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EVENTS FROM PREVIOUS SEMESTERS
Lectures, seminars, and colloquia on environmental themes
Spring, 2009
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| Monday, Mar. 30, 4:30 pm Cornell Aud, Goldwin Smith Hall, Cornell U (Ithaca) |
Jonathan Patz, U of Wisconsin - Madison. Health impact of climate change. Cornell Climate Change Forum. | ||||||||
| Tues., March 31, 4 pm Marshall Auditorium (ESF) |
CANCELLED: Molly Welker, Bristol Remediation Services, Anchorage. Gold Mining vs. Salmon Fisheries in Alaska: The controversy over the Pebble Mine. ESF Women's Caucus Speaker Series. Also sponsored by ESF Office of Multicultural Affairs, Women in Science and Engineering, and ESF Dept of Environmental and Forest Biology. | ||||||||
Wed., April 1, 10:35 am |
Andrew Gleadow, U of Melbourne, "Low-temperature thermochronology -- how did we get here, and where do we go now?" K. Douglas Nelson Lecture Series, Dept. of Earth Sciences. | ||||||||
| Wed., April 1, 4 pm 113 Heroy (SU) |
John R. Delaney, U of Washington, "Transforming Earth and Ocean Sciences with submarine sensor networks." K. Douglas Nelson Lecture Series, Dept. of Earth Sciences. | ||||||||
| Thurs., April 2, 3:30 pm 146 Baker (ESF) |
William Bentley, ESF (emeritus), "From Global to Local: perspectives on forest sustainability, carbon sequestration, and climate change." C. Eugene Farnsworth Memorial Lecture, Dept. of Forest and Natural Resources Management, | ||||||||
| Friday, April 3, noon, 106 Life Sciences complex (SU) | Anurag Agrawal, Cornell U, Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology. Phylogenetic tests of plant defense theory. Biology Lecture Series. | ||||||||
| Friday, April 3, 4 pm 113 Heroy (SU) |
Sandra Barr, Acadia U. The northern Appalachians: a new look at an old orogen. K. Douglas Nelson Lecture Series, Dept. of Earth Sciences. | ||||||||
| Monday, April 6, 4:30 pm Cornell Aud, Goldwin Smith Hall, Cornell U (Ithaca) |
Eric Holt-Gimanez, Institute for Food and Development Policy. On biofuels. Cornell Climate Change Forum. | ||||||||
| Tuesday, April 7, 4 pm 145 Baker (ESF) |
Ann Lemley, Cornell U. Chemical remediation of contaminants in water and soil using Fenton advanced oxidation systems. ESF Women's Caucus Speaker Series. Also sponsored by ESF Dept of Chemistry. | ||||||||
| Thursday, April 9, 4 pm Marshall Auditorium (ESF) |
Luke Hunter, Exec. Director of Panthera. The Big Cats of Phinda: Restoring lions and cheetahs to an African savanna. ESF Dept. of Environmental and Forest Biology lecture. | ||||||||
| Friday, April 10, noon, 106 Life Sciences complex (SU) | Michael Laub, MIT, Department of Biology. Mapping and Rewiring Signal Transduction Pathways in Bacteria. Biology Lecture Series. | ||||||||
| Thursday, April 16, 4 pm 12 Illick Hall (ESF) |
Thomas Canam. Wood trait improvement for enhanced biofuel efficiency. | ||||||||
| Friday, April 17, noon, 106 Life Sciences complex (SU) | Alan Collmer, Cornell U, Plant Pathology. Pseudomonas syringae and plants: A relationship built on lethal injections. Biology Lecture Series. | ||||||||
| Friday, April 17 | Dept. of Earth Sciences Student Symposium | ||||||||
| Friday, April 17, 4 pm. Marshall Auditorium (ESF) |
L. David Mech, USGS. A 50-year career in wolf research. The Dence lecture. Dept. of Environmental and Forest Biology. | ||||||||
| Friday, April 17, 9-5, Cazenovia College | 5th Annual Symposium on Energy at Cazenovia College. SMART GROWTH AND TRANSPORTATION: Solutions and options for energy conservation. | ||||||||
| Tuesday, April 21, 10:30-2, SU and ESF | TEACH-IN ON GLOBAL WARMING SOLUTIONS, sponsored by the University Sustainability Action Coalition. A follow-up to last year's Focus the Nation event. To get involved, contact Rachel May. | ||||||||
| Thursday, April 23, 4 pm 113 Heroy (SU) |
