Featured Event

Tuesday, November 24

The National Academy of Engineering Grand Challenges: An Overview and Focus on Water
Speakers: Charles Vest, President, National Academy of Engineering, President Emeritus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Farouk El-Baz, Director, Center for Remote Sensing; Research Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Boston University
Time: 3:00 to 4:30 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, International Affairs Building, Room 1501
Contact: Betsy Ness-Edelstein, en2109@columbia.edu
RSVP: Register

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Monday, November 23

Managing Meteorological, Hydrological and Climate-related Disaster Risks in a Changing Climate - From International Agreements to Local Action
Speaker: Maryam Golnaraghi, Chief, Disaster Risk Reduction Programme, World Meteorological Organization
Time: 4:30 to 6:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Schermerhorn, Room 603
Contact: Maria Rise C Fullon, mrf2102@columbia.edu

Tuesday, November 24

The National Academy of Engineering Grand Challenges: An Overview and Focus on Water
Speakers: Charles Vest, President, National Academy of Engineering, President Emeritus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Farouk El-Baz, Director, Center for Remote Sensing; Research Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Boston University
Time: 3:00 to 4:30 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, International Affairs Building, Room 1501
Contact: Betsy Ness-Edelstein, en2109@columbia.edu
RSVP: Register

Earth Institute Practicum: Use of Remote Sensing and GIS in Sustainability Policy and Management
Speakers: Robert Chen, Senior Research Scientist; Director, Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN); Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) Manager, The Earth Institute, Columbia University; Marc Levy, Senior Staff Associate; Deputy Director, Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN); Associate Director for Science Applications, The Earth Institute, 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

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

Featured Events

Wednesday, November 4

Reinventing the Automobile: Personal Urban Mobility for the 21st Century
Speakers: Larry Burns, Former Vice President of Research & Development, General Motors; Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director, The Earth Institute, Columbia University
Time: 6:00 to 8:30 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Schapiro CEPSR Building, Davis Auditorium
Contact: Carey Russell, crussell@ei.columbia.edu or call 2128510241
RSVP: Register

Thursday, November 5

Earth Institute Seminars on Sustainable Development - Focus on Climate: Managing Carbon
Speakers: Ruth DeFries, Denning Family Professor of Sustainable Development; Columbia University; Klaus Lackner, Director, Lenfest Center for Sustainable Energy, The Earth Institute, Columbia University
Time: 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Faculty House, Garden Room 1, First Floor
Contact: Betsy Ness-Edelstein, en2109@columbia.edu
RSVP: Register
Web Site: http://www.earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/2552

This Week’s Events

Wednesday, November 4

Columbia Water Center Seminar: Mercury Methylation in Biofilms and Rapid Detection of Microbial Pollution in Water - Two Issues Relevant to Public Health Worldwide
Speaker: Jennifer A. Jay, Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California at Los Angeles
Time: 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, 924 Seeley W. Mudd Building
Contact: Samantha Tress, st2424@columbia.edu
RSVP: Register
Web Site: http://water.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: 12:00 to 1:00 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

LDEO MG&G and SG&T Seminar Series: The Effects of Data Quality in Travel-Time Tomography - Application to the Alpine Region
Speaker: Tobias Diehl, Post-Doctoral Research Scientist, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, The Earth Institute, Columbia University
Time: 12:10 to 1:10 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

Reinventing the Automobile: Personal Urban Mobility for the 21st Century
Speakers: Larry Burns, Former Vice President of Research & Development, General Motors; Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director, The Earth Institute, Columbia University
Time: 6:00 to 8:30 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Schapiro CEPSR Building, Davis Auditorium
Contact: Carey Russell, crussell@ei.columbia.edu or call 2128510241
RSVP: Register

From Thursday, November 5 through Friday, November 6

Fourth Columbia International Investment Conference: Foreign Direct Investment - The Global Crisis and Sustainable Recovery
Speakers: Lee C. Bollinger, President, Columbia University; Meg Kinnear, Secretary-General, International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID); Karin Lissakers, Director, Revenue Watch Institute; Robert Orr, Assistant Secretary-General, Strategic Planning Unit, Executive Office of the Secretary-General, United Nations; Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director, The Earth Institute, Columbia University; Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development, Columbia University; Manfred Schekulin, Chairperson, OECD Investment Committee; Joseph E. Stiglitz, University Professor, Columbia University; Kari Tapiola, Executive Director, International Labour Organization
Time: All Day Event
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Columbia Law School, Jerome L. Greene Hall, 435 West 116th Street at Amsterdam Avenue, Registration - Lobby Level, Conference - Mezzanine Level, Drapkin Lounge
Contact: Lisa Sachs, lsachs1@law.columbia.edu
Web Site: http://vcc.columbia.edu/events/

