody else… ”  (Pers. Comm. cited in Langenheim 1996)   While the name Pielou may not immediately come to mind when considering mammalian reproductive biology,… Read More Statistics and shaking conventions — Dr. Evelyn C. Pielou

   When Eileen Lacey took first year high school biology from a woman named Laine Gurley, she realized that biology — and in particular animal behavior — could be a career path for women. As an undergraduate at Cornell University, she was introduced to naked mole-rats, which set the stage for a career devoted to… Read More The Tuco Tuco Whisperer — Dr. Eileen A. Lacey