Former Grad Student, Mike Chase Featured in CNN Story “Massive Drop in Elephants in Africa”

click on for full story:        More articles on African Elephant study: BBC News: "Why elephants are seeking refuge in Botswana" http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-37230700   National Geographic: "African Elephant Numbers Plummet 30 Percent, Landmark Survey Finds" http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/08/wildlife-african-elephants-population-decrease-great-elephant-census/   The Washington Post: "Africa’s elephants rapidly declining as poaching thrives" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/energy-environment/africas-elephants-rapidly-declining-as-poaching-thrives/2016/08/31/0e740128-6f93-11e6-993f-73c693a89820_story.html   The Daily Mail: "Revealed: Just 350,000 African elephants are left in the savannah down from 20MILLION in pre-colonial era" http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3767103/Just-350-000-African-elephants-left-savannah-20MILLION-pre-colonial-era.html   The Independent: "Elephant populations in ‘deeply disturbing’ decline on African savannah" http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/elephants-great-elephant-census-decline-population-poaching-savannah-africa-a7218691.html   Mashable: "Historic census reveals the true plight of Africa's elephants" http://mashable.com/2016/08/31/great-elephant-census-paul-allen/#k55QZ.pZ6sqi   The Guardian: "Poaching drives huge 30% decline in Africa's savanna elephants" https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/aug/31/poaching-drives-huge-30-decline-in-africas-savannah-elephants ...
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Assistant Professor in Conservation Genetics Position Announced

Assistant Professor – Conservation Genetics Department of Environmental Conservation University of Massachusetts-Amherst The Department of Environmental Conservation at the University of Massachusetts Amherst (http://eco.umass.edu/) seeks talented applicants for a 9-month academic year, tenure-track appointment as Assistant Professor in Conservation Genetics. Earliest appointment date is September 1, 2017. Candidates should care deeply about undergraduate and graduate education, and be a teacher, mentor, and scientist. The candidate is expected to develop independent and collaborative research programs that help to meet the research needs of state, federal and nongovernmental organizations; build departmental and interdisciplinary collaborations with Environmental Conservation and Organismic and Evolutionary Biology graduate programs; and develop an innovative teaching program that incorporates new initiatives in teaching and learning, such as Team-Based Learning. Teaching responsibilities include: 1) undergraduate course in evolution and conservation, 2) upper-level undergraduate/graduate course in conservation genetics, and 3) graduate-level course in candidate’s area of expertise. Successful applicants will serve, as do all other faculty, as a mentor to minorities and other underrepresented groups within the Department. The University of Massachusetts Amherst places special emphases on faculty-student interaction...
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