Featured Events
Monday, October 20
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
Thursday, October 23
Columbia University and the Global Sustainability Challenge
Speakers: Steven A. Cohen, School of International and Public Affairs;
Rohit Aggarwala, Office of the Mayor of the City of New York;
Kelly Kleinert, Columbia University Medical Center;
Klaus S. Lackner, Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science;
Emily Lloyd, Office of the Mayor of the City of New York;
Lionel McIntyre, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation
Time: 7:00 to 8:30 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Miller Theatre
Contact: World Leaders Forum, worldleaders2@columbia.edu
Web Site: http://www.worldleaders.columbia.edu
This Week’s Events
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
REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED.
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
Tuesday, October 21
Earth and Environmental Engineering Workshop: Enabling Solar and Wind Energy - Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES) Scoping
Speakers: Various
Time: 9:45 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Schapiro CEPSR Building, Davis Auditorium
Contact: Vasilis Fthenakis, vmf5@columbia.edu
EcoSecurities Information Session
Speaker: James Heath, Head of U.S. Origination, EcoSecurities
Time: 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, International Affairs Building, Lindsay Rogers Room
Contact: Betsy Ness-Edelstein, betsy@ei.columbia.edu or call (212) 854-2525
Wednesday, October 22
DEES Thesis Proposal: Models of Continental Extension and Exhumation - Effect of Plateau Collapse, Sediment Influx, Magmatic Influence and Slab Retreat
Speaker: Rob Bialas, Graduate Student, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia University
Time: 10:00 to 11:00 a.m.
Location: Columbia University, Lamont Campus, Gary C. Comer Geochemistry Building, First Floor Seminar Room
Contact: Missy Pinckert, missy@ldeo.columbia.edu
LDEO Joint MG&G – SG&T 2008 Seminar Series: Measurements of Snow Using a Portable High Resolution Radar for Testing Remote Sensing Retrieval Algorithms and Snow Hydrological Models
Speaker: Hans-Peter Marshall, Assistant Professor, Center for Geophysical Investigation of the Shallow Subsurface, Department of Geosciences, Boise State 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 Crone, crone@ldeo.columbia.edu or call (845) 345-8687
Columbia Water Center Seminar Series: Should We Include the Groundwater in Global Climate and Earth System Models?
Speaker: Ying F. Reinfelder, Professor, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University
Time: 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus 924 Seeley W. Mudd Building
Contact: Columbia Water Center, st2424@columbia.edu
RSVP: Register
Carbon Sequestration Panel
Speakers: Klaus Lackner, Director, Lenfest Center for Sustainable Energy; Maurice Ewing and J. Lamar Worzel Professor of Geophysics, Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering; Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences; Juerg Matter, Associate Research Scientist, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, The Earth Institute at Columbia University; Alissa Park, Lenfest Junior Professor in Applied Climate Science; Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Engineering, Columbia University
Time: 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Schapiro CEPSR Building, Davis Auditorium
Contact: Office of Academic and Research Programs, arc2140@columbia.edu
Thursday, October 23
IRI Seminar: Verification of the First 10 years of African Regional Climate Outlook Forum Forecasts
Speaker: Simon Mason, IRI Research Scientist and Leader, Climate Program
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: Enabling Sustainable Development of Fossil Fuel Energy Conversion Systems - Carbon Mineral Sequestration
Speaker: Alissa Park, Lenfest Junior Professor in Applied Climate Science; Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Engineering, Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science, Columbia 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
Millennium Villages Seminar Series: The Millennium Villages Project - Improving the Health of the Developing World
Speaker: Sonia Ehrlich Sachs, Health Coordinator, Millennium Villages Project; Senior Scientist, The Earth Institute at Columbia University
Time: 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Schapiro CEPSR Building, Davis Auditorium
Contact: Office of Academic and Research Programs, arc2140@columbia.edu
RSVP: Register
Columbia University and the Global Sustainability Challenge
Speakers: Steven A. Cohen, School of International and Public Affairs;
Rohit Aggarwala, Office of the Mayor of the City of New York;
Kelly Kleinert, Columbia University Medical Center;
Klaus S. Lackner, Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science;
Emily Lloyd, Office of the Mayor of the City of New York;
Lionel McIntyre, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation
Time: 7:00 to 8:30 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Miller Theatre
Contact: World Leaders Forum, worldleaders2@columbia.edu
Web Site: http://www.worldleaders.columbia.edu
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
Speaker: Paul E. Olsen, Arthur D. Storke Memorial Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia University
Time: 12:15 to 1:15 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Marine Biology & Seismology Building, Seismology Seminar Room, 2nd Floor
Contact: Veronica Lance, vlance@ldeo.columbia.edu or call (845) 365-8615
Columbia Water Center and the Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering Seminar Series: Managing Water in the 21st Century: Lessons from the West
Speaker: Henry J. Vaux, Jr., Professor and Associate Vice President Emeritus, University of California
Time: 3:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, 825 Seeley W. Mudd Building
Contact: Columbia Water Center, st2424@columbia.edu
RSVP: Register
LDEO Earth Science Colloquium: Plume vs. Plate: Convective Interactions Beneath Western North America
Speaker: Richard Allen, Assistant Professor, Seismological Laboratory, Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of California, Berkeley
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
Tuesday, October 28
IRI Seminar Series on Impact Evaluation for Development Projects: Exploiting Panel Data for Ex-post Impact Evaluation
Sachs Student Lecture: Progress and Challenges in the Millennium Villages
Wednesday, October 29
Office of Academic and Research Programs: Environment, Technology and Disaster Risk in the Tropics Brownbag
IRI Special Seminar: Vector-borne Disease and Climate Change - The Example of Lyme Disease in Canada
Thursday, October 30
IGERT Joint Program Fall Colloquium: A framework to test and understand cloud-climate feedbacks in general circulation models
Earth Institute Seminars on Sustainable Development: Seeding a Revolution to Meet Global Water Needs
CSSR Fall Seminar Series: Doing the Right Thing Willingly - Using Insights of Behavioral Decision Research for Better Environmental Decisions
Friday, October 31
LDEO Division of Biology and Paleo Environment Seminar Series: Global Modelling of Biogenic Organic Aerosol in Present and Future Climates
LDEO Earth Science Colloquium: “Research Contributions to Management and Conservation at Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, Central Pacific.”
All events are open to the public unless otherwise noted. For specific details on these events, visit the
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