The first year

I recently finished my first academic year here, and things are going well. I took several courses, sent out proposals, and had my first committee meeting. More importantly, I've enjoyed the process. As I've thought over ideas and sought advice, the faculty and graduate students here have been generous with their time and opinions - and that's probably been the greatest help to me as a first year PhD student.

Weekend in the Fort

My weekend trip to Fort Collins was great.  The weather was nice, trees were blooming, and Odell Brewery had outdoor seating and live music at their Tap Room on Saturday afternoon:

We also arrived just in time to take a tour of the newly expanded brewery.  My favorite part?  The cask room (some of my favorite Odell brews are from their cask batches):

Oh, and there's a new brewery to add to the FoCo sampling list: Equinox Brewing.  I guess Fort Collins has good water?

We enjoyed dinner at Jay's Bistro (one of the best buffalo steaks I've ever had!) and stayed overnight at the Armstrong Hotel.  It was nice to get away and recharge for a weekend.

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READING: Newsome* et al. (2010). Pleistocene to historic shifts in bald eagle diets on the Channel Islands, California. PNAS. 

* Seth is a postdoc at the University of Wyoming in the Department of Zoology & Physiology
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