Holli Frey, Union College. Title TBA. K. Douglas Nelson Lecture Series, Dept. of Earth Sciences. | ||||||||
| Friday, April 24, noon, 106 Life Sciences complex (SU) | Miriam Zelditch, U of Michigan, Museum of Paleontology. Modularity and integration: the developmental basis of evolvability. Biology Lecture Series. | ||||||||
Wednesday, April 29, all day, OnCenter |
ACCELERATE 2009: Sustainability Expo. Save the date. | ||||||||
PREVIOUS EVENTS WINTER 2009 |
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| Friday, Jan. 16, noon, 106 Life Sciences complex (SU) | Justin Ramsey, U of Rochester, Plant Evolutionary Ecology. Climatic and edaphic adaptation in the North American Achillea. Biology Lecture Series. | ||||
| Monday, Jan. 19, 6:30-8 pm Shemin Aud., Schaffer Art Building (SU) |
Energy Addiction Challenge Design Presentation. All advanced students in Industrial and Interior Design participated in a sustainable design charrette during the first week of spring semester. Come see the results! | ||||
| Friday, Jan. 23, noon, 106 Life Sciences complex (SU) | Leo Fleishman, Union College, Department of Biology. Sensory and environmental influences on motion and color patterns in the visual signals of anoline lizards. Biology Lecture Series. | ||||
| Friday, Jan. 23, 3 pm 148 baker Lab (ESF) |
Patrick Mather, Syracuse U. Biodegradable nanocomposites for medical applications. Chemistry Seminar. | ||||
| Tues., Jan. 27, 12 pm 100 Eggers (SU) |
CLIMATE CHANGE AND BANGLADESH: Who will pay? Film and discussion, led by Dr. Jessica Budds, Department of Geography, The Open University, and Dr. Farhana Sultana, Department of Geography, Syracuse University. Refreshments provided. Sponsored by Dept. of geography and South Asia Center. Download flyer here (.pdf). | ||||
| Friday, Jan. 27, 3 pm Eggers 018 (SU) |
Jessica Budds, the Open University, UK. Chilean Water Markets: Theory, Politics and Socio-Ecological Outcomes | ||||
| Thursday, Jan. 29, 4 pm 5 Illick Hall (ESF) |
Terry L. Ettinger, ESF Greenhouse Manager. What are you doing? The world needs to know! (On science communications) Adaptive Peaks Seminar | ||||
| Friday, Jan. 30, 10-12, Maxwell Auditorium (SU) | John Mathiason, SU. Climate Change: The Institutions. Part of a speakers series on climate change, organized by the Maxwell School's Center for Environmental Policy and Analysis, Moynihan Global Affairs Institute, and Dept. of International Relations, together with the College of Law and SUNY-ESF. | ||||
| Friday, Jan. 30, noon, 106 Life Sciences complex (SU) | Laura Sirot, Cornell U, Dept. of Molecular Biology and Genetics. Function of Seminal Fluid Proteins in Fruit Flies and Mosquitoes. Biology Lecture Series. | ||||
| Tues., Feb. 3, 3:30-5:30 pm Slocum Hall Auditorium (SU) |
"FROM THE GROUND UP": Innovative Green Homes. Winning design team presentations and discussions of energy-efficient, affordable house designs for the Near Westside of Syracuse | ||||
| Thursday, Feb. 5, 1 pm 110 Moon Library (ESF) |
Prof. Ollie Clubb's Book Release Reception. Please join Prof. Ollie Clubb as he discusses his new book, Global Warming Solutions: A Concerned Citizen's Guide to Climate Protection. The event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. | ||||
| Thursday, Feb. 5, 4 pm 113 Heroy (SU) |
David Finkelstein, U of Tennessee. Microbial biosynthesis of wax esters during desiccation: An adaptation for colonization of the earliest terrestrial environments? K. Douglas Nelson Lecture Series, Dept. of Earth Sciences. | ||||
| Friday, Feb. 6, noon, 106 Life Sciences complex (SU) | Alberto Civetta, U of Winnipeg, Department of Biology. Shall we dance? Reproductive isolation, genes and evolution. Biology Lecture Series. | ||||
| Thursday, Feb. 12, 4 pm Life Sciences Auditorium (SU) |
