Featured Events

Monday, January 25

CERC Sustainable Investing Lecture
Speaker: Mark Fulton, Climate Change Chief Strategist, Deutsche Bank
Time: 6:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Uris Hall, Room 140
Contact: Paige Olmsted, plo2101@columbia.edu or call (212) 854-8664
RSVP: Register

Thursday, January 28

School of Continuing Education Graduate Program Fair
Speakers: Various
Time: 5:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Low Memorial Library, The Rotunda
Contact: School of Continuing Education, ce-info@columbia.edu
Web Site: http://www.ce.columbia.edu

This Week’s Events

Monday, January 25

CERC Sustainable Investing Lecture
Speaker: Mark Fulton, Climate Change Chief Strategist, Deutsche Bank
Time: 6:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Uris Hall, Room 140
Contact: Paige Olmsted, plo2101@columbia.edu or call (212) 854-8664
RSVP: Register

Tuesday, January 26

Earth Institute Practicum:Global Progress in Ending Hunger and Undernutrition
Speaker: Jessica Fanzo, Nutrition Coordinator, Millennium Villages Project; Nutrition Director, Center for Global Health and Economic Development, 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

CERC Information Session: Summer Ecosystem Experiences for Undergraduates (SEE-U)
Speaker: Desmond Beirne, Program Coordinator, Summer Ecosystem Experiences for Undergraduates (SEE-U), Center for Environmental Research and Conservation (CERC), The Earth Institute, Columbia University
Time: 5:30 to 6:30 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

Wednesday, January 27

CERC Information Session: Inquire Institute
Speaker: Rob Quatrone, Education Programs Associate, Center for Environmental Research and Conservation (CERC), The Earth Institute, Columbia University
Time: 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University Morningside Campus Schermerhorn Extension, Room 1015
Contact: Rob Quatrone, rpq1@columbia.edu or call (212) 854-2992
Web Site: http://www.cerc.columbia.edu

LDEO MG&G and SG&T Seminar Series - Earth Surface Processes in Time Space
Speaker: Christopher Small, Doherty Senior Research Scientist, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Time: 12:10 to 1:19 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

Thursday, January 28

School of Continuing Education Graduate Program Fair
Speakers: Various
Time: 5:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Low Memorial Library, The Rotunda
Contact: School of Continuing Education, ce-info@columbia.edu
Web Site: http://www.ce.columbia.edu

Friday, January 29

CICR: Environment, Natural resources and Eco-tourism: Tools for Peace Building, State Building and Sustainable Development The Balkans in Focus, with Comparative Perspectives
Speakers: Various
Time: All Day Event
Location: Columbia Universiity, Morningside Campus, International Affairs Building, Room 1501
Contact: Daniel Perdomo, dp2462@columbia.edu
Web Site: http://calendar.columbia.edu/sundial/webapi/get.php?brand=sipa&id=37448&vt=detail&context=standalone#

LDEO Division of Ocean and Climate Physics (DOCP) Seminar: Radiative Feedbacks on Global Precipitation
Speaker: Michael Previdi, Doherty Associate Research Scientist, Climate Dynamics, Division of Ocean and Climate Physic (DOCP), Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Time: 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Gary C. Comer Geochemistry Building, Seminar Room, First Floor
Contact: Colin Kelley, cpk2111@columbia.edu

IRI Seminar: Application of RegCM3 in Regional Climate and Climate Change Studies over China
Speaker: Xuejie Gao, Chief Scientist, Beijing Climate Center
Time: 2:00 to 3:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Lamont Campus, Monell Building, Room 205
Contact: Maria Rise C Fullon, mrf2102@columbia.edu

CERC Information Session: Summer Ecosystem Experiences for Undergraduates (SEE-U)
Speaker: Desmond Beirne, Program Coordinator, Summer Ecosystem Experiences for Undergraduates (SEE-U), Center for Environmental Research and Conservation (CERC)
Time: 2:00 to 3:00 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 Earth Science Colloquium: Rupturing Continental Lithosphere in the Main Ethiopian Rift - A Hot Plume Meets a Cold Craton
Speaker: Simon Klemperer, Professor, Stanford University
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

A Preview of Next Week’s Events

Tuesday, February 2

Earth Institute Practicum: Earth Institute Overview

CERC Information Session: Summer Ecosystem Experiences for Undergraduates (SEE-U)

Friday, February 5

CERC Information Session: Summer Ecosystem Experiences for Undergraduates (SEE-U)

Columbia Water Center & Earth and Environmental Engineering Seminar Series: The World’s Water Crisis - Peak Water and Moving To a Sustainable World

LDEO Earth Science Colloquium

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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

