Welcome

We would like to welcome you to the official website for the 12th biennial congress of the International Society for Behavioral Ecology, to be held at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, from August 9-15, 2008. Cornell is both an endowed private Ivy League university and a part of the multi-campus State University of New York public university system. Ezra Cornell founded the university in 1865 with the mission statement “…an institution where any person can find instruction in any study”. The breadth of instruction at Cornell is indeed broad and includes liberal arts and humanities, engineering, computer science, physical sciences, biological sciences, law, veterinary and human medicine, and the world famous hotel school, among others. Organismal biology is very strong at Cornell. Over 20 behavioral biology faculty are located in various departments, primarily in Neurobiology and Behavior, but also in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Psychology, Entomology, Natural Resources, and the Vet School. On the Ithaca campus, there are approximately 14,000 undergraduate students, 6,000 graduate and professional degree students, 2,700 faculty, and 11,500 staff. The town of Ithaca has about 40,000 permanent residents, so we notice when the students arrive at the end of summer break, and Cornell is the largest employer and the major landowner in the county. The campus holds a commanding view over the town, and Ithaca College, a small high-quality private undergraduate institution, dominates the opposite hillside. Education is the town’s primary “industry”, which results in an intellectually enlightened and international populace. Ithaca is “off the beaten path”, situated in a low-density part of the state with a great deal of natural beauty.

We hope the extra travel effort is worth it, and that you will join us next August for an exciting congress with a program reflecting the broad taxonomic and methodological diversity of Cornell’s behavioral ecologists.

Sincerely yours,

The Organizing Committee

• Sandra Vehrencamp (Ornithology and NB&B), Chair
• Jack Bradbury (Ornithology and NB&B)
• Tim DeVoogd (Psychology)
• Andre Dhondt (Ornithology and EEB)
• Stephen Emlen (NB&B)
• Robert Raguso (NB&B)
• Linda Rayor (Entomology)
• Kern Reeve (NB&B)
• Janet Shellman (NB&B)
• Paul Sherman (NB&B)

Host departments

• Neurobiology and Behavior
• Lab of Ornithology

Other departments

• Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
• Entomology
• Psychology
• Natural Resources
• School of Veterinary Sciences

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