PLANT SCIENCE Bulletin Winter 2012 Volume 58 Number 4 APPS to be launched January 2013 what can you contribute? In This Issue.............. Thank for your generous support......p. 146 Don’t miss Botany 2013 Field Trips....p. 148 Honoring Walter Hodges......p. 164 From the Editor PLANT SCIENCE BULLETIN For the past few years I’ve been working on a project to interpret the history of botanical education Editorial Committee in this country. One of the themes that becomes Volume 58 increasingly clear in the twentieth century is that individual botanists and small groups of botanists have Root Gorelick consistently gone through phases of “reinventing the (2012) wheel.” Virtually all of the pedagogical “innovations” Department of Biology & School of Mathematics & that you could list today have been tried in the Statistics past—but they haven’t “stuck”! I hope to address Carleton University some of the reasons why in future issues of PSB and Ottawa, Ontario in a final presentation at the 2013 annual meeting in Canada, K1H 5N1 New Orleans. But let me jump ahead quickly to the [email protected] present. There is one major difference between all of the previous cycles of attempting to improve science education and the one we are currently in. Today it’s Elizabeth Schussler not just a few individuals, or a single organization, (2013) that is taking the lead. Instead, we have a confluence Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology of efforts, both top down and bottom up, that are all University of Tennessee reaching the same conclusions. The National Academy Knoxville, TN 37996-1610 of Sciences Board on Science Education, The College [email protected] Board’s Advanced Placement Biology Curriculum, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science all have developed guidelines for revising the science curriculum – and they’re all basically alike. Botanists, through BSA and ASPB, have had our input Christopher Martine into the latter: AAAS’s Vision and Change. Our final (2014) effort is included in these pages. We encourage you Department of Biology to reassess your own introductory courses with these Bucknell University guidelines in mind. Lewisburg, PA 17837 [email protected] Finally, you may notice something missing in this issue. For the first time since I became editor, we are not publishing a single feature article. In fact, only a single article is currently in review, although I’ve been assured that several are in preparation. I want to take Carolyn M. Wetzel this opportunity to encourage you to consider sharing (2015) some of your work with the membership and other Department of Biological Sci- readers of these pages. Submit your articles at http:// ences & Biochemistry Program www.editorialmanager.com/psb. Smith College Northampton, MA 01063 Tel. 413/585-3687 -Marsh Lindsey K. Tuominen (2016) Warnell School of Forestry & Natural Resources The University of Georgia Athens, GA 30605 [email protected] Winter 2012 Volume 58 Number 4 Table of Contents Society News ...............................................................................................146 Sincere thanks to all of our donors ............................................................................... 146 Plant Science Research Summit Final Report ............................................................... 149 ASPB – BSA Core Concepts and Learning Objectives in Plant Biology for Undergraduates ................................................................................................... 149 BSA Science Education News and Notes ....................................................156 Cross-Organization Connections and Education Opportunities .................................... 156 Digital Resource Discovery and Life Discovery Conference Collaboration ................ 156 Understanding Evolution Invitation to Partner .............................................................. 156 New Free Resource for Case-Based Learning ............................................................... 156 Core Concepts in Undergraduate Plant Biology ............................................................ 157 American Institute for Biological Sciences (AIBS) and Partner Activities................... 157 BSA at National Association of Biology Teachers ....................................................... 157 PlantingScience Successes and Next Steps ................................................................... 158 Plant Blog on Huffington Post ....................................................................................... 158 Editors Choice Reviews ...............................................................................159 Announcements ............................................................................................160 Ethics CORE - Can You Help? ...................................................................................... 