Featured Event

Tuesday, February 17

Soil Knowledge for a Sustainable Planet: Inaugurating GlobalSoilMap.net
Speakers: Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director, The Earth Institute at Columbia University; Special Advisor to the UN Secretary-General; Pedro Sanchez, Director, Africa Soil Information System; Director, Tropical Agriculture and Rural Development Program, The Earth Institute at Columbia University
Time: 10:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Casa Italiana, the Teatro
Contact: Earth Institute Events, events@ei.columbia.edu
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This Week’s Events

Tuesday, February 17

Soil Knowledge for a Sustainable Planet: Inaugurating GlobalSoilMap.net
Speakers: Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director, The Earth Institute at Columbia University; Special Advisor to the UN Secretary-General; Pedro Sanchez, Director, Africa Soil Information System; Director, Tropical Agriculture and Rural Development Program, The Earth Institute at Columbia University
Time: 10:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Casa Italiana, the Teatro
Contact: Earth Institute Events, events@ei.columbia.edu
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Wednesday, February 18

DEES Seminar Series: Physical Consistency in Subgrid-Scale Parameterization for Climate Models
Speaker: Tiffany A Shaw, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Canada
Time: 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Lamont Campus, Monell Building Auditorium
Contact: DEES Office, mia@ldeo.columbia.edu

LDEO MG&G and SG&T Seminar Series: Atmospheric, Crustal and Parameterization Errors - At What Point do They Significantly Affect our Models of Moderate to Large Earthquakes?
Speaker: Rowena Lohman, Assistant Professor, Cornell University
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

Millennium Villages Student Research Showcase
Speakers: Various
Time: 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Alfred Lerner Hall, Room 555
Contact: Scott Andrews, sandrews@ei.columbia.edu or call (212) 854-1298

LDEO Division of Geochemistry Seminar Series: The Redistribution of Global Rainfall During the Last 25,000 Years
Speaker: Wallace S. Broecker, Newberry Professor 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

Thursday, February 19

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

Columbia Water Center Seminar: Will China Run Out Of Water?
Speaker: Chunmiao Zheng, Professor of Hydrogeology; SSPA Faculty Fellow; 2009 Birdsall-Dreiss Distinguished Lecturer, University of Alabama
Time: 1:00 to 2:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, 924 Seeley W. Mudd Building
Contact: Columbia Water Center, watercenter@columbia.edu or call (212) 851-5695
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IGERT Joint Program Spring Colloquium: Convectively Coupled Equatorial Waves and the MJO
Speaker: Zhiming Kuang, Harvard 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

Earth Institute Seminars on Sustainable Development: Food Production and Hunger
Speaker: Pedro Sanchez, Director, Tropical Agriculture and Rural Environment Program, The Earth Institute at Columbia University; Cheryl Palm, Senior Research Scientist, International Research Institute for Climate and Society; Associate Director, Center for Globalization and Sustainable Development , The Earth Institute at Columbia University
Time: 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Low Memorial Library, The Faculty Room
Contact: Scott Andrews, sandrews@ei.columbia.edu or call (212) 854-1298

Friday, February 20

Columbia Water Center Seminar: The Future of Agriculture in India: Ample Reason for Concern, Hope
Speaker: Tobias Siegfried, Associate Research Scientist, Columbia Water Center; Adjunct Assistant Professor, School of International and Public Affairs
Time: 3:00 to 5:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus 833 Seeley W. Mudd Building
Contact: Columbia Water Center, watercenter@columbia.edu or call (212) 851-5695
RSVP: Register

LDEO Earth Science Colloquium: Understanding Solute Transport in Extremely Heterogeneous Porous Media: Lessons Learned from 25 Years of Research at the MADE Site
Speaker: Chunmiao Zheng, 2009 Birdsall-Dreiss Distinguished Lecturer, Geological Society of America Hydrogeology Division, University of Alabama
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

A Preview of Next Week’s Events

Monday, February 23

Special Wally Seminar: Direct Evidence for the Bi-Polar Seesaw - Surface and Deep-Water Responses in the South Atlantic

Columbia Superfund Basic Research Program

Sustainable Development at Columbia University, Journalism School: Promoting Global Understanding of Sustainable Development

Tuesday, February 24

Corporate Responsibilities to Respect Human Rights - What Can be Expected from ‘Big Pharma’?

