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%

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/docs/Collins-Nelson-Cuts/?resultpage=1&

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Today tens of thousands of Americans are answering President-elect Obama’s call to service. Nearly 13,000 service events have taken place since the President-elect’s service initiative, Renew America Together, was announced.

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We’ve been hearing from you all day about how you’re serving your community. You’re volunteering in food pantries, painting schools, donating blood and so much more.

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Every time our nation faces crisis, our national experience has shown Americans rise to the challenge. While government has an important role to play in helping rekindle our economy and addressing the problems of a distressed nation, President-elect Obama believes each of us, as Americans, have a responsibility to do what we can for our communities and fellow citizens.  We are one nation.

The United States is once again at a crossroads and that is why the President-elect hopes to use the occasion of his Inauguration to rally our nation to commit to service in our communities. We are asking for your participation in meeting this challenge.

In 1994, Congress transformed the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday into a national day of community service to further commemorate a man who lived his life in service to others. As a tribute to that legacy and the very real needs of our nation, the President-elect and Vice President-elect have launched a national organizing effort on the eve of their Inauguration to engage Americans in service. This national day of service will fall on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, January 19, 2009 and, unlike past calls to service, President-elect Obama is calling on all Americans to do more than just offer a single day of service to their cities, towns and neighborhoods.  He is asking all of us to make an ongoing commitment to our communities. Never has it been more important to come together in shared purpose to tackle the common challenges we face.

This website is designed to help promote these events and for Americans to make their commitments, build communities, find opportunities to serve and share their results. These can be events that engage people in direct service, or bring people together to reflect on Dr. King’s legacy and how they can commit to becoming more engaged citizens. Please create an event or sign up to volunteer today.

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This Week’s Events Earth Institute Events - Week of 12/8/08

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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

A Preview of Next Week’s Event

Thursday, December 18

IRI Seminar: Climate, Forecast and Impacts Briefing

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Directions to the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

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

Directions to Columbia University

Directions to the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

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Featured Events

Tuesday, October 28

Sachs Student Lecture: Progress and Challenges in the Millennium Villages
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: 5:00 to 6:30 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Miller Theatre
Contact: Office of Academic and Research Programs, betsy@ei.columbia.edu
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Thursday, October 30

Earth Institute Seminars on Sustainable Development: Seeding a Revolution to Meet Global Water Needs
Speakers: Upmanu Lall, Alan and Carol Silberstein Professor, Earth and Environmental Engineering, Civil Engineering, Engineering Mechanics; Director, Columbia Water Center; Tanya Heikkila, Assistant Professor, School of International & Public Affairs; Associate Director, Columbia Water Center; Vijay Modi, Professor, Mechanical Engineering; Research Scientist, Columbia Water Center; Tim Huh, Assistant Professor, Industrial Engineering and Operations Research; Tobias Siegfried, Associate Research Scientist, Columbia Water Center
Time: 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Alfred Lerner Hall, Room 569
Contact: Scott Andrews, sandrews@ei.columbia.edu

CSSR Fall Seminar Series: Doing the Right Thing Willingly - Using Insights of Behavioral Decision Research for Better Environmental Decisions
Speaker: Elke Weber, Jerome A. Chazen Professor of International Business; Professor of Management and Psychology, Columbia University; Co-Director, Center for Research on Environmental Decisions (CRED) and Center for Decision Sciences (CDS)
Time: 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Schapiro CEPSR Building, Davis Auditorium
Contact: Ossian Patrick Foley, opf1@columbia.edu
Web Site: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cssr/upcoming_cssr_calendar.html

This Week’s Events

Monday, October 27

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 - Room 205 Palisades, NY
Contact: Maria Rise C Fullon, mrf2102@columbia.edu

LDEO Geochemistry Division Seminar: The Deglacial Deep-Sea Ventilation Hypothesis - Where is the Carbonate Preservation Maximum?
Speaker: Figen Mekik, Associate Professor of Geology, Grand Valley State 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

Tuesday, October 28

IRI Seminar Series on Impact Evaluation for Development Projects: Exploiting Panel Data for Ex-post Impact Evaluation
Speaker: Markus Goldstein, The Research Group, World Bank
Time: 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Lamont Campus, Monell Auditorium, Palisades, NY
Contact: Maria Rise C Fullon, mrf2102@columbia.edu
Web Site: http://iri.columbia.edu/events/seminarseries

CIESIN Lecture: Will Climate Change Lead to More Conflict?
Speaker: Halvard Buhaug, Senior Researcher, Centre for the Study of Civil War, The International Peace Research Institute
Time: 1:00 to 2:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Lamont Campus, Marine Biology/ Seismology Building, Seismology Seminar Room, 2nd Floor
Contact: Jennifer Mulvey, jmulvey@ciesin.columbia.edu or call (845) 365-8988

