{"id":301,"date":"2023-09-23T02:19:15","date_gmt":"2023-09-23T02:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/mcculloughlab\/?page_id=301"},"modified":"2025-11-20T23:03:55","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T23:03:55","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/mcculloughlab\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>November 2025: Our research on urban dung beetles is highlighted in <a href=\"https:\/\/entomologytoday.org\/2025\/11\/06\/battles-beneath-city-park-urban-dung-beetles-sexual-selection\/\">Entomology Today<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-498\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/mcculloughlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/739\/2025\/11\/Entomology-today-300x288.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"368\" height=\"353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/mcculloughlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/739\/2025\/11\/Entomology-today-300x288.png 300w, https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/mcculloughlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/739\/2025\/11\/Entomology-today.png 702w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 368px) 85vw, 368px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Spring 2025: Congratulations to all the students on their research awards! Bea receives a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/centers\/marsh-institute\/student-opportunities\/geller-research-fellowships\/\">Geller Research Fellowship<\/a>, Maddie receives a Penn Research Award, and Daniel receives a Summer Undergraduate Research Experience award. It&#8217;s going to be a busy summer!<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>November 2024: Our research on local dung beetles is highlighted on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/11\/22\/nx-s1-5195408\/searching-for-tiny-dung-beetles-that-clean-the-vast-forest-floor\">NPR<\/a>! The audio version of the story aired on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/11\/15\/nx-s1-5191740\/the-dung-beetle-census-is-a-window-into-their-ecosystem\">All Things Considered<\/a>.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/11\/22\/nx-s1-5195408\/searching-for-tiny-dung-beetles-that-clean-the-vast-forest-floor\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-462\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/mcculloughlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/739\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-22-at-11.25.21\u202fAM-287x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"456\" height=\"476\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/mcculloughlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/739\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-22-at-11.25.21\u202fAM-287x300.png 287w, https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/mcculloughlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/739\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-22-at-11.25.21\u202fAM.png 684w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 456px) 85vw, 456px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>September 2024: Syd&#8217;s meta-analysis on weapon allometries is published in <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/mcculloughlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/739\/2024\/10\/Kochensparger-et-al.-2024.pdf\">Behavioral Ecology<\/a>!<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Spring 2024: The entire lab gets funding for summer research! Luna receives a Penn Research Award, Syd and Bea receive Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) awards, and Erin receives a Faculty Development Grant. Thank you Clark University for supporting our work!<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>February 2024: Our research is highlighted in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.listennotes.com\/podcasts\/challenge-change\/love-is-a-battlefield-and-L-bWaRdQJNs\/#google_vignette\">Challenge. Change. podcast<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-354\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/mcculloughlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/739\/2024\/02\/CC-Podcast-300x106.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/mcculloughlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/739\/2024\/02\/CC-Podcast-300x106.png 300w, https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/mcculloughlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/739\/2024\/02\/CC-Podcast.png 685w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 85vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>September 2023: Our research is highlighted in <a href=\"https:\/\/clarknow.clarku.edu\/2023\/09\/21\/sex-and-death-a-love-story\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ClarkNOW<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-302\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/mcculloughlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/739\/2023\/09\/Screenshot-2023-09-22-at-9.17.59-PM-300x279.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"533\" height=\"496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/mcculloughlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/739\/2023\/09\/Screenshot-2023-09-22-at-9.17.59-PM-300x279.png 300w, https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/mcculloughlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/739\/2023\/09\/Screenshot-2023-09-22-at-9.17.59-PM-1024x952.png 1024w, https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/mcculloughlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/739\/2023\/09\/Screenshot-2023-09-22-at-9.17.59-PM-768x714.png 768w, https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/mcculloughlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/739\/2023\/09\/Screenshot-2023-09-22-at-9.17.59-PM.png 1078w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 533px) 85vw, 533px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>April 2023: Syd Kochensparger receives a Penn Summer Research Award. Congratulations Syd!<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>August 2022: Erin has arrived at Clark!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 2025: Our research on urban dung beetles is highlighted in Entomology Today! Spring 2025: Congratulations to all the students on their research awards! 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