July 24-August 10, 2011

Interested in insects, plants, and ecosystems? The University of Michigan's Biological Station just outside Pellston offers a series of lectures each summer covering topics in both general lectures and more specific research forums. Listed here are the 2011 sessions; check back in 2012 for the new line up.



Every Sunday from late July-mid August, the Sunday Environmental Film Series takes place at 7:30pm in the Marian P. and David M. Gates Lecture Hall.

July 24 Cane Toads, 1988, unrated, 47 minutes
July 31 Koyaanisqatsi, 1982, unrated, 86 minutes
August 7 Double feature night beginning at 4:30pm with Parasites, a User's Guide, 2010, unrated, 27 minutes, and at 7:30pm with The City Dark, 2011 unrated, 84 minutes. The two directors of these films, Sharon Shattuck an Ian Cheney will be present to answer questions.
Aug 14 Food, Inc., 2008, PG, 93 minutes

The Summer Lectures Series also take place at 7:30pm in the Gates Lecture Hall.

July 26, All Camp Lecture The Diverse and Surprising Effects of Cyanobacterial Blooms on Lake Ecosystems and Food Webs, Cayela C Carey, PhD candidate, ecology and evolutionary biology, Cornell University
August 2, Olin Sewell Pettingill lecture in natural history The Practicing Animateur, Laurie Allmann, environmental writer and creative media consultant
August 3, Olin Sewell Pettingill research seminar Are of the Animateur: A Workshop for Practioners, Laurie Allman
August 9, Ralph E. Bennett lecture in mycology and plant biology, Does Specialization in Insect-Plant Interactions Drive Global Diversity? Mark Scriber, professor, entomology, Michigan State University
August 10, Ralph E. Bennett research seminar Impacts of Climate Warming on Hybrid Zone Dynamics: How Geographical and Biological Porosity in Species in Butterflies, Mark Scriber

The Biological Station is located at 9133 Biological Road, Pellston

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