Donald Prothero, Occidental College. Evolution: What the fossils say and why it matters. K. Douglas Nelson Lecture Series, Dept. of Earth Sciences. | ||||
| Thursday, Feb. 12, 4 pm 408 Baker Lab (ESF) |
Kirk Emerson, William J. Donlon Visiting Professor, ESF. Collaborative governance and global warming: Can we change more than the climate?. Dept. of Environmental Studies. | ||||
| Friday, Feb. 13, noon, 106 Life Sciences complex (SU) | Jed Sparks, Cornell U, Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology. Biosphere-Atmosphere Exchange of Reactive Nitrogen: Genes to Ecosystems. Biology Lecture Series. | ||||
| Friday, Feb. 13, noon, 010 Eggers Hall (SU) | Gordon Thompson, Clark U and the Institute for Resource and Security Studies. A second track for climate negotiations: The biosphere as common property, | ||||
| Tuesday, Feb. 17, 7:30 pm, Hendricks Chapel (SU) | Eloy Rodriguez, on natural and organic medicines for cancer and diabetes treatment. Sponsored by SU Office of Academic Affairs in cooperation with the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation Enitiative Award. | ||||
| Wed., Feb. 18, 4:30 pm Marshall Hall Aud. (ESF) | Chris Palmer, Wildlife filmmaker and environmentalist. The power of action speaker series, SUNY-ESF. | ||||
| Thursday, Feb. 19, 4 pm 113 Heroy (SU) |
Chunmiao Zheng, U of Alabama. Will China run out of water? K. Douglas Nelson Lecture Series, Dept. of Earth Sciences. | ||||
| Thursday, Feb. 19, 4 pm 5 Illick (ESF) |
Martin Schlaepfer, ESF. The behavioral and evolutionary responses of native tadpoles to introduced predators. Adaptive Peaks Seminar. | ||||
| Friday, Feb. 20, noon, 106 Life Sciences complex (SU) | John Stella, SUNY ESF, Dept. of Forest & Natural Resources Management. Abiotic controls on riparian forest development at leaf to landscape scales. Biology Lecture Series. | ||||
| Saturday, Feb. 21, 6 pm, Marshall Hall Aud. (ESF) | Terry Clements, Virginia Tech. "If it's Tuesday, this must be Belgium: Is the grand tour still a valid component of American Design education?" The George F. Earle Lecture in Landscape Architecture, part of the Festival of Places at ESF. | ||||
| Monday, Feb. 23, 4:30 pm Cornell Aud, Goldwin Smith Hall, Cornell U (Ithaca) |
Shreekant Gupta, National U of Singapore. On international equity and climate change. Cornell Climate Change Forum. | ||||
| Tues. Feb. 24, 4 pm 145 Baker Lab (ESF) |
Betsy Henry, Exponent, Schenectady. Mercury in the Onondaga Lake Remedy. ESF Women's Caucus Speaker Series. | ||||
| Wed., Feb. 25, 10:30 am - 3 pm. Moon Library (ESF) | 8th Annual Environmental Career Fair | ||||
| Thursday, Feb. 26, 4 pm 113 Heroy (SU) |
Scott Samson, Syracuse U. It’s about time! or….. Do you tell the truth about your age? When sediments lie…. A tale told in three acts. K. Douglas Nelson Lecture Series, Dept. of Earth Sciences. | ||||
| Friday, Feb. 27, noon, 106 Life Sciences complex (SU) | David G. Davies, SUNY Binghamton, Dept. of Biological Sciences. The biofilm dispersion inducer. Biology Lecture Series. | ||||
| Friday, Feb. 27, 3 pm 148 Baker Lab (ESF) |
Scott Ulrich, Ithaca College. Chemical inhibition of quorum-sensing bacteria. | ||||
| Monday, March 2, 5 pm Marshall Hall Auditorium (ESF) |
Joseph Lalli, President/Managing Principal, EDSA. 34th Bradford G. Sears Lecture in Landscape Architecture. | ||||
Tuesday, March 3, 4 pm, Hendricks Chapel (SU) |
Janine Benyus. Biomimicry: Innovations inspired by nature. Syracuse University Lecture Series. | ||||
| Thursday, Mar. 5, 4 pm 113 Heroy (SU) |
Mark Pagani, Yale U. Global Climate and Atmosphere Carbon Dioxide for the Past 65 Million Years. K. Douglas Nelson Lecture Series, Dept. of Earth Sciences. | ||||
| Thursday, Mar. 5, 4 pm Illick 5 (ESF) |
Kevin Theis, Michigan State U. A symbiotic approach to the study of animal communication. Adaptive Peaks Seminar, Dept. of Environmental and Forest Biology. | ||||
