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Fall Quarter 2012

Date

Speaker

Affiliation

Seminar Title

September 26

Constance Dubuc

University of Chicago/NYU

Mating strategies in male and female anthropoid primates: insights from the seasonally breeding rhesus macaque

October 3

Melissa Emery Thompson

University of New Mexico

Chimpanzees and the evolution of the human life history

October 10

Lydia Hopper

Lincoln Park Zoo

Taking the comparative approach: how monitoring peers can lead to conformity or a sense of fairness

October 17

no seminar

October 24

no seminar

October 31  Stuart 105*

Victoria Wobber

Harvard University

Cognitive development and neuroendocrinology in humans and non-human apes

November 7

Greg Adler

University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh

Social mating systems of echimyid rodents

November 14

Liza Lehrer

Lincoln Park Zoo

Wildlife in the city: effects of translocation on woodchucks, and other research from the Urban Wildlife Institute

November 21

November 28

Erica Westerman

University of Chicago

Mate choice learning in butterflies: learning biases and sexually dimorphic behavior

December 5

Raphael Pinaud

Northwestern University

December 12

Krista Milich

University of Illinois U-C

Setting the mood: social and ecological influences on red colobus monkey reproduction

Winter Quarter 2013

Date

Speaker

Affiliation

Seminar Title

January 9

Tyler Stevenson

University of Chicago

January 16

Danielle Whittaker

Michigan State University

January 23

January 30

Bruce Patterson

Field Museum and University of Chicago

The anomalous host specificity of macroparasites on micromammals: bats and bat flies

February 6

Amy Lu

University of Illinois U-C

Female reproduction and development: how big of a role do males play?

February 13

Inbal Bartal

University of Chicago

February 20

February 27

March 6

James Higham

New York University

The Sulawesi crested macaque: insights into macaque social, mating, and signaling systems

March 13

 
 Spring Quarter 2013

Date

Speaker

Affiliation

Seminar Title

March 27

April 3

Matt Heintz

University of Chicago

The ontogeny of social play and relationship to developmental milestones

April 10

April 17

Christine Fleener

University of Chicago

Exploring behavioral responses to different types of novel object in free-range infant rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta)

April 24

Eileen Lacey

UC Berkeley

Why be social? Insights from tucos, tojos, and other subterranean rodents

May 1

Katie Brooks

University of Chicago

Understanding predation risk in Belding's ground squirrels

May 8

Tina Pagel

University of Chicago

Effects of physical and social enrichment on exploratory behavior in rats

May 15,
10:30am

Sean Coyne

University of Chicago

Alternative mating tactics among male rhesus macaques

May 22

Greg Ruber

University of Chicago

Of monkeys and mirrors

May 29

Meghan Neaton

University of Chicago

Gestural communication of western lowland gorillas: Repertoire, use and sequence production

*Note the different day, time, and location