Thursday, November 5

Earth Institute Seminars on Sustainable Development - Focus on Climate: Managing Carbon
Speakers: Ruth DeFries, Denning Family Professor of Sustainable Development; Columbia University; Klaus Lackner, Director, Lenfest Center for Sustainable Energy, The Earth Institute, Columbia University
Time: 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Faculty House, Garden Room 1, First Floor
Contact: Betsy Ness-Edelstein, en2109@columbia.edu
RSVP: Register
Web Site: http://www.earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/2552

Friday, November 6

Columbia Water Center Seminar Series: Complexity and Emergence in Ecohydrologic Process Networks
Speaker: Praveen Kumar, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Time: 3:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, 833 Seeley W. Mudd Building
Contact: Samantha Tress, st2424@columbia.edu
RSVP: Register
Web Site: http://water.columbia.edu

LDEO Earth Science Colloquium: Why Scientists Are The Greatest People In This Or Any Other Universe and Why They Should Tell People About it?
Speaker: Claudia Dreifus, The New York Times
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

This Week’s Events

Monday, March 2

Jeffrey Sachs on Engineering and Sustainable Development
Speaker: Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director, The Earth Institute at Columbia University
Time: 3:00 to 5:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Schapiro CEPSR Building, Davis Auditorium
Contact: Earth Institute Events, events@ei.columbia.edu

Tuesday, March 3

Columbia Water Center Seminar Series: Water for Profit - An Industry Perspective
Speaker: Gregoire Landel, SEAS 2005 Professor of Engineering; Water and Sanitation International Consultant
Time: 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, 750 Schapiro CEPSR Building
Contact: Columbia Water Center, watercenter@columbia.edu or call (212) 851-5695
RSVP: Register

Wednesday, March 4

LDEO Joint MG&G and SG&T 2009 Seminar Series: Marine Gas Hydrates in Thin Sands that Mop Up Biogenic Methane
Speaker: Alberto Malinverno, Senior Research Scientist, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Time: 12:10 to 1:10 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Marine Biology/Seismology Building, Seismology Seminar Room, 2nd Floor
Contact: Timothy J Crone, tjc2129@columbia.edu

Thursday, March 5

IGERT Joint Program Spring Colloquium: Intensities of Precipitation and Extratropical Storms Under Climate Change
Speaker: Paul O’Gorman, Assistant Professor of Atmospheric Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.)
Time: 2:45 to 3:45 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Seeley W. Mudd Building, Room 214
Contact: Jennifer Cho, jc2305@columbia.edu
Web Site: http://www.appmath.columbia.edu/igert

Earth Institute Seminars on Sustainable Development: Greening the Urban Economy
Speakers: Elliott Sclar, Director, Center for Sustainable Urban Development, The Earth Institute at Columbia University; Professor, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University; Patricia Culligan, Professor, Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science; Joan Fitzgerald, Director, Law, Policy and Society Program, Northeastern University; Jack McGourty, Director, Center for Technology, Innovation and Community Engagement (CTICE), Columbia University; Associate Dean, Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science, Columbia University; Robert Crauderueff, Policy Director, Sustainable South Bronx; Nilda Mesa, Assistant Vice President, Environmental Stewardship, Columbia University; Adjunct Professor, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University; Janna Olson, Executive Director, Win-Win Campaign, Envirolution
Time: 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, International Affairs Building, Room 1501
Contact: Scott Andrews, sandrews@ei.columbia.edu or call (212) 854-1298

Friday, March 6

IRI Seminar: Towards the Probabilistic Earth-System Model
Speaker: Tim Palmer, European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF)
Time: 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Lamont Campus, Monell Building Auditorium
Contact: Maria Rise C Fullon, mrf2102@columbia.edu

