Earth Institute Events - Week of 11/9/09
Featured Event
Tuesday, November 10
Earth Institute Postdoctoral Research Fellows Fall Symposium: Meeting the Challenges of Sustainability in a Changing World
Speakers: Various
Time: 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Alfred Lerner Hall, Room 555
Contact: Scott Andrews, sandrews@ei.columbia.edu or call (212) 854-1298
RSVP: Register
Web Site: http://www.earthinstitute.columbia.edu/articles/view/55
This Week’s Events
Tuesday, November 10
Earth Institute Postdoctoral Research Fellows Fall Symposium: Meeting the Challenges of Sustainability in a Changing World
Speakers: Various
Time: 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Alfred Lerner Hall, Room 555
Contact: Scott Andrews, sandrews@ei.columbia.edu or call (212) 854-1298
RSVP: Register
Web Site: http://www.earthinstitute.columbia.edu/articles/view/55
Earth Institute Practicum: Developing Sustainable Energy and Sequestering Carbon Dioxide
Speaker: Klaus Lackner, Director, Lenfest Center on Sustainable Energy, The Earth Institute, Columbia Univesity; Chair, Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering, Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science; Maurice Ewing and J. Lamar Worzel Professor of Geophysics, Columbia University
Time: 4:20 to 6:10 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Columbia Law School, Jerome L. Greene Hall, Room 102
Contact: Annemarie Eimicke, aeimicke@ei.columbia.edu
MPA Environmental Science and Policy Information Session
Speaker: Steven Cohen, Director, MPA Environmental Science and Policy; Executive Director, The Earth Institute, Columbia University
Time: 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, International Affairs Building, Room 1501
Contact: Audrey Lapiner, ael2130@columbia.edu
RSVP: Register
Wednesday, November 11
CERC Information Session: Summer Ecosystem Experiences for Undergraduates (SEE-U)
Speaker: Desmond Beirne, Program Associate, Summer Ecosystem Experiences for Undergraduates (SEE-U), Center for Environmental Research and Conservation (CERC)
Time: 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Schermerhorn Extension, 1015
Contact: Desmond Beirne, djb2104@columbia.edu or call (212) 854-0149
Web Site: http://www.cerc.columbia.edu
LDEO MG&G and SG&T Seminar Series: Stability of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet Margins Since the Mid Miocene: New Insights from Iceberg-Rafted Debris
Speaker: Trevor Williams, Research Scientist, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, The Earth Institute, Columbia University
Time: 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Marine Biology/Seismology Building, Seminar Room, 2nd Floor
Contact: Eunseo Choi, echoi@ldeo.columbia.edu or call (845) 365-8813
MPA in Development Practice Information Session
Speaker: Glenn Denning, Director, MPA in Development Practice; Professor of Professional Practice, Faculty of International and Public Affairs; Associate Director, Center for Globalization and Sustainable Development, The Earth Institute, Columbia University
Time: 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, International Affairs Building, Picker Center Conference Room
Contact: Catherine Q. Aldrich, cqa2@columbia.edu or call (212) 854-9610
RSVP: Register
Web Site: http://sipa.columbia.edu/mdp
Thursday, November 12
LDEO MG&G and SG&T Seminar Series: Understanding the Impact of Surface Melt on Ice Sheet Change in Greenland
Speaker: Ginny Catania, Research Associate, Institute of Geophysics, University of Texas
Time: 10:00 to 11:00 a.m.
Location: Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Marine Biology/Seismology Building, Seminar Room, 2nd Floor
Contact: Eunseo Choi, echoi@ldeo.columbia.edu or call (845) 365-8813
Open Data and the Future of Funded Research
Speakers: John Wilbanks, Vice President, Science Commons; Robert Chen, Director, Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), The Earth Institute, Columbia University
Andrew G. Rundle, Professor of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
Time: 12:30 to 2:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus Alfred Lerner Hall, Room 555
Contact: Kathryn Pope, kp2002@columbia.edu
Web Site: http://scholcomm.columbia.edu/
CERC Information Session: Evening Certificate in Conservation Biology
Speaker: Desmond Beirne, Program Associate, Evening Certificate Program in Conservation Biology, Center for Environmental Research and Conservation (CERC)
Time: 3:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Schermerhorn Extension, Room 1015
Contact: Desmond Beirne, djb2104@columbia.edu or call (212) 854-0149
Web Site: http://www.cerc.columbia.edu
CSSR Seminar Series: Ecology and Belief in Papua New Guinea
Speaker: Paige West, Pacific Curator, American Museum of Natural History; Associate Professor, Anthropology, Barnard College and Columbia University
Time: 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Schapiro CEPSR Building, Davis Auditorium
Contact: Weiyi Mu, wm2170@columbia.edu
MA Program in Climate and Society Open House
Speakers: Various
Time: 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Schermerhorn, Room 603
Contact: Arezou Paksima, ar2393@columbia.edu or call (212) 854-9896
RSVP: Register
Web Site: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/climatesociety
Friday, November 13
DEES Open Thesis Defense: Radiogenic Isotopes as Tracers of Ocean Circulation and Sediment Transport - Ocean Modeling, Seawater Analysis, and Sediment Studies
Speaker: Kevin Jones, Graduate Student, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia University
Time: 10:00 to 11:00 a.m.
Location: Columbia University, Lamont Campus, Marine/Biology Seismology Building Seismology Seminar Room, Second Floor
Contact: Missy Pinckert, missy@ldeo.columbia.edu
LDEO Earth Science Colloquium: The Ocean Observatory Initiative: On the Threshold of Next Generation Ocean Science
Speaker: John Delaney, Professor of Oceanography, University of Washington; Principal Investigator and Director, Regional Scale Nodes Program; Jerome M. Paros Endowed Chair in Sensor Networks
Time: 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Monell Building Auditorium
Contact: Scott Nooner, snooner@ldeo.columbia.edu
Web Site: http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/news-events/earth-science-colloquium/2009-2010
