http://blog.vcu.edu/rice/ en-us Copyright 2008 Wed, 05 Mar 2008 09:57:40 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Philip Morris USA has donated $250,000 to the Virginia Commonwealth University Rice Center to help fund a Wetlands Research and Educational program that will promote new research initiatives in wetlands ecology. Read more about the donation >>... http://blog.vcu.edu/rice/2008/03/vcu_rice_center_receives_25000.html http://blog.vcu.edu/rice/2008/03/vcu_rice_center_receives_25000.html Wed, 05 Mar 2008 09:57:40 -0500 The Rice Center for Environmental Life Sciences is soliciting graduate and undergraduate student research proposals that will advance the Rice Center mission and contribute to an understanding of large river systems and their riparian landscapes. Research grants up to $1,000... http://blog.vcu.edu/rice/2008/02/2008_student_research_funding.html http://blog.vcu.edu/rice/2008/02/2008_student_research_funding.html Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:20:47 -0500 Several VCU Rice Center staff and student volunteers participated in the 108th Audubon Christmas Bird Count in December 2007. The primary objective of the Christmas Bird Count is to monitor the status and distribution of bird populations across the western... http://blog.vcu.edu/rice/2008/01/christmas_bird_count.html http://blog.vcu.edu/rice/2008/01/christmas_bird_count.html Fri, 11 Jan 2008 15:49:46 -0500 In October, about 100 friends of the VCU Inger and Walter Rice Center for Environmental Life Sciences enjoyed a sunset cruise down the James River. The three hour Eagle Cruise left from Shirley Plantation, passing the VCU Rice Center, Berkeley... http://blog.vcu.edu/rice/2007/12/cruising_down_the_james.html http://blog.vcu.edu/rice/2007/12/cruising_down_the_james.html Tue, 11 Dec 2007 14:25:06 -0500 Visitors to the Virginia Commonwealth University Inger and Walter Rice Center for Environmental Life Sciences’ new education building won’t have to travel very far to learn about sustainable design. The lesson will begin at the front door — literally. Read... http://blog.vcu.edu/rice/2007/11/vcu_implements_green_design_st.html http://blog.vcu.edu/rice/2007/11/vcu_implements_green_design_st.html Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:21:36 -0500 The VCU Rice Center is co-sponsoring the Wharton, Oney, Baskerville Conservation Forum presented by James River Association on Saturday, Nov. 10 at 1 p.m. in the VCU School of Business Auditorium. The forum will feature Richard Louv, the nationally acclaimed... http://blog.vcu.edu/rice/2007/11/vcu_rice_center_cosponsors_the.html http://blog.vcu.edu/rice/2007/11/vcu_rice_center_cosponsors_the.html Thu, 08 Nov 2007 14:25:17 -0500 On June 21, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute formally announced that VCU was the recipient of a $750,000 grant to implement programs targeting teachers, community members and students highlighting applied systems biology. Some of these programs will involve hands-on workshops... http://blog.vcu.edu/rice/2007/06/hhmi_grants_connect_research_i.html http://blog.vcu.edu/rice/2007/06/hhmi_grants_connect_research_i.html Thu, 21 Jun 2007 09:34:27 -0500 On June 4, 2007 the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries dedicated their new Region 1 headquarters building on land belonging to the VCU Rice Center on Route 5 in Charles City County. This new $2.5 million LEED certified building... http://blog.vcu.edu/rice/2007/06/post_1.html http://blog.vcu.edu/rice/2007/06/post_1.html Mon, 04 Jun 2007 09:29:54 -0500 http://blog.vcu.edu/rice/2007/06/vcu_announces_2_million_gift_f.html http://blog.vcu.edu/rice/2007/06/vcu_announces_2_million_gift_f.html Sun, 03 Jun 2007 14:09:53 -0500 Students from Varina High School’s AP Environmental class made their third visit to the VCU Rice Center this year. On March 2 students helped monitor the spotted salamander migration in the vernal pools. Under the direction of graduate student Leeanna... http://blog.vcu.edu/rice/2007/03/varina_high_school_students_ex.html http://blog.vcu.edu/rice/2007/03/varina_high_school_students_ex.html Tue, 13 Mar 2007 09:13:52 -0500 As Anne Wright waded into a knee-deep puddle in the woods, the scene looked drab and wintry. Mucking about with her net, however, Wright found the unromantically named Pond 7 pulsing with life. Softball-sized blobs of jelly contained salamander eggs.... http://blog.vcu.edu/rice/2007/02/amphibian_nursery_tiny_cradles.html http://blog.vcu.edu/rice/2007/02/amphibian_nursery_tiny_cradles.html Mon, 26 Feb 2007 15:57:02 -0500 At the Jan. 24 meeting of the VCU Rice Center Board of Trustees, a new Conservation Medicine Program was announced to unite the study of human, animal and environmental health at the VCU Rice Center. Dr. Joy Ware was appointed... http://blog.vcu.edu/rice/2007/02/vcu_rice_center_recently_annou.html http://blog.vcu.edu/rice/2007/02/vcu_rice_center_recently_annou.html Tue, 20 Feb 2007 10:32:08 -0500 On Jan. 26, Anne Wright, Coordinator of the Life Sciences Outreach Educational Program, took the AP Environmental class from Varina High School on their second field trip of the year to the VCU Rice Center. The students prepared and placed... http://blog.vcu.edu/rice/2007/02/high_school_students_help_deve.html http://blog.vcu.edu/rice/2007/02/high_school_students_help_deve.html Fri, 09 Feb 2007 10:06:53 -0500 VCU Rice Center Researcher Dr. Rodney Dyer, along with his co-PI Dr. David Chan from the Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, have recently been awarded a $210,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for their work on pollen dispersal.... http://blog.vcu.edu/rice/2007/01/researchers_receive_210000_gra.html http://blog.vcu.edu/rice/2007/01/researchers_receive_210000_gra.html Wed, 24 Jan 2007 11:10:42 -0500 On Friday, Dec. 1, the Advanced Placement Environmental class at Varina High School visited the VCU Rice Center to learn about macroinvertebrate sampling. Anne Wright, the coordinator of VCU Life Sciences Outreach Education programs, led 21 students and their teacher... http://blog.vcu.edu/rice/2006/12/post.html http://blog.vcu.edu/rice/2006/12/post.html Fri, 01 Dec 2006 08:43:58 -0500