LDEO Earth Science Colloquium: The Greenhouse Gas Increases in Recent Millennia Were NOT Natural
Speaker: William F. Ruddiman, Professor Emeritus, Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia
Time: 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Monell Building Auditorium
Contact: Natalie Boelman, nboelman@ldeo.columbia.edu
Web Site: http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/news-events/earth-science-colloquium/2008-2009

Saturday, March 7

Earth Class (E2C) Workshops for Teachers: An Introduction to Global Climate Models
Speakers: Michael Revidi, Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory; Michael J. Passow, Adjunct Associate Research Scientist, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Lamont Campus, Marine Biology & Seismology Building, Seismology Seminar Room, 2nd Floor
Contact: Michael Passow, michael@earth2class.org

I am writing to alert you to efforts underway this morning to zero out a large portion of the science funding from the Senate American Reinvestment and Recovery Act as a part of a $77.9B reduction effort led by Senators Ben Nelson (D-NE) and Susan Collins (R-ME).

As you know better than most, science and technology are responsible for half of the economic development of the United States since WWII and yet, if current trends hold, some, such as the Business Round table, have predicted that 90% of all scientists and engineers will live in Asia within 5 years.

The United States simply MUST renew our investment in the single greatest economic engine this country has ever known. Small federal investments in scientific research have helped produce things like the internet and the transistor that have consistently delivered multi-trillion dollar economies.

The United States is at a critical juncture, and if this concerns you we suggest now would be a time to contact your Senators and urge them to support science funding. Here is what is being proposed to be cut from the bill, according to TPM:

NASA exploration $750,000,000 = 50%

NSF $1,402,000,000 = 100%

NOAA $427,000,000 = 34.94%

NIST $218,000,000 = 37.91%

DOE energy efficiency & renewable energy $1,000,000,000 = 38% DOE office of science $100,000,000 = 100%

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Monday, December 8

LDEO Division of Seismology, Geology & Tectonophysics Seminar Series: Long Wavelength Convection and Poiseuille-Couette Flow in the Low-Viscosity Asthenosphere
Speaker: Tobias Hoeink, Department of Earth Science, Rice University
Time: 11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m.
Location: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Marine Biology/Seismology Building Seminar Room, 2nd Floor
Contact: Dana J. Miller, djm2165@columbia.edu or call (845) 365-8384

Tuesday, December 9

MA in Climate and Society: What’s the Big Deal about One Degree?
Speakers: Various
Time: 7:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Location: White Plains Library, 100 Martine Avenue White Plains, New York
Contact: Arezou Raeisghasem, ar2393@columbia.edu
Web Site: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/climatesociety/news.html

Wednesday, December 10

DEES Thesis Proposal: Inferences About Melt Transport, Chemical Processes, and the Mantle Source at Mid-Ocean Ridges from Spatial Trends in the Geochemical Variability of MORB Lavas and Mantle Residues
Speaker: Martin Collier, Graduate Student, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences (DEES), Columbia University
Time: 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Lamont Campus, Marine Biology/Seismology Building, Seismology Seminar Room, 2nd floor
Contact: Missy Pinckert, missy@ldeo.columbia.edu

Thursday, December 11

IRI Seminar: Evaluation of Air Temperature Retrieval from Remotely Sensed Data
Speaker: Christelle Vancutsem, Visiting Research Scientist, Remote Sensing, International Research Institute for Climate and Society
Time: 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Lamont Campus, Monell Building Auditorium
Contact: IRI Seminars, seminar@iri.columbia.edu
Web Site: http://iri.columbia.edu

MA in Climate and Society: Did ‘We’ Do That? Natural and Man-made Causes of Climate Change
Speakers: Various
Time: 6:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Location: Bloomingdale Public Library, 150 W. 100th Street, New York City
Contact: Arezou Raeisghasem, ar2393@columbia.edu
Web Site: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/climatesociety/news.html

Friday, December 12

LDEO Earth Science Colloquium: Complex Systems: Finance, Climate, and Faust
Speaker: Berrien Moore III, Professor, Biogeochemical Modeling/Inverse Method, University of New Hampshire
Time: 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Monell Building Auditorium,
Contact: Natalie Boelman, nboelman@ldeo.columbia.edu
Web Site: http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/news-events/events/colloquium

Saturday, December 13

Earth2Class (E2C) Workshops for Teachers: The GAMBIT Project and Other Lamont Antarctic Investigations
Speakers: Margie Turrin, Education Coordinator, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory; Michael J. Passow, Adjunct Associate Research Scientist, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Marine Biology & Seismology Building, Seismology Seminar Room, 2nd Floor
Contact: Michael Passow, michael@earth2class.org