| Friday, March. 6, noon, 106 Life Sciences complex (SU) | Molly Manier, Syracuse U, Department of Biology. Functional genomics of sperm variation. Biology Lecture Series. | ||||
| Monday, Mar. 9, 4:30 pm Cornell Aud, Goldwin Smith Hall, Cornell U (Ithaca) |
Dan Nepstad, Moore Foundation. Ecological impact of climate change. Cornell Climate Change Forum. | ||||
| Monday, Mar. 9, 4:30 pm Cornell Aud, Goldwin Smith Hall, Cornell U (Ithaca) |
Dan Nepstad, Moore Foundation. Ecological impact of climate change. Cornell Climate Change Forum. | ||||
| Monday, Mar. 16, 4 pm 408 Baker Lab (ESF) |
William Sunderlin, Rights and Resources Group (DC) and Center for International Forestry Research (Indonesia). Global Forest Tenure, Rights, and Resources. Sponsored by ESF Dept. of Environmental Studies and Dept. of Forest and Natural Resources Management. | ||||
| Tuesday, Mar. 17, 7 pm Stolkin Aud., Physics Building (SU) |
Sumanta Bagchi, SU Biology Dept. Can we conserve wildlife without impacting human livelihoods? Pathways to Knowledge Lecture, SU College of Arts and Sciences | ||||
| Thursday, Mar. 19, 3:15 pm 010 Crouse-Hinds (SU) |
William Sunderlin, Rights and Resources Group (DC) and Center for International Forestry Research (Indonesia). Climate Change, Forests, Rights, and REDD: The problem, the remedy, and the research. | ||||
| Thursday, Mar. 19, 7 pm Heroy Auditorium (SU) |
William F. Ruddiman, U of Virginia. Early Farming prevented the Onset of a New Glaciation (A Small one). Chauncey D. Holmes Lecture, Dept. of Earth Sciences. | ||||
| Friday, Mar. 20, noon, 106 Life Sciences complex (SU) | Joanne Fortune, Cornell U, Dept. of Biomedical Sciences. Ovarian follicular formation in cattle: Role of fetal steroids. Biology Lecture Series. | ||||
Thursday-Friday, March 19-20, all day, OnCenter. |
7th Annual Green Building Conference, Sponsored by ESF Outreach. Information here. | ||||
Tuesday, March 24, 9 am-1 pm, 408 Baker Lab (ESF) |
Symposium: Disaster Preparedness, Sponsored by Upstate NY Society for Risk Analysis. Register by March 22 (registration is free). | ||||
| Tuesday, Mar. 24, 7:30 pm, Hendricks Chapel (SU) | Robert Ballard, National Geographic Society Explorer-in-Residence. Adventure in Deep Sea Exploration: Living the Dresm. Syracuse University Lecture Series | ||||
| Thursday, Mar. 26, 4 pm 113 Heroy (SU) |
Jason Wiles, SU Biology Dept. Changing Minds: How geological and biological evidence, and other important factors, influence acceptance of evolution among doubters and creationist students. K. Douglas Nelson Lecture Series, Dept. of Earth Sciences. | ||||
| Thursday, Mar. 26, 4 pm 5 Illick (ESF) |
Benjamin Zuckerberg, Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Citizen science as a research tool: Challenges and Benefits. Dept of Environmental and Forest Biology, "Standing on the Shoulders of Giants" lecture.March 26 | ||||
| Friday, Mar. 27, noon, 106 Life Sciences complex (SU) | Jian Hua, Cornell U, Plant Biology. Molecular mechanisms underlying temperature modulation of plant defense responses. Biology Lecture Series. | ||||
FALL 2008 |
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Friday, Sept. 12, noon |
Scott Pitnick, SU, Evolution of ejaculate-female interactions. Biology lecture series. Refreshments served 30 minutes prior to start of event. | ||||
Sun-Tues, Sept. 14-16, Ithaca, NY |
The PodCar City: Sustainable transportation conference Registration required | ||||
Thursday, Sept. 18, 11:30-1:30. OnCenter Complex |
CNY's response to global energy and climate change challenges: Is it sustainable? Sponsored by ESF Outreach. More information here. | ||||
Thursday, Sept. 18, 4 pm |
Cynthia Ebinger, U of Rochester. Extension via dike intrusion: Capturing the process in East Africa. K. Douglas Nelson Lecture Series, Dept. of Earth Sciences, SU. | ||||
Thursday, Sept. 18, 4 pm, |
