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HRC’s Contributions to the ESA Annual Meetings

In January 2015, ESA’s Bulletin published a History of the Historical Records Committee (HRC), by Dennis Knight and Douglas Sprugel. Since then, under the Program Committee directed by Juliana Mulroy, HRC has continued to produce sessions addressing history and historical records, most notably for the ESA Centennial in 2015. Another HRC-sponsored Special Session has been approved for the August 2017…

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Turning to a New Century

Outgoing ESA president Dr. Monica Turner highlighted ESA’s first century as she directed attention to present accomplishments and plans for the decades ahead. Her presidential address, The Turn of the Century (28 mb), included callouts to the centennial celebrated last year in Baltimore, as well as to HRC’s role in drawing attention to the organization’s history. In recognizing the 20th…

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Logo for the 100th ESA Annual Meeting. A mountain in the background has a river flowing from it flanked by green grass and trees. Vector graphic.

2015 HRC-sponsored Sessions at Annual Meeting

In recognition of ESA’s centennial celebration this year, HRC’s program subcommittee, chaired by Juliana Mulroy, has worked with committee members and others to put together the following sessions for the August meeting in Baltimore. Special Session: Ecology’s Concepts: How Are They Used and Valued?Monday, August 10, 8-10:00 p.m.(Organized by William Reiners, with Jeffrey Lockwood, Steven Prager, Derek Reiners) Symposium: Fostering…

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Ecology’s Future: ESA Writing Contest

Can you imagine what ecology might look like 50 years from now? Give it a try, for a new writing contest ESA Frontiers has launched for the ESA Centennial this year. As we honor the first hundred years of the society, ESA invites ecologists to imagine the state of ecology in the middle of our next century. In 800 words…

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ESA’s Struggle for Identity, First 100 Years

OOS 42 ESA’s Struggle for Identity Over the First 100 Years: Lessons for the Future? Thursday, August 14, 2014: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM in Room 204, Sacramento Convention Center Organized by Juliana C. Mulroy and Kathleen J. Fichtel; Moderator: Robert H. Jones The Ecological Society of America (ESA) was formed in 1915 with the express intent of bringing those interested in…

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Ecological Century: Perspectives on the Evolution of the Discipline

OPS 3 Ecological Century: Perspectives on the Evolution of the Discipline Wednesday, August 13, 2014: 4:30 PM-6:30 PM at the Exhibit Hall, Sacramento Convention Center Organized by Kathleen J. Fichtel and Juliana C. Mulroy The Historical Records Committee is sponsoring this session in order to provide a forum for fostering discussion about the history of ecology and of the Ecological…

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ESA 2015 Centennial

ESA will celebrate its Centennial in 2015 at the Annual Meeting in Baltimore August 9 through 14, 2015. There will be special symposia and social events commemorating the occasion. Planning began in 2012, when the Governing Board established a Centennial Committee, chaired by Alan Covich. The committee’s recommendations are now being implemented by the Centennial Implementation Committee, chaired by Nancy…

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Organizational call for the ESA Centennial Annual Meeting

ESA Centennial in 2015 Carol Brewer , Hal Balbach , Nancy Huntly from the Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 94:204–209. Hello ESA Colleagues, The Ecological Society of America celebrates its Centennial in 2015, and many Society-sponsored activities already have been planned and are being developed. However, many other things remain to be organized, including the theme and program…

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