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Unpacking the science behind resiliency, wellbeing

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Robyne Hanley-Dafoe, EdD, an education and psychology instructor, gave insights into resiliency and share tools for wellbeing during the keynote Everyday Resiliency: How to Master Working and Living Well on January 10 at the 2025 AVMA Veterinary Leadership Conference in Chicago.

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Compassion as a catalyst for change

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Keynote speaker Richard Boyatzis, PhD, spoke at the AVMA Veterinary Leadership Conference on January 5 in Chicago.

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Intentional, reciprocal communication: keys to effective leadership

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Josh Vaisman, founder of Flourish Veterinary Consulting, and Andi Davison, a licensed veterinarian technician, gave the presentation “If You Ain’t Coaching, You Ain't Leading” on January 6 at the AVMA Veterinary Leadership Conference in Chicago.

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Citizen Science or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love eBird

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But that changed last weekend at the Chicago Ornithological Society’s 10th biennial Birding America conference. Steve Kelling from the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology gave the keynote talk, “The Birder Effect: Birding, Science, and Conservation.” Birding citizen science Conservation eBird' And at least on me, it worked.

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The Elusive Goal of Bird-Safe Skyscrapers

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The latest edition of Science News delves into the work of scientists studying this problem. And here in Chicago, local architect Jeanne Gang has won accolades for her undulating Aqua Tower , which features deeply recessed windows that aren’t as attractive to birds. Hopefully, someday, these groups won’t be necessary.

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Emerald Ash Borers vs. Woodpeckers (and Nuthatches)

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Flower, from the University of Illinois at Chicago, and Christopher J. If there is one silver lining to all of this gloomy news, it’s that the efforts of birders truly make a difference in helping to advance science. In an interview with 10,000 Birds , coauthors Charles E.

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Stuck in the middle (of the AOU/COS meeting)

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Nevertheless, I was pleased to find myself at ornithological ground zero this past week, as the American Ornithologists’ Union and the Cooper Ornithological Society held a joint annual meeting in Chicago. Shout-out to Chicago Bird Collision Monitors !) ” Fascinating stuff, with real conservation implications.

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