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Thursday, December 18

IRI Seminar: Climate, Forecast and Impacts Briefing

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Featured Events

Wednesday, December 3

Office of Academic and Research Programs: Energy Efficiency—What Really Works?
Speakers: Bridgett Neely, Vice President of Energy Efficiency, New York City Economic Development Corporation; Lloyd Kass, Director, Energy Department, New York City Housing Authority;Jay Bhalla, President, Willdan Energy Solutions (aka Intergy Corporation); Moderated by Steve Cohen, Executive Director, The Earth Institute at Columbia University; Director, Master of Public Administration Program in Environmental Science and Policy & Environmental Policy Concentration, School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University
Time: 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Alfred Lerner Hall, Satow Room (5th Floor)
Contact: Amanda R. Christie, arc2140@columbia.edu or call (212) 854-3142
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Thursday, December 4

Earth Institute Seminars on Sustainable Development: Ecosystems - Do We Need Them?
Speakers: Ruth DeFries, Denning Family Professor in Sustainable Development, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology; Columbia University; Shahid Naeem, Director of Science, Center for Environmental Research and Conservation; Professor and Department Chair, Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology, Columbia University; Marc Levy, Deputy Director, Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), The Earth Institute at Columbia University; Natalie Boelman, Storke-Doherty Lecturer, Division of Biology and Paleo Environment, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Time: 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Alfred Lerner Hall, Satow Room (5th Floor)
Contact: Scott Andrews, sandrews@ei.columbia.edu

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Tuesday, November 25

IRI Seminar: The Muted Precipitation Increase in Global Warming Simulations: A Surface Evaporation Perspective
Speaker: Ingo Richter, International Pacific Research Center, University of Hawaii
Time: 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Lamont Campus, Monell Building - Room 205, Palisades, NY
Contact: Maria Rise C Fullon, mrf2102@columbia.edu

A Preview of Next Week’s Events

Monday, December 1

LDEO Division of Seismology, Geology & Tectonophysics Seminar Series: Can We Do Seismology With GPS?

MA in Climate and Society: Breaking the Ice - Carbon, Climate, and Change

Wednesday, December 3

LDEO Joint MG&G – SG&T 2008 Seminar Series: Marine Gas Hydrates in Thin Sands That Mop Up Biogenic Methane

LDEO Division of Geochemistry Seminar Series: Combined U-Series and Oxygen Isotope Chronology of a Mid-Pleistocene Lacustrine Sequence - the Amora Formation Dead Sea Basin, Israel

DEES Open Thesis Defense: Production and Climate Effects on Ice-Core Beryllium - 10

Office of Academic and Research Programs: Energy Efficiency—What Really Works?

Columbia Water Center Seminar Series: Global Drought: Analyses of Past, Present, and Future Drought

CSSR Fall Seminar Series: America for Americans - Immigration and the Politicizing of Genetics

Thursday, December 4

IGERT Joint Program Fall Colloquium: The Continuum of Atmospheric Teleconnection Patterns

Earth Institute Seminars on Sustainable Development: Ecosystems - Do We Need Them?

MPA in Environmental Science and Policy Open House

MA in Climate and Society: How Certain Can We Be About Climate Change?

Friday, December 5

LDEO Earth Science Colloquium: “Changing Dynamics of Tropical Deforestation and Atmospheric Carbon Emissions: Science Meets Policy”?

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Wednesday, November 19

Earth Institute Fellows Symposium
Speakers: Earth Institute Fellows; Introduction by Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director, The Earth Institute at Columbia University
Time: 1:30 to 5:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Alfred Lerner Hall, Room 555
Contact: Events, events@ei.columbia.edu or call (212) 854-8158
RSVP: Register

Thursday, November 20

Master of Public Administration in Development Practice Information Session
Speakers: Various
Time: 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, International Affairs Building, 420 West 118th Street, Room 1501
Contact: Noura Bakkour, nb2321@columbia.edu or call (212) 854-3142