Sachs Student Lecture: Progress and Challenges in the Millennium Villages
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: 5:00 to 6:30 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Miller Theatre
Contact: Office of Academic and Research Programs, betsy@ei.columbia.edu
RSVP: Register

A LIVE from the NYPL Forum: Can the Economy Be Saved?
Speakers: Felix Rohatyn, Former US Ambassador to France; Former Managing Director, Lazard Freres & Co., LLC; Nouriel Roubini, Professor of Economics, Stern School of Business, New York University; Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director, The Earth Institute at Columbia University; Special Advisor to UN SDecretary-General Ban Ki-moon; Charlie Rose, Journalist and Anchor of “Charlie Rose”
Time: 7:00 to 8:30 p.m.
Location: The New York Public Library, Celeste Bartos Forum, Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street (enter at 42nd Street)
Contact: New York public Library, live@nypl.org
Web Site: http://www.nypl.org/live

Wednesday, October 29

Office of Academic and Research Programs: The Use of Climate Information in the Tropics: Learning from Practice Brownbag
Speaker: Lareef Zubair, Associate Research Scientist, International Research Institute for Climate and Society
Time: 12:00 to 1:30 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, 801 International Affairs Building
Contact: Amanda Christie, arc2140@columbia.edu
RSVP: Register

LDEO Geochemistry Division Seminar: Arsenic Cycling in Union Lake
Speaker: Alison R. Keimowitz, Postdoctoral Science Fellow, 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

IRI Special Seminar: Vector-borne Disease and Climate Change - The Example of Lyme Disease in Canada
Speaker: Nick H. Ogden, Foodborne, Waterborne & Zoonotic Infections Division, Public Health Agency of Canada
Time: 3:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Lamont Campus, Monell Building Auditorium
Contact: Maria Rise C Fullon, mrf2102@columbia.edu

Thursday, October 30

DEES Thesis Proposal: Reconstructing Fluxes - Geochemical Constraints on Sedimentation Rates, Dust Fluxes and Hydrothermal Inputs
Speaker: David McGee, Postdoctoral Student, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia University
Time: 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Lamont Campus, Gary C. Comer Geochemistry Building, First Floor Seminar Room
Contact: Missy Pinckert, missy@ldeo.columbia.edu

IGERT Joint Program Fall Colloquium: A framework to test and understand cloud-climate feedbacks in general circulation models
Speaker: Minghua Zhang, SUNY Stonybrook
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: Seeding a Revolution to Meet Global Water Needs
Speakers: Upmanu Lall, Alan and Carol Silberstein Professor, Earth and Environmental Engineering, Civil Engineering, Engineering Mechanics; Director, Columbia Water Center; Tanya Heikkila, Assistant Professor, School of International & Public Affairs; Associate Director, Columbia Water Center; Vijay Modi, Professor, Mechanical Engineering; Research Scientist, Columbia Water Center; Tim Huh, Assistant Professor, Industrial Engineering and Operations Research; Tobias Siegfried, Associate Research Scientist, Columbia Water Center
Time: 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Alfred Lerner Hall, Room 569
Contact: Scott Andrews, sandrews@ei.columbia.edu

CSSR Fall Seminar Series: Doing the Right Thing Willingly - Using Insights of Behavioral Decision Research for Better Environmental Decisions
Speaker: Elke Weber, Jerome A. Chazen Professor of International Business; Professor of Management and Psychology, Columbia University; Co-Director, Center for Research on Environmental Decisions (CRED) and Center for Decision Sciences (CDS)
Time: 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Schapiro CEPSR Building, Davis Auditorium
Contact: Ossian Patrick Foley, opf1@columbia.edu
Web Site: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cssr/upcoming_cssr_calendar.html

Presidential Lecture: Climate, Oceans, Infectious Disease, and Human Health - The Saga of Cholera
Speaker: Rita R. Colwell, Distinguished Professor at the University of Maryland, College Park and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Senior Advisor and Chairman Emeritus of Canon U.S. Life Sciences, Inc.; and President and CEO of CosmosID, Inc.
Time: 6:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, The Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America, Teatro
Contact: University Programs and Events, events1@columbia.edu

Friday, October 31

LDEO Division of Biology and Paleo Environment Seminar Series: Global Modelling of Biogenic Organic Aerosol in Present and Future Climates
Speaker: Johann (Hans) Feichter, Scientist, Max Planck Institute for Meteorology

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

LDEO Earth Science Colloquium: “Research Contributions to Management and Conservation at Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, Central Pacific.”
Speaker: Eleanor Sterling, Director, Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, American Museum of Natural History
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/colloquium/2007-2008.html

A Preview of Next Week’s Events

Thursday, November 6

IGERT Joint Program Fall Colloquium: On the Influence of Anthropogenic Forcings on Changes in the Stratospheric Mean Age

Earth Institute Seminars on Sustainable Development: Are We Running Out of Energy?

Friday, November 7

LDEO Earth Science Colloquium