James Gibbs, ESF. Exemplary researcher award/Adaptive peaks seminar. | ||||
Friday, Sept. 19, noon |
Candace Low, UCSB. Biology lecture series. Refreshments served 30 minutes prior to start of event. | ||||
Wednesday, Sept. 24, 7:30 pm. UU Methodist Church |
Green Trends: Sustainability in the paper and printing industries. Sierra Club program featuring Tony Harris, VP of Monro Litho, Jean Sharkey, Sales rp., RIS the Paper House; Melanie Stopyra, SU Purchasing and Business Operations. | ||||
Thursday, Sept. 25, 4 pm |
Kevin Burke, U of Houston. Mantle plumes, the geoid, and the deep structure of the Earth. K. Douglas Nelson Lecture Series, Dept. of Earth Sciences, SU. | ||||
Mon-Tues, Sept. 29-30 |
CREATING RESILIENCE IN SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES: Syracuse Center of Excellence Symposium Keynote speaker, Majora Carter, Sustainable South Bronx. For more information and to register, click here. Students can register for FREE. |
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Wednesday, Oct. 1, noon |
David Newman, Forestry Dept., ESF The impact of property taxes on forest resource management. EnSPIRE brown-bag lunch series to introduce new faculty. Drinks and dessert provided. | ||||
Thursday, Oct. 2, 4 pm |
Stephen Blake, Wildlife Conservation Society. Using research for conservation of forest elephants in the Congo Basin. Environmental and Forest Biology lecture. | ||||
Friday, Oct. 3, noon |
Manus Patten, Harvard. Evolutionary theories of sexual antagonism and parental antagonism. Biology lecture series. Refreshments served 30 minutes prior to start of event. | ||||
Tuesday, Oct. 7, noon |
Ragan Callaway, U Montana. Novel Biochemistry and Exotic Plant Invasion. Biology lecture series. Refreshments served 30 minutes prior to start of event. | ||||
Tuesday, Oct. 7, 7:00 pm |
Ragan Callaway, U Montana. Exotic plant invasions: How does a rare species at home become dominant away from home? The Jack and Pat Bryan Life Science Lecture Series. | ||||
Wednesday, Oct 8, 1 pm |
Thomas Boudreau, SU. The Curse of Prometheus? Political discourse and climate catastrophe at the United Nations. ESF Dept. of Environmental Studies Speaker Series on Environmental Discourse and Advocacy | ||||
Monday, Oct 13, 4 pm |
Fred Schroeder, Exxon-Mobil. Play elements, interpreting structure with seismic data, and interpreting stratigraphy with seismic data. K. Douglas Nelson Lecture Series, Dept. of Earth Sciences, SU. | ||||
Wednesday, Oct. 15, noon |
Tom Buckel, Onondaga County Legislator will discuss his legislative efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions by controlling sprawl, promoting transportation alternatives, recycling, and tree planting, and encouraging education about global warming. USAC General Meeting for October. | ||||
Thursday, Oct. 16, noon |
Melissa Fierke, Biology dept., ESF Potential impacts of the emerald ash borer and the European woodwasp in the Northeast. EnSPIRE brown-bag lunch series to introduce new faculty. Drinks and dessert provided. (Link-plus foyer is in the new addition to Link Hall: Take the Link elevator to the 4th floor, turn left and go almost to the end of the hall, then turn right through the double doors.) | ||||
Thursday, Oct. 16, 11:30-1:30. OnCenter Complex |
CNY's response to global energy and climate change challenges: Is it sustainable? Sponsored by ESF Outreach. More information here. | ||||
Thursday, Oct. 16, 3:15-5 Maxwell Auditorium (SU) |
Climate Change: The Law. Dr. David Driesen, SU College of Law. 2008-2009 Speaker Series on Climate Change. | ||||
Friday, Oct. 17, noon |
Elizabeth Kelly, Mayo School of Health Sciences. Biology lecture series. Refreshments served 30 minutes prior to start of event. | ||||
All of October |
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Wednesday, Oct. 22, 1 pm |