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Monday, November 17

Columbia Superfund Basic Research Program November Seminar
Speakers: Richard Pilsner, Robert Wood Johnston Fellow, University of Michigan; Matthew Polizzotto, School of Earth Sciences, Stanford University
Time: 3:00 to 5:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University Lamont Campus Lamont Hall, First Floor Conference Room
Contact: Meredith Golden, mg587@columbia.edu
Web Site: http://superfund.ciesin.columbia.edu/niehsEvents/

The Climate Center Lecturer Series: The Flow of Energy Through the Climate System - Part I
Speaker: Kevin E. Trenberth, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
Time: 3:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Gary C. Comer Geochemistry Building First Floor Seminar Room
Contact: Beate Liepert, liepert@ldeo.columbia.edu or call (845) 365-8870
Web Site: http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/climatecenter/climate-center-lecturer-series/2008trenberthkevin

University Lecture: Nature, Knowledge, and our National Identity - Notes from an Increasingly Lonely Planet
Speaker: Shahid Naeem, Chair, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology (E3B); Director of Science, Center for Environmental Research and Conservation (CERC)
Time: 6:15 to 7:30 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, The Rotunda, Low Memorial Library
Contact: University Programs and Events, universityprograms@columbia.edu

Tuesday, November 18

Sustainable Development at Columbia University: Human Rights and Sustainable Development
Speaker: Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director, The Earth Institute at Columbia University
Time: 4:30 to 6:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Jerome L. Greene Hall, room 104
Contact: Columbia Law School, hri@law.columbia.edu

Wednesday, November 19

The Politics of Food: A Conference on New York’s Next Policy Challenge
Speakers: Michael R. Bloomberg, Mayor, City of New York; Father Miguel d’Escoto Brockman, President, United Nations General Assembly; Maya Wiley, Director, Center for Social Inclusion; Thomas Forster, New School Food Studies Program
Time: 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Alfred Lerner Hall, Roone Arledge Auditorium
Contact: Politics of Food Conference, conference@manhattanbp.org
Web Site: http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/food

Office of Academic and Research Programs: Geospatial Applications Brownbag
Speaker: Mark Becker, Senior Staff Associate, Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)
Time: 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, School of International and Public Affairs Room 801
Contact: Amanda Christie, arc2140@columbia.edu
RSVP: Register

LDEO Division of Geochemistry Seminar Series
Speaker: Kevin Jones, Graduate Student, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia University
Time: 1:30 to 3:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Gary C. Comer Geochemistry Building, First Floor Seminar Room
Contact: David McGee, dmcgee@ldeo.columbia.edu
Web Site: http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~dmcgee/GeochemSeminar/Home.html

Earth Institute Fellows Symposium
Speakers: Earth Institute Fellows; Introduction by Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director, The Earth Institute at Columbia University
Time: 1:30 to 5:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Alfred Lerner Hall, Room 555
Contact: Events, events@ei.columbia.edu or call (212) 854-8158
RSVP: Register

The Climate Center Lecturer Series: The Flow of Energy Through the Climate System - Part II
Speaker: Kevin E. Trenberth, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
Time: 2:00 to 3:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, NASA/Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) Armstrong Hall, 3rd Floor Conference Room
Contact: Gavin Schmidt, gschmidt@giss.nasa.gov or call (212) 678-5627
Web Site: http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/climatecenter/climate-center-lecturer-series/2008trenberthkevin

Columbia Water Center Seminar Series: Urban Impacts on Precipitation - An Intercomparison of the New York City and Beijing Metropolitan Regions
Speaker: James Smith, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Director, Program in Geological Engineering; Director, Program in Environmental Engineering and Water Resources, Princeton University
Time: 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, 924 Seeley W. Mudd Building
Contact: Columbia Water Center, watercenter@columbia.edu
RSVP: Register

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Information Session
Speakers: Various
Time: 4:30 to 6:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Alfred Lerner Hall, Satow Room (5th floor)
Contact: Betsy Ness-Edelstein, betsy@ei.columbia.edu or call (212) 854-2525
RSVP: Register

CSSR Fall Seminar Series: Mother-Infant Interactions
Speaker: Beatrice Beebe, Clinical Professor of Medical Psychology (in Psychiatry), College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University Medical Center, New York State Psychiatric Institute; Professor, Columbia Psychoanalytic Center, Institute for the Psychoanalytic Study of Subjectivity, NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis
Time: 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Schapiro CEPSR Building, Davis Auditorium
Contact: Ossian Foley, opf1@columbia.edu
Web Site: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cssr/upcoming_cssr_calendar.html

