Faculty Fellows Speaker Series Spring Semester
Wednesdays at 12:05-12:50 PM Gallagher Theatre at the Student Union Memorial Center
20 April
Jonathan Overpeck, Director of the Institute for the Study of Planet Earth.
Talk Title: "Drought: Lessons from the Future"
Brown Bag: Double standards in public policy? Acknowledging the burden on science in decision-making.
Friday, April 1, 12:00 Noon FCS 114
Colloquium: Choked Rivers and Black Rain: A Biomarker Approach to Reconstructing Perturbations in the Terrestrial Carbon Cycle.
Thursday, March 31 4:00 PM, Haury 216
A lecture by Patrick Louchouarn, of Columbia University
Brown Bag: Fire and Interannual Variability in the Carbon Cycle.
Friday, March 25, 12:00 Noon FCS 114
Colloquium: Fishing for the Midgard Serpent: How the Westerlies Determine the Ocean Carbon Reservoir.
Thursday, March 24 4:00 PM, Haury 216
A lecture by Joellen Russell, Biogeochemistry Candidate, Princeton University
Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost presents the second Provost's Visiting Lecturer on Creativity and Imagination "When the World Went Mad: Krakatoa and the Sumatran Tsunami."
Wednesday, March 30, 4:00 pm, Free Admission Modern Languages Building, Room 350
A lecture by Simon Winchester, Author
Simon Winchester's books are available at the University of Arizona BookStores. Book signing: Lobby, Main University of Arizona BookStore Thursday, March 31, 2005, 10:00-10:50 AM For further information call 626.8121 or visit: http://provost.web.arizona.edu/winchester
Special lecture series: "A Showcase of Promising Scientists in Natural Resources"
Wednesdays at 3:00-4:00 PM in Room 230, Marley Building
30 March
Christina Tague, Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, San Diego State University
Talk Title: "Characterizing spatial patterns of eco-hydrologic response to climatic variation in the western U.S."
20 April
Amanda Rodewald, Assistant Professor, School of Natural Resources, Ohio State University
Talk Title: "Importance of land uses within the landscape matrix: lessons from forested and fragmented landscapes"
The Biogeochemistry of Arsenic
When:Monday, March 14, 2005 3:00-4:00 PM
Where:Marley BLdg, 230
A lecture by Ronald S. Oremland, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA
Sponsor: Water & Environmental Science, Chemical & Environmental Engineeringn
New Seismic Results Require an Upper Mantle Plume Beneath Yellowstone Hotspot
When:Thursday, February 10, 2005 4:00-5:00 PM
Where:Haury BLdg, 216
A lecture by Ken Dueker, University of Wyoming
Carbon and Nutrient Cycling Talk
Mon, 1/31/05, 4 pm
Koffler Bldg rm 216
Jay Brandes, Biogeochemistry Candidate, University of Texas at Austin, will be lecturing on "Carbon and Nutrient Cycling in Andean Forests and River Systems: Where the Amazon Begins."
Global Warming Talk
When: Mon, 1/24/05, 5-6 pm
Where: Harshbarger Bldg rm 206
Jeff Kargel will be lecturing on "Satellite and field observations of earth's glaciers."
Climate Change and Culture Talk
When: Wed, 1/19/05, 4 pm
Where: Deconcini Bldg 253
James Fleming, Professor of Science, Technology, and Society, Colby College, will be lecturing on "Critical Reflections on Climate Change and Culture: The Enlightenment Nexus."
Tsunami talk
When: Tuesday, 1/18/05, 1-3 pm
Where: South Ballroom, Third Floor of the Student Union Memorial Center
Cost: Free and open to the public
The Office of Provost presents a lecture-forum on the Sumatra Earthquake and Tsunami that has devastated South Asia;
In general, the forum draws on the University of Arizona's faculty expertise to help inform the university community about extraordinary contemporary events, discoveries, or issues that have international dimensions and consequences. The program features faculty presentations followed by short question and answer periods.
Presenters:
Susan Beck, department head and professor, department of geosciences "Geologic Perspective on the December 26, 2004 Sumatra Earthquake and Tsunami"
Richard Eaton, professor, department of history "Natural Disasters in South Asia: What Can We Learn from the Past?"
G. Marie Swanson, dean and professor, Mel & Enid Zuckerman Arizona College of Public Health "The Sumatra Tsunami: Public Health Outcomes and Necessities"
J. Stephen Lansing, professor department of anthropology and the Santa Fe Institute "What's Next on the Ring of Fire: Environmental Challenges for Indonesia"