160 Bullard Fellowships in Forest Research ....................................................................... 160 Position Available—University of Northern Colorado ................................................. 160 Angiosperm Origins—Monocots First? ........................................................................ 162 Funding for Plant Conservation and Native Plant Materials Programs ........................ 162 Hunt Institute Receives National Film Preservation Foundation Grant ........................ 164 Impulsive Micromanagers help plants to adapt, survive ............................................... 165 Plants Exhibit a Wide Range of Mechanical Properties ................................................ 166 Triage for plants: NYBG scientists develop and test rapid species conservation assessment technique ................................................................................................ 167 Reports and Reviews ....................................................................................169 Books Received ...........................................................................................178 www.botanyconference.org Hilton Riverside, New Orleans, LA July 27-31, 2013 145 Society News Sincere thanks to all of our donors for their generous support of our multiple sections, student awards and travel funds, and the BSA Endowment James D. Ackerman William Cheadle Jennifer Doubt Afiz Ajibade Gregory P Cheplick Andrew Nicholas Doust Edith B. Allen Hong-Keun Choi Rebecca Drenovsky Nan Crystal Arens John Choinski Leah S. Dudley Rafael E Arevalo Burbano Lynn G. Clark Bohdan Dziadyk Joseph & Nancy Armstrong Jim Cohen Susan E. Eichhorn Sidney R. Ash Margaret E Collinson Wayne J. Elisens Nina Lucille Baghai-Riding Paul L. Conant Diane Marie Erwin Stokes S. Baker Martha E. Cook Frank W. Ewers Bruce G. Baldwin Todd J. Cooke Lafayette Frederick Grant M. Barkley Janice Marie Coons Vicki A. Funk Mary Barkworth S. H. Costanza Candace Galen Karen Barnard Nancy Coutant Moira Galway Ellen T. Bauder Nancy E. Cowden Maria A. Gandolfo Amy Berkov William Louis Crepet Janet L. Gehring Charles E. Blair Wilson Crone Jennifer Geiger Linda M. Broadhurst Mitchell Cruzan Lawrence J. Giles Luc Brouillet Chicita F. Culberson Thomas J. Givnish Steven B Broyles Theresa M. Culley Daniel K. Gladish Leo P. Bruederle Peter S. Curtis Stefan Erwin Gleissberg Janelle M. Burke Edward J. Cushing Martin C. Goffinet Imre Matyas Buzgo Stephen Darrel Davis Charles W. Good Melanie Byerley Carol Dawson Uromi Manage Goodale Diane L. Byers Ted Delevoryas Carol Goodwillie Aubrey Cahoon Darleen A. Demason Hazel J. Gordon Clyde L. Calvin Nancy Dengler Linda Graham Andrea L. Case Melanie L. Devore Sean W. Graham Brenda B. Casper Pamela Kathleen Diggle Brenda J. Grewell Russell L. Chapman Kevin W. Dougherty Cecilia Greyson 146 Plant Science Bulletin 58(4) 2012 Yaffa L. Grossman Takahide Kurosawa Judy Parrish Jocelyn Hall Elizabeth P. Lacey William J. Platt Judith Hanks David W. Lee Cyrille Prestianni Gary L. Hannan Blanca R. Leon Katherine A. Preston Geoffrey Levin Robert A. Price Clare Ann Hasenkampf Amy Litt Thomas Ranker Marsha & Christopher Haufler William Mclagan Malcolm Eric Ribbens Donna Hazelwood Greayer Mansfield-Jones Steve Rice Leo J. Hickey Brigitte Marazzi Jennifer H. Richards Jason Hilton Marilyn C. Marynick Ricarda Riina Ann Hirsch & Stefan Kirchanski Lucinda Ann Mcdade Vanessa Lopes Rivera Hans R. Hoester David J. Mclaughlin Alison W. Roberts Joseph Hogg Dr. Manjari A. Mehta Robert G. Ross Noel & Patricia Holmgren Irving A. Mendelssohn Thomas Lowell Rost Kent E. Holsinger Brigitte Meyer-Berthaud Carl Rothfels Raymond W. Holton Helen J. Michaels Scott D. Russell Marcus Hooker James E. Mickle Peter Ryser Harry & Celia T. Horner Charles N. Miller Jr Ann Sakai & Stephen Weller Tom Horton Brent Mishler Carl D Schlichting Carol L. Hotton L Maynard Moe Andrew Schnabel Shing-Fan Huang Brenda Molano-Flores Edward L. Schneider Francis M. Hueber Arlee M. Montalvo Eileen K. Schofield Bonnie L. Isaac Nancy Morin Lisa M. Schultheis Rachel Schmidt Jabaily Mark E. Mort Patricia Jean Schulz Anna L. Jacobsen Lytton John Musselman James & Marilyn L. Seago Claudia L. Jolls Joan E. Nester-Hudson Elizabeth C. Seastrum Cynthia S. Jones Trina L. Nicholson Joanne M. Sharpe Tracy Lynn Kahn Karl J. Niklas Michael Simpson Dorothy Kaplan Mart Nirzka Lawrence & Judith E. Skog Lee B. Kass Harufumi Nishida Michelle Amber Smith Kathleen H. Keeler Eisho Nishino Selena Y. Smith Sterling C. Keeley Gretchen B. North Allison Ann Snow Amanda Kenney Sally L. Norton Douglas & Pamela Soltis Robert A Klips