Thursday, November 20

The Climate Center Lecturer Series: The Global Water Cycle and Its Changes
Speaker: Kevin E. Trenberth, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
Time: 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Monell Building Auditorium
Contact: Arthur Greene, amg@iri.columbia.edu or call (845) 680-4436
Web Site: http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/climatecenter/climate-center-lecturer-series/2008trenberthkevin

IGERT Joint Program 2008 Colloquium: Towards an Objective Evaluation of Climate Model Performance
Speaker: Thomas Reichler, Assistant Professor, Department of Meteorology, University of Utah
Time: 2:45 to 3:45 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Seeley W. Mudd Building, Room 214
Contact: Jennifer Cho, jc2305@columbia.edu
Web Site: http://www.appmath.columbia.edu/igert

Master of Public Administration in Development Practice Information Session
Speakers: Various
Time: 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, International Affairs Building, 420 West 118th Street, Room 1501
Contact: Noura Bakkour, nb2321@columbia.edu or call (212) 854-3142

Friday, November 21

IRI Seminar: Climate, Forecast and Impacts Briefing
Speakers: Various
Time: 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Lamont Campus, Monell Building Auditorium
Contact: Maria Rise C Fullon, mrf2102@columbia.edu

LDEO Earth Science Colloquium: Resetting Thermochronology of Near-Surface Processes
Speaker: Peter Reiners, Associate Professor, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona
Time: 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Lamont-DohertyEarth Observatory, Monell Building Auditorium
Contact: Natalie Boelman, nboelman@ldeo.columbia.edu
Web Site: http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/news-events/events/colloquium

LDEO Earth Science Colloquium
Speaker: Peter Reiners, Associate Professor, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona
Time: 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Monell Building Auditorium
Contact: Natalie Boelman, nboelman@ldeo.columbia.edu
Web Site: http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu

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Tuesday, October 14

Master of Public Administration in Development Practice (MDP) Information Session
Speaker: Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director, The Earth Institute at Columbia University; Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development; Professor of Health Policy and Management, Columbia University; Special Advisor to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
Time: 6:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Kent Hall, Room 413
Contact: Noura Bakkour, nb2321@columbia.edu or call (212) 854-3142

Monday, October 20

Can We Save the World Economy? A Conversation with George Soros, Nouriel Roubini, and Jeffrey Sachs
Speakers: George Soros, Founder and Chairman, Open Society Institute; Chairman, Soros Fund Management, LLC; Nouriel Roubini, Professor of Economics and International Business, Stern School of Business, New York University; Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director, The Earth Institute at Columbia University; Special Advisor to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon; John Roberts, Anchor, American Morning, CNN
Time: 3:30 to 5:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Miller Theater, 2960 Broadway (at 116th Street)
Contact: Earth Institute Events, events@ei.columbia.edu
RSVP: Register

Environmental and Sustainable Development Programs Open House
Speakers: Various
Time: 4:00 to 6:30 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Low Memorial Library, The Rotunda
Contact: Betsy Ness-Edelstein, betsy@ei.columbia.edu or call (212) 854-2525
RSVP: Register
Web Site: http://www.earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/2242

This Week’s Events

Monday, October 13

Office of Academic and Research Programs: Probing the Depths of the World’s Biggest Problems with a PhD in Oceanography
Speaker: Philip Orton, PhD Candidate, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences; Division of Ocean and Climate Physics, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, The Earth Institute at Columbia University
Time: 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Schermerhorn Extension, Room 555
Contact: Ali Frohman, afrohman@ei.columbia.edu or call (212) 854-5193

Tuesday, October 14

Master of Public Administration in Development Practice (MDP) Information Session
Speaker: Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director, The Earth Institute at Columbia University; Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development; Professor of Health Policy and Management, Columbia University; Special Advisor to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
Time: 6:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Kent Hall, Room 413
Contact: Noura Bakkour, nb2321@columbia.edu or call (212) 854-3142

Wednesday, October 15

LDEO Division of Marine Geology & Geophysics 2008 Seminar Series: Report on the First 3D MCS Survey of the M. G. Langseth - Imaging the Magmatic-hydrothermal System at the EPR 9 50′N
Speaker: Suzanne M. Carbotte, Bruce C. Heezen Senior Research Scientist, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Time: 12:10 to 1:10 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Seismology Building, Seismology Seminar Room, 2nd Floor
Contact: Timothy Crone, crone@ldeo.columbia.edu or call (845) 365-8687

