About Jonathan Gorman

Jonathan Gorman, Class of 2021, graduated from Cornell as an undergraduate only to return to Cornell as a veterinary student. He is interested in all types of animals and hopes to expand the dialogue about animal health and conservation. Jonathan works for the WildLIFE blog as an editor, writer, and photographer.

Lunch and Dinner lectures: Two Events with Dr. Jeff Wyatt

Being Relevant- 
A Challenge for the Association of Zoos & Aquariums (AZA), 
Zoo Veterinarians, & Students Considering a Zoo Career​
Dr. Jeff Wyatt
May 1st
12pm
LH4
 
Join Jeff Wyatt, an AZA Accreditation Commissioner and Seneca Park Zoo veterinarian, sharing his “Behind the Scenes”  perspective for veterinary and conservation biology students interested in pursing a career at a zoo or an aquarium.

Transforming Health & Protecting the Environment in Borneo:
Improving Loggers’ Lives, Saving the Rainforest & Orangutans
Dr. Jeff Wyatt
May 1st
5pm
LH4
Please remember to bring your own plates and utensils!

Dinner lecture: Reproductive Aging in Female Cheetahs and Naked Mole Rats

What: ZAWS will be hosting a dinner lecture with Dr. Ned Place! Dr. Place’s lab focuses on comparative mammalian reproductive endocrinology/physiology, aging, and behavior. Female Naked Mole Rats and Cheetahs are both unique in the animal world for their pattern of reproductive aging. Come learn more about this topic from Dr. Place himself as he discusses his work with these two amazing species!

Sign up for dinner here.  Please remember to bring your own plates and utensils.

When: Tuesday, April 17, 5-6pm

Where: Lecture Hall 1, the vet school

Dinner lecture and lab: Turtle shell Repair

ZAWS will host another lecture and lab oppportunity!  The lecture will be held in LH4 followed by a hands on opportunity to “perform” turtle shell repair in the Gross Lab.

The lecture is open to everyone, but because of a limited supply of specimens the lab is limited to the first 24 DUES PAYING MEMBERS.

Please wear scrubs and close toed shoes!

Dinner will be served at the lecture (from 6-7)!
Please bring your own plates and utensils!

When: Thursday April 12, 6-7 pm (lecture), 7-9 pm (lab)

Where: Lecture hall 4 for the lecture, the Gross (Bilinski) Laboratory for the lab (both located in the vet school)

Dinner lecture: “Let’s drink to conservation – how coffee can help people and the planet”

What: Tropical Biology and Conservation will host Dr. Amanda Rodewald, the Director of Conservation Science at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and Garvin Professor in Natural Resources who has worked extensively with bird and biodiversity conservation in Latin American agroecosystems.

Pizza and beverages provided from 5:00-5:15 PM, the talk begins at 5:15 PM and a discussion follows.

When: April 11, 5pm

Where: Emerson Hall, room 135

Event: Shark necroscopy lab

What: ZAWS will host their Shark Necropsy Lab, led by Dr. Willy Bemis, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology here at Cornell. Dr. Bemis studies the anatomy, development, and evolutionary relationships of fossil and living fishes including sharks, lungfishes, coelacanths, bowfins, sturgeons and paddlefishes.  This lab is only open to 20 DUES PAYING MEMBERS.

When: April 10th, 4-6 pm

Where: Belinski Wet Lab

All participants must wear scrubs.  Sign up for lab and dinner here