Thursday, February 26

IRI Seminar Series on Impact Evaluation for Development Projects: Qualitative Information for Impact Evaluation

IGERT Joint Program Spring Colloquium: Tropopause Polar Vortex Characteristics and Mechanisms of Intensity Change

MA Climate and Society Information Session

Friday, February 27

LDEO Earth Science Colloquium

Directions to Columbia University

Directions to the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

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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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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

This Week’s Event

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

This Week’s Events

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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Featured Events

Thursday, November 6

Sustainable Development at Columbia University: Management and Sustainable Development
Speaker: Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director, The Earth Institute at Columbia University
Time: 12:30 to 2:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Uris Hall, Room 301
Contact: Columbia Business School, vod2001@columbia.edu

Earth Institute Seminars on Sustainable Development: Are We Running Out of Energy?
Speakers: Klaus S. Lackner, Maurice Ewing and J. Lamar Worzel Professor of Geophysics, Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering; Professor, Earth and Environmental Sciences; Director, Lenfest Center for Sustainable Energy; Alissa Park, Lenfest Junior Professor in Applied Climate Science, Earth and Environmental Engineering; Associate Director, Lenfest Center for Sustainable Energy; Edward Lloyd, Evan M. Frankel Clinical Professor of Environmental Law; Albert Bressand, Director, Center for Energy Marine Transport and Public Policy, School of International and Public Affairs; Professor of Professional Practice in the Faculty of International and Public Affairs
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

This Week’s Events

Monday, November 3

DEES Thesis Proposal: Investigating Climate Change and Glacial Erosion with Cosmogenic Nuclides
Speaker: Brent Goehring, Graduate Student, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia University
Time: 2:00 to 3:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University Lamont Campus, Gary C. Comer Geochemistry Building, First Floor Seminar Room
Contact: Missy Pinckert, missy@ldeo.columbia.edu

Wednesday, November 5

LDEO Joint MG&G – SG&T 2008 Seminar Series: Home Grown Ice Sheets - How basal Melting May Contribute to Changes Associated with ~40 to ~100 kyr Glacial Cycles
Speaker: Roger Buck, Associate Director, 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, Seismology Building, Seismology Seminar Room, 2nd Floor
Contact: Timothy J Crone, crone@columbia.edu or call (845) 345-8687

LDEO Division of Geochemistry Seminar Series: Late- Glacial and Holocene Fluctuations of Quelccaya Ice Cap, Peru
Speaker: Meredith Kelly, Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory.
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

Thursday, November 6

Sustainable Development at Columbia University: Management and Sustainable Development
Speaker: Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director, The Earth Institute at Columbia University
Time: 12:30 to 2:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Uris Hall, Room 301
Contact: Columbia Business School, vod2001@columbia.edu

IGERT Joint Program Fall Colloquium: On the Influence of Anthropogenic Forcings on Changes in the Stratospheric Mean Age
Speaker: Luke D. Oman, Johns Hopkins 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

Earth Institute Seminars on Sustainable Development: Are We Running Out of Energy?
Speakers: Klaus S. Lackner, Maurice Ewing and J. Lamar Worzel Professor of Geophysics, Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering; Professor, Earth and Environmental Sciences; Director, Lenfest Center for Sustainable Energy; Alissa Park, Lenfest Junior Professor in Applied Climate Science, Earth and Environmental Engineering; Associate Director, Lenfest Center for Sustainable Energy; Edward Lloyd, Evan M. Frankel Clinical Professor of Environmental Law; Albert Bressand, Director, Center for Energy Marine Transport and Public Policy, School of International and Public Affairs; Professor of Professional Practice in the Faculty of International and Public Affairs
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

Friday, November 7

LDEO Earth Science Colloquium
Speaker: Madeleine Thomson, Senior Research Scientist, International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI), The Earth Institute of Columbia University
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, November 10

Sustainable Development at Columbia University: Global Cooperation and Sustainable Development

Tuesday, November 11

Sustainable Development at Columbia University: Sustainable Urbanization in the 21st Century

Wednesday, November 12

LDEO Division of Geochemistry Seminar Series

Office of Academic and Research Programs: PhD in Sustainable Development Brownbag

CSSR Fall Seminar Series: God at the Ritz - Attraction to Infinity

Environmental Engineering Career Panel

Thursday, November 13

IRI Seminar Series on Impact Evaluation for Development Projects: Ex Ante Impact Evaluation

IGERT Joint Program Fall Colloquium

Earth Institute Seminars on Sustainable Development: Anthropogenic Climate Change - Are We Ready?

MA in Climate and Society Panel Discussion: The Business of Adapting to Climate Change

Earth Institute Distinguished Lecture: Challenges to Islam, Christianity and Judaism in Today’s Global Crisis

Friday, November 14

IRI Seminar: THORPEX-Africa

LDEO Earth Science Colloquium: Constructional Volcanic Processes in the Western Galápagos - Growth of an Archipelago

Saturday, November 15

Earth2Class (E2C) Workshops for Teachers: Impact Craters on Land and Undersea

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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

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