Thursday, October 16

IRI Seminar: Climate, Forecast and Impacts Briefing
Speakers: Various
Time: 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Lamont Campus, Monell Building Auditorium
Contact: Maria Rise C Fullon, mrf2102@columbia.edu

IGERT Joint Program Fall Colloquium: Melting and Melting Migration in a Heterogeneous Mantle
Speaker: Yan Liang, Brown University
Time: 2:45 to 3:45 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Seeley W. Mudd Building, Room 214
Contact: Jennifer Cho, jc2305@columbia.edu
Web Site: http://www.appmath.columbia.edu/igert

Friday, October 17

LDEO Earth Science Colloquium
TBD
Time: 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Monell Building Auditorium
Contact: Natalie Boelman, nboelman@ldeo.columbia.edu
Web Site: http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/news-events/events/colloquium

Saturday, October 18

Earth2Class (E2C) Workshops for Teachers: CO2 and Climate Change Prediction
Speakers: Taro Takahashi, Doherty Senior Scholar, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory; Michael J. Passow, Adjunct Associate Research Scientist, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Marine Biology & Seismology Building, Seismology Seminar Room, 2nd Floor
Contact: Michael Passow, michael@earth2class.org

A Preview of Next Week’s Events

Monday, October 20

Can We Save the World Economy? A Conversation with George Soros, Nouriel Roubini, and Jeffrey Sachs

Environmental and Sustainable Development Programs Open House

Tuesday, October 21

EcoSecurities Information Session

Wednesday, October 22

Carbon Sequestration Panel

Thursday, October 23

IRI Seminar: Verification of the First 10 years of African Regional Climate Outlook Forum Forecasts

IGERT Joint Program Fall Colloquium: “Enabling Sustainable Development of Fossil Fuel Energy Conversion Systems: Carbon Mineral Sequestration”

Millennium Villages Seminar Series: The Millennium Villages Project - Improving the Health of the Developing World

Columbia University and the Global Sustainability Challenge

Friday, October 24

LDEO Division of Biology and Paleo Environment Seminar Series: The CAMP - Earth’s Largest Flood Basalt Province - and You’re Sitting on It

LDEO Earth Science Colloquium

Featured Events

Monday, October 6

MPA in Environmental Science and Policy Open House
Speaker: Steve Cohen, Director, MPA in Environmental Science and Policy, Executive Director, The Earth Institute at Columbia University
Time: 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, 1512 International Affairs Building
Contact: Office of Academic and Research Programs, ei-students@ei.columbia.edu

Thursday, October 9

The Kyoto Mechanisms - Key to Combating Climate Change? - A Discussion
Speakers: John Drexhage, Director, Climate Change and Energy, International Institute for Sustainable Development; Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change; Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director, The Earth Institute at Columbia University
Time: 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Alfred Lerner Hall, Room 555
Contact: Earth Institute Events, events@ei.columbia.edu
RSVP: Register

Friday, October 10

International Commission on Education for Sustainable Development Practice: Launch Event
Speakers: Jonathan Fanton, President, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation; Freddie Kwesiga, Coordinator, African Water Facility, African Development Bank; John McArthur, Executive Director, Millennium Promise; Rajendra Pachauri, Nobel Laureate and Chair, Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change; Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director, The Earth Institute at Columbia University
Time: 9:00 to 10:30 a.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, The Italian Academy, 1161 Amsterdam Avenue
Contact: Earth Institute Events, mdp-info@ei.columbia.edu
RSVP: Register

Monday, October 13

Office of Academic and Research Programs: Probing the Depths of the World’s Biggest Problems with a PhD in Oceanography
Speaker: Philip Orton, PhD Candidate, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences; Division of Ocean and Climate Physics, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, The Earth Institute at Columbia University
Time: 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Schermerhorn Extension, Room 555
Contact: Ali Frohman, afrohman@ei.columbia.edu or call (212) 854-5193
RSVP: Register

This Week’s Events

Monday, October 6

IRI Seminar: Graphical Models with a Bayesian Twist for Modelling of Rainfall
Speaker: Sergey Kirshner, Professor, Department of Statistics, Purdue University
Time: 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Lamont Campus, Monell Building, Room 205
Contact: Maria Rise C Fullon, mrf2102@columbia.edu

