CUE Activities
Butler students, in conjunction with the program manager, are in
charge of the day-to-day operations of the Center and the
maintenance of current activities. In keeping with our mission, the
CUE sponsors activities that focus on Urban Ecology and are open to
anyone in the community. Current CUE events include:
White River Cleanup
The CUE will be sponsoring our annual Fall White River Cleanup
on Saturday, October 10th, 2009. This will be a morning of
satisfying work and fun as we clean the banks of Butler's
adopted stretch of the White River . We will once again be
organizing three crews and holding a lottery for spots on the canoe
crew! Please contact the CUE at 940-6505 or
email us to sign up. Click here to view our adopted segment. This year's
clean up is sponsored in part by Chipotle!
Gardening for Life
What: "Gardening for Life: An Evening
with Doug Tallamy." Douglas W. Tallamy, Professor and
Chair, Dept. Entomology and Wildlife Ecology, University of
Delaware; author of Bringing Nature Home: How Native Plants
Sustain Wildlife in Our Gardens (Timber Press, 2nd ed.,
2009.) In his eye-opening book, Bringing Nature
Home, Tallamy shows how life does depend on what we plant
in our backyards and the important role plants play in maintaining
biodiversity.
This event is FREE and open to the public. No tickets are
required.
When: Tuesday, November 3,
2009, 7:30 pm (doors open 6:30 pm)
Where: Clowes Memorial Hall, Butler
University, Indianapolis
Ann Katz
Festival of Books
The CUE is sponsoring a presentation at the Ann Katz Festival of
Books on November 8, 2009. The presentation, entitled "The
Man Who Flies with The Birds", focuses on a book that deals with
bird strikes and aircraft. The presentation will be given by the
co-author of the book and there will also be a local DNR biologist,
John Castrale, who will provide a local context. For more
information please visit their website .
Lunch Seminars
The spring semester kept us busy with our networking lunches and
seminars. We sponsored approximately eight networking lunches
with guests from the DNR, JF New, Shrewsberry and Associates, and
Green Broad Ripple. We also had presentations from students
about their summer experiences. Check back this fall for a
current schedule of upcoming lunches.
Bird Walks
The CUE sponsors monthly bird walks on campus in the spring and
summer. No experience with birding is required. A CUE student
intern leads the group on a walk through the Butler woods and
surrounding area. Please bring along binoculars and field
guides if you have them. Please check back for our updated schedule
this spring.
Nature Walks
The CUE sponsors monthly nature walks that highlight the local
flora. Participants meet at Gallahue Hall in the lower Atrium at
noon on the 2nd Tuesday of the month. Dr. Rebecca Dolan or a CUE
student intern will lead the group on a walk to the prairie, Butler
Woods and the surrounding area.
Journal Club
Please join us on the first Thursday of the month for a brown
bag discussion pertaining to urban ecology. Our next Brown bag
event will be held Thursday, October 1st, GH 68, at 12:30pm.Faculty
and students will be discussing the attached summary article from
the National Academies entitled, "A New Biology
for the 21st Century" (PDF).
Abstract: Now more than ever, biology has the
potential to contribute practical solutions to many of the major
challenges confronting the United States and the world. This report
recommends that a "New Biology" approach-one that depends on
greater integration within biology, and closer collaboration with
physical, computational, and earth scientists, mathematicians and
engineers- be used to find solutions to four key societal needs:
sustainable food production, ecosystem restoration, optimized
biofuel production, and improvement in human health. The approach
calls for a coordinated effort to leverage resources across the
federal, private, and academic sectors to help meet challenges and
improve the return on life science research in general.
Remember discussion starts at 12:30 pm. We'll provide
dessert!
Movie Night
The CUE will be hosting movie nights again this fall.
Please check back for updates.