58th SEB Annual Meeting June 4-9th, 2017, Bragança, Portugal! Living in a global world: ethnobotany, local knowledge and sustainability
Call for Students: Mentorship Lunch
Join us! Become a Student Committee Member
Hello Everyone, It’s hard to believe that we are just one month away from our annual conference in Bragança, Portugal! Our Student Committee has been hard at work planning events for junior members of our Society. We hope to see you there! Are you a student and would you like to join our team for... Continue Reading →
SEB Seeks Nominations for Heiser Award
DEADLINE, May 28th, 2017 Dear SEB Student Members, With registration still open for the 58th SEB Annual Conference and the II Encontro Hispano Português de Etnobiologia entitled “Living in a global world: ethnobotany, local knowledge, and sustainability” (June 4-9, 2017), we would like to issue a call for nominations for the Charles B. Heiser Jr.... Continue Reading →
Richard Evans Schultes Research Award
DEADLINE, March 15th, 2017. The Schultes Award was created in 2001 to honor the late Dr. Richard Evans Schultes. The award is to be presented annually to a graduate student who is a member of the Society, or a member who has received their degree within a year. Richard E. Schultes (12 January 1915-10 April 2001):... Continue Reading →
Interview with 2016 DEB Tony Cunningham
By Sandra Bogdanova Is there a better way to end this year than by listening to some lifetime wisdom? This time it is our Distinguished Economic Botanist (DEB) of 2016 - Anthony (Tony) Cunningham. He is an internationally known ethnobotanist from who has seamlessly linked his work at the interface between nature and culture with... Continue Reading →
$5,000 research grant, training and more
APPLICATION DEADLINE: Jan 13, 2017 Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens (Pittsburgh, PA) is currently accepting proposals for its 2017 Botany in Action Fellowship program, which fosters the development of the next generation of plant-based scientists who are committed, first, to excellent research, and second, to educational outreach. Open to PhD students enrolled at US graduate... Continue Reading →
SEB 2016 Conference and Botany in Action Fellowship
By Chelsie Romulo This summer I attended the Society's conference in Kentucky as a student member of SEB. This is my second SEB conference as I also attended the 2014 meeting in Cherokee NC. This summer was an exciting meeting for me because in 2014 I presented a concept poster of my dissertation proposal and... Continue Reading →
Sink or swim: climate change and weaving in New Zealand
By Matthew Bond, SEB At-large Student Committee Member, Botany PhD from the University of Hawai'i. Icy mud oozes between my toes as I march into the lake, leaving my doubts on the sandy shore. As the frigid water reaches my waist I take a moment to admire the shimmering particles of sediment that dance around... Continue Reading →
Adventures in Botany, Part 2: Adansonia digitata absent from the north and west of Uganda
Adventures in Botany, Part 2: Adansonia digitata absent from the north and west of Uganda By Cory W. Whitney This is the second edition of the story of hunting for the Baobab (Adansonia digitata) in Uganda. The literature has so far suggested that the species is absent in Uganda, both from the wild and cultivated lands.... Continue Reading →
Chatham Fellowship
The Garden Club of America’s Anne S. Chatham Fellowship in Medicinal Botany provides at least one grant award of $4,500 annually to support research related to medicinal plants. An important aspect of the award is that it is intended to enable a student to pursue an avenue of research that might otherwise prove closed. Accordingly,... Continue Reading →
Society for Economic Botany // Student Blog 