MPA in Environmental Science and Policy Open House
Speaker: Steve Cohen, Director, MPA in Environmental Science and Policy, Executive Director, The Earth Institute at Columbia University
Time: 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, 1512 International Affairs Building
Contact: Office of Academic and Research Programs, ei-students@ei.columbia.edu

Tuesday, October 7

IRI Workshop: Technical Issues in Index Insurance
Speakers: Various
Time: All Day Event
Location: Columbia University, Lamont Campus, Monell Building Auditorium
Contact: Sandy Vitelli, sandyv@iri.columbia.edu
Web Site: http://iri.columbia.edu/events/indexinsurance_workshop

Office of Academic and Research Programs: Malcolm Pirnie Information Session
Speaker: James M. Callahan, PE, Manager, Building Design Department, Malcolm Pirnie
Time: 7:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, International Affairs Building, Room 1118
Contact: Betsy Ness-Edelstein, betsy@ei.columbia.edu or call (212) 854-2525

Wednesday, October 8

LDEO Division of Seismology, Geology and Tectonophysics Seminar Series: Geodetic Observation and Modeling of the Present-Day Response of the Earth to Historical Climate Change.”
Speaker: James L. Davis, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Time: 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Geochemistry Seminar Room
Contact: Dana J. Miller, djm2165@columbia.edu or call (845) 365-8384

LDEO Marine Geology & Geophysics 2008 Seminar Series: Report on the First 3D MCS Survey of the M. G. Langseth - Imaging the Magmatic-Hydrothermal System at the EPR 9 50′N
Speakers: John C. Mutter, Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia University; Suzanne Carbotte, Doherty Research Scientist, Division of Marine Geology and Geophysics, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Time: 12:10 to 1:10 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Marine Biology/Seismology Building, Seismology Seminar Room
Contact: Timothy Crone, crone@ldeo.columbia.edu or call (845) 365-8687

Thursday, October 9

The Kyoto Mechanisms - Key to Combating Climate Change? - A Discussion
Speakers: John Drexhage, Director, Climate Change and Energy, International Institute for Sustainable Development; Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change; Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director, The Earth Institute at Columbia University
Time: 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Alfred Lerner Hall, Room 555
Contact: Earth Institute Events, events@ei.columbia.edu
RSVP: Register

IGERT Joint Program Fall Colloquium: Modern Weather Forecasting: A Status Report and Scientific Opportunities
Speaker: Lance Bosart, Distinguished Professor, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, State University of New York at Albany
Time: 2:45 to 3:45 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Seeley W. Mudd Building, Room 214
Contact: Jennifer Cho, jc2305@columbia.edu
Web Site: http://www.appmath.columbia.edu/igert

Friday, October 10

International Commission on Education for Sustainable Development Practice: Launch Event
Speakers: Jonathan Fanton, President, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation; Freddie Kwesiga, Coordinator, African Water Facility, African Development Bank; John McArthur, Executive Director, Millennium Promise; Rajendra Pachauri, Nobel Laureate and Chair, Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change; Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director, The Earth Institute at Columbia University
Time: 9:00 to 10:30 a.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, The Italian Academy, 1161 Amsterdam Avenue
Contact: Earth Institute Events, mdp-info@ei.columbia.edu
RSVP: Register

LDEO Earth Science Colloquium: The Hot Seat: Making Sense of Global Warming, from the North Pole to the White House
Speaker: Andrew Revkin, Senior Science Writer, The New York Times
Time: 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Monell Building Auditorium
Contact: Natalie Boelman, nboelman@ldeo.columbia.edu
Web Site: http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/news-events/events/colloquium

A Preview of Next Week’s Events

Monday, October 13

Office of Academic and Research Programs: Probing the Depths of the World’s Biggest Problems with a PhD in Oceanography

Wednesday, October 15

IRI Seminar: Climate, Forecast and Impacts Briefing

Thursday, October 16

IGERT Joint Program Fall Colloquium: Melting and Melting Migration in a Heterogeneous Mantle

Friday, October 17

LDEO Earth Science Colloquium

Saturday, October 18

Earth2Class (E2C) Workshops for Teachers: CO2 and Climate Change Prediction

Directions to Columbia University

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