象牙嘴啄木鸟能拯救世界吗？
March 24, 2006
06-049
Charles Harmon大学关系主任，Sementha Mathews公共信息和媒体关系经理，Edtwon A. 我的ree学生助理
象牙嘴啄木鸟能拯救世界吗？
Dr. John W. Fitzpatrick, known for his recent discovery of the
Ivory-billed Woodpecker in the wetlands of eastern Arkansas, will
be the guest speaker at the 24th Annual Connell Lecture, hosted by
the Biology Department at 美高梅博彩. Dr.
Fitzpatrick will present, "How Ivory-billed Woodpeckers (and other
birds) Can Help Save the World," on Wednesday, March 29, 2006, at 7
p.m., in the Hugh C. Bailey Science Center Auditorium.
Dr. Fitzpatrick is a nationally renowned ornithologist (the study
of birds). He will share his recent rediscovery of a species that
was once thought to be extinct in North America.
Fitzpatrick graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University in
1974 and received his doctorate from Princeton University in 1978.
He is currently a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology and
the director of the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology at Cornell
University. He is also a fellow of the American Ornithologists'
Union, the oldest and largest organization in the world devoted to
the scientific study of birds, where he served as president from
2000-2002. In 1985, Fitzpatrick received the Brewster Award for his
research on ecology, social behavior, and conservation of the
endangered Florida Scrub-Jay, which continues through the
present.
The Connell Lecture Program, named after former vs上 professor Dr.
Clyde Eugene Connell, was the first endowed visiting lecturer
program established at 美高梅博彩. The program was
designed to honor the retirement of Connell from Valdosta State
College in 1980.
For more information on this event, contact Mitch Lockhart at
229-333-5767.
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