Zac Moore, SUNY-ESF, and Louise Poindexter, Citizens' Environmental Coalition. Environmental Justice with or without Environmental Experts? Personal literacy, organizational conflict, and the "community" - "expert" nexus. | ||||
Thursday, Oct. 23, 8:30-9:30 am, Rosamond Gifford Zoo |
Ken Visser and Pier Marzocca, Clarkson University. Innovative wind turbine research and testing. USGBC and Syracuse Center of Excellence Sustainable Speaker Series | ||||
Thursday, Oct. 23, 4 pm |
John Delano, SUNY-Albany. Origin of biochemical systems (Life) -- Geochemical constraints on environments and processes. K. Douglas Nelson Lecture Series, Dept. of Earth Sciences, SU. | ||||
Thursday, Oct. 23, 2-3:20 |
John Holdren, Director, Woods Hole Research Center. "Science and economics of sustainability: Managing the competing uses of land, water, and forests under a changing climate." ESF Feinstone Environmental Award lecture. | ||||
Friday, Oct. 24, noon |
Jeff Corbin, Union College . A mechanistic approach to habitat restoration: pathways to success on two coasts. Biology lecture series. Refreshments served 30 minutes prior to start of event. | ||||
Wednesday, Oct. 29, noon |
Wendong Tao, Engineering dept., ESF Ecological treatment systems for nitrogen removal from dairy wastewater. EnSPIRE brown-bag lunch series to introduce new faculty. Drinks and dessert provided. | ||||
Thursday, Oct. 30, 8am - 2 pm Whitman School of Management (SU) |
Benefit the Planet and your bottom line: Sustainability Strategies for small and medium-sized enterprises. Whitman-ESF-CoE Sustainable Enterprise Partnership. (Registration required.) | ||||
Thursday, Oct. 30, 3:15-5 Maxwell Auditorium (SU) |
Climate Change: The Economics. Dr.Peter Wilcoxen, SU. 2008-2009 Speaker Series on Climate Change. | ||||
Thursday, Oct. 30, 4 pm |
Philip Gingerich, U of Michigan. Global greenhouse warming 55 million years ago: Causes and consequences. K. Douglas Nelson Lecture Series, Dept. of Earth Sciences, SU. | ||||
Thursday, Oct. 30, 4 pm, |
Gary Lovette, Cary Institute of Ecosystems Studies. "Nitrogen Saturation in Forests: Are the Models Wrong? Adaptive peaks seminar. | ||||
Thursday, Oct. 30, 7 pm |
Paul Maliga, Rutgers. Engineering the plastid genome of higher plants: Applications to basic science and biotechnology. Jack and Pat Bryan Life Science Lecture Series. | ||||
Thursday, Oct. 30, 8 pm Watson Theater (SU) |
Fair trade and economic development in Ecuador. Francesca Barbee, Director of INTO (Illuminating Nations through Offering Opportunity). Presented by SU Residence Life Sustainability Learning Community. | ||||
Friday, Oct. 31, 3 pm |
Jonna Coombs, Adelphi U. Heavy metals and microbes: Examining horizontal gene transfer in the PIB-type ATPase family of metal-transporting proteins. | ||||
Friday, Oct. 31, noon |
Paul Maliga, Rutgers.Biosafety and plastid transgenes. Biology lecture series. Refreshments served 30 minutes prior to start of event. | ||||
Friday, Oct. 31, 1 pm |
Dan Guide, Penn State. The potential for cannibalization of new product sales by remanufactured products. Research presentation on closed-loop supply chains. | ||||
Thursday,Nov. 6, noon |
Stewart Diemont, Engineering dept., ESF Land rights, ecosystem design, and cooperative living among the Mopan Maya of Belize. EnSPIRE brown-bag lunch series to introduce new faculty. Drinks and dessert provided. (Link-plus foyer is in the new addition to Link Hall: Take the Link elevator to the 4th floor, turn left and go almost to the end of the hall, then turn right through the double doors.) | ||||
Friday-Saturday, Nov. 7-8 |
Conversations on the Land: Indigenous and scientific principles for sustainable communities Sponsored bby SUNY-ESF, SUNY Conversations in the Disciplines, and Western Consortium for Native Studies. More information here. | ||||
Friday, Nov. 7, 3 pm |
