Rice University

Welcome

The Department

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Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Rice University is addressing important ecological and evolutionary questions with collaborative research initiatives and innovative ecological, evolutionary, and genomic tools.

Graduate Program

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Our graduate program fosters research skills through working relationships between students and faculty. Graduate degrees include M.A., M.S., and Ph.D. Courses range from classroom lectures, to discussion-oriented seminars, and field study throughout the US and in several foreign countries.

Undergraduate Program

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Undergraduate studies emphasize a broad range of classroom courses, laboratory practicals, and research experiences that can lead to either a B.S. or B.A. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology or a B.A. in Biological Sciences.

Seminars

News

Follow the EBIO 319 Tropical Field Biology Blog during their trip to Belize

Luay Nakhleh wins Guggenheim Fellowship

EEB Grduate Student Christopher Roy awarded Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship
Juli Carrillo receives Honorable Mention for a Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship

EEB Students awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
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Ben VanAllen awarded Conchologists of America Research Grant

Onja Razafindratsima receives Schlumberger Foundation Faculty for the Future Fellowship

Juli Carrillo receives AAUW Education Grant

EBIO 213 will begin at the start of the semester and end with Centennial Cellebration Days in Fall 2012 semester

Nick Rasmussen receives NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant (DDIG)

Chris Dibble and Nick Rasmussen receive Honorable Mention for the American Society of Naturalists Student Research Award

Maria Meza-Lopez has winning Ecology poster at 2012 Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference in STEM

EBIO 319 Tropical Field Biology to be offered this summer

Amy Savage's paper wins 2011 OTS Outstanding Student Paper Award

Graduate student Ching-Hua Shih's poster receives award at the 34th annual meeting of the American Society of Primatologists

Evan Siemann interview by Houston Chronicle on his tallow tree research

The Kohn Lab paper reporting the effects of hybridization on poison resistance in mice was widely discussed in the US and Forgeign press including; Science, Science News, MSNBC, Discovery News, and other sites.

Jobs

Lecturer in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology