Eric G. Strauss, founding director of the Boston College Environmental Studies Program and founding science director of the Urban Ecology Institute, will present a seminar entitled “Urban Ecology: Research for Understanding the Socio-ecological Dynamics of Cities” at 1:30 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 12 in 316 Percival Hall on WVU’s Evansdale Campus.

The seminar is free and open to the public.

Strauss will explore his collaborative research efforts that have ranged from the conservation biology of diamondback terrapins to Eastern coyote behavioral ecology and rapid ecological assessment of urban habitat mosaics. Also discussed will be regional and national initiatives from the USDA, Forest Service and the National Science Foundation that are providing opportunities for collaborative research with faculty, staff, students and the greater community of WVU.