Julian Tyson, U Mass. The Arsenic Project: Chemical measurements in support of studies of the biogeochemistry of Element 33. | ||||
Friday, Nov. 7, 4 pm |
David Gillikin, Vassar College. 800 Years of garbage: A geochemical analysis of mussel shells from Belgian middens. K. Douglas Nelson Lecture Series, Dept. of Earth Sciences, SU. | ||||
Friday, Nov. 7, noon |
J. Craig Venter, J. Craig Venter Institute. LIFE SCIENCES COMPLEX DEDICATION. Biology lecture series. Refreshments served 30 minutes prior to start of event. | ||||
| Wed, Nov. 12, 1 pm, 110 Moon Library |
Sabrina Wells, Citizens Environmental Coalition. Organizing Zero-Waste Initiatives in New York. Sponsored by The ESF Dept. of Environmental Studies Speaker Series in Environmental Discourse and Advocacy | ||||
Wednesday, Nov. 12, 3:15-5 Maxwell Auditorium (SU) |
Climate Change: The Sociology. Dr. Steve Brechin, SU. 2008-2009 Speaker Series on Climate Change. | ||||
Thursday, Nov. 13, 4 pm, |
Catherine O'Reilly, Bard College. "Ecosystem-level effects of current climate change on the East African Rift Valley lakes." Adaptive peaks seminar. | ||||
Thursday, Nov. 13, 4 pm |
Bruce Selleck, Colgate U. In-situ U-Th-Pb Microprobe Dating of Authigenic Monazite and Xenotime in Cambrian Sandstones in the Northern Appalachian Basin: A New Approach to Dating Hydrothermal Fluid Flow and Dolomitization. K. Douglas Nelson Lecture Series, Dept. of Earth Sciences, SU. | ||||
Thursday, Nov. 13, 7 pm |
Kimberly Gray, Northwestern U. Energy and Environment: The central challenge of Sustainability. Sigma-Xi Distinguished Lecturer. | ||||
Friday, Nov. 14, noon |
David Skalnik, Indiana School of Medicine. Biology lecture series. Refreshments served 30 minutes prior to start of event. | ||||
Friday, Nov. 21, noon |
Kerry Shaw, Cornell. Genetic architecture and the origin of rapid speciation. Biology lecture series. Refreshments served 30 minutes prior to start of event. | ||||
Tuesday, Nov. 25, 4 pm |
Lotsmart Fonjung, U of Buea, Cameroon. Challenges to sustainable management of natural resources in Cameroon. Sponsored by Dept. of Environmental Studies. | ||||
Friday, Dec. 5, noon |
Clara Kielkopf, U of Rochester. Biology lecture series. Refreshments served 30 minutes prior to start of event. | ||||
Summer, 2008 |
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Wednesday, July 9, 9-11 am |
Paul Murray, Dir. of Envir. Health and Sustainability, Herman Miller: The Power of One. The Power of One will articulate how the actions of even one person can have a profound impact on raising a company’s – and even an industry’s – environmental awareness. The event is free but registration is required. | ||||
Spring, 2008 |
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Tuesday, April 1, 12:30 pm |
Jerry Mead, U. Pennsylvania: Modeling primary production at two spatial scales: Little Sandy Creek, NY, and the Delaware River basin. | ||||
| Wednesday, April 2, 2:50 pm 145 Baker Lab (ESF) |
Sloane Crawford , NYS DEC : Wood for schools. Bioenergy and Bioproducts Seminar. Information 470-6732 | ||||
| Thursday, April 3, 4 pm 113 Heroy (SU) |
Scott Miller, Syracuse University: Beyond rock uplift: Landscape evolution models and quantitative geomorphology of convergent orogens. Dept. of Earth Sciences colloquium | ||||
| Thursday, April 3 , 7 pm, Shemin Auditorium, Schaffer Art Bldg (SU) | Lee Alan Dugatkin, U of Louisville: The altruism equation: Seven scientists search for the origins of goodness. Jack and Pat Bryan Life Sciences Lecture Series. |
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| Friday, April 4, noon, Lundgren Room, 112 Lyman Hall (SU) | Lee Alan Dugatkin, U of Louisville: Culture, genes, and sexual selection in animals and humans. Biology Lecture Series. |
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Friday, April 4, 3 pm 146 Baker Lab (ESF) |
Margaret Shannon, U of Vermont: The essential role of research for sustainable forest management: Feminist theory and practice. Women in Scientific and Environmental Professions Speaker Series. Sponsored by the dept. of Forest and Natural Resource Management and the ESF Women's Caucus | ||||
| Tuesday, April 8, 4 pm 146 Baker Lab (ESF) |
Pat Reuxinger, NYS DEC: Freshwater wetlands: Conservation policy in New York State. Women in Scientific and Environmental Professions Speaker Series. Sponsored by the dept. of Environmental Studies Randolph Pack Environmental Institute and the ESF Women's Caucus | ||||
| Wednesday, April 9, 5:30 pm Marshall Hall Auditorium (ESF) |
Timothy Beatley, University of Virginia: Green Urbanism: Strategies for re-earthing cities native to nowhere. Bradford G. Sears Lecture, Dept. of Landscape Archtiecture. | ||||
| Thursday, April 10, 4 pm 113 Heroy (SU) |
Yemane Asmerom, University of New Mexico: Holocene climate variability and implication for global warming. Dept. of Earth Sciences colloquium | ||||
| Thursday, April 10, 6:30 pm, 145 Baker (ESF) | Kevin Stack, ESF visiting faculty: What is biomimicry? | ||||
| Thursday, April 17, 4 pm 113 Heroy (SU) |
David Strait, SUNY Albany: Something to chew on: integrative analysis of hominid feeding biomechanics. Dept. of Earth Sciences colloquium | ||||
| Thursday, April 17, 4 pm Marshall Auditorium (ESF) |
David Pimentel , Cornell: Biomass for liquid fuels: Energy and the environment. Shifting Paradigms lecture; reception follows. | ||||
| Thursday, April 17, 4:30 pm 140 Baker Lab (ESF) |
Bruce Lippke, U of Washington : Using wood to improve environmental performace of structures also optimizes forest contributions to reducing global warming potential. ESF Speaker Series in Sustainable Construction and Renewable Wood Products. | ||||
| Friday, April 18, noon, Lundgren Room, 112 Lyman Hall (SU) | Tristan Stayton, Bucknell: "Shell Game: Morphological Evolution and Mechanical Comprise in the Turtle Shell." Biology Lecture Series. |
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| Monday, April 21, 4:30 pm Marshall Hall Auditorium (ESF) |
Ethan Carr, University of Virginia: Parks and their Public: Planning and ideology in US National Park design. George Albrecht Memorial Lecture, Dept. of Landscape Architecture. | ||||
| Tuesday, April 22, 4 pm 146 Baker Lab (ESF) |
Susan Crow, Placematters, Denver, CO: Creating resilient communities: Tools for regional land use planning in the face of coastal hazards in South Carolina. Women in Scientific and Environmental Professions Speaker Series. Sponsored by the Dept. of Landscape Architecture and the ESF Women's Caucus | ||||
| Wednesday, April 23, noon 110 Moon Library (ESF) |
Karen O'Neill , Rutgers University: Sovereign States and Climate treaties: Why national hazard policies limit international cooperation. Dept of Environmental Studies and Randolph Pack Environmental Institute brown bag series on Climate Action. | ||||
| Thursday, April 24, 4 pm 113 Heroy (SU) |
James Russell, Brown University: Late Holocene climate change and glaciation in the Rwenzori Mountains, Uganda/Congo. Dept. of Earth Sciences colloquium | ||||
| Friday-Saturday, April 25-6 8:30 am - 7 pm, Sheraton University Hotel |
Black Women's Health and Environmental Justice Symposium, SU Dept. of African American Affairs. Event flyer (PDF) and Program (PDF) | ||||
| Tuesday, May 20, 2:30-4 Location TBA (ESF) |
Sara S. Berry, Johns Hopkins U: Changing Processes of Claiming Land and Local Governance in West Africa: How these processes have (and have not) changed in 25 years of neoliberal policy initiatives; and what these changes imply for sustainable management of natural resources, particularly forests. Sponsored by Dept. of Environmental Studies and Randolph G. Pack Environmental Institute at SUNY-ESF. | ||||