UAF Weekly Science Calendar, Jan. 20-24

Submitted by Center for Global Change
Phone: (907) 474-5818
01/17/03

MONDAY, JAN. 20

ALASKA CIVIL RIGHTS DAY (campus closed)

TUESDAY, JAN. 21

1:00 p.m. - Geophysical Institute Auditorium (214 Elvey)
Faculty Candidate Research Seminar
Do Individuals Affect Community Organization? Spatial Problems of Population Cycles
Karen Hodges, University of Montana,
Candidate for the position of Assistant Professor of Wildlife Ecology
For more information call ext. 6294.

7 p.m. - Chena River Convention Center
Science for Alaska Free Public Lecture Series
Exploring the Secrets of the Aurora Borealis
Syun Akasofu, Director, International Arctic Research Center
and Professor of Geophysics, UAF
For more information see
http://www.gi.alaska.edu/InfoOffice/Science_for_Alaska.html or call ext. 5823

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 22

11:00 a.m. - Geophysical Institute Auditorium (214 Elvey)
Faculty Candidate Teaching Seminar
Methods for Measuring Dispersal
Karen Hodges, University of Montana,
Candidate for the position of Assistant Professor of Wildlife Ecology
For more information call ext. 6294

11 a.m.-2 p.m. - 5th Floor IARC
For Fiscal Officers, Proposal Coordinators and Administrative Assistants:
Workshop on administering sponsored projects, from proposal initiation through grant close-out
Cradle to Grave Workshop
Presented by the Office of Sponsored Programs, Office of Research Integrity
and Grant and Contract Services
Please RSVP to Deb Bates at fndmg@uaf.edu, ext. 2610 if you plan to attend.

1:30 p.m. - 401 IARC
Atmospheric Science Informal Seminar
Progress Towards Quantifying the Location of Carbon
Sources and Sinks in the Northern Hemisphere: Process-based Approaches
A. David McGuire, Alaska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
For more information call ext. 7910

3:30 p.m. - Geophysical Institute Auditorium (214 Elvey)
Institute of Marine Science Weekly Seminar
A Coastal Alaska Observing System: Role for SFOS and UA
David Musgrave, Institute of Marine Science, UAF
For more information call ext. 5585 or 7289

THURSDAY, JAN. 23

1 p.m. - Wood Center Ballroom
Sponsored by the Alaska Native Science & Engineering Program
and the UAF Chapter of the American Indian Science and Engineering Society
The Trans Alaska Pipeline System Earthquake Design and Performance:
2002 November 3, Alaska Earthquake 7.9 Magnitude - A Real World Test
Mike Wassmann, Alyeska (and UAF graduate)
For more information call ext. 7604 or e-mail ffdjs@uaf.edu

1:30 p.m. - Geophysical Institute Auditorium (214 Elvey)
Research Seminar
What did we Learn from Studies of Cardiovascular Disease
and its Risk Factors among Japanese Americans in Seattle?
Tsukasa Namekata, University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine,
and Director (volunteer), Pacific Rim Disease Prevention Center, Seattle, Washington.
Candidate for the Assist./Assoc. Professor Epidemiologist position
with IAB and the Dept. of Biology & Wildlife or Dept. of Psychology.
For more information call ext. 6230

7 p.m. - UA Museum
Museum Lecture
Alaska’s Earthquakes: Rocking and Rolling
Douglas Christensen, Geophysical Institute, UAF
For more information call ext. 7505

FRIDAY, JAN. 24

Noon - 351C IARC (National Weather Svc Conf Room)
Sponsored by the National Weather Service and the Geophysical Institute
Informal Synoptic Weather Briefing and Discussion (Also ATM693)
A weekly presentation by NWSFO-Fairbanks and UAF/GI Personnel.
Come and learn more about Fairbanks’ weather and get a weekend forecast.

3:30 p.m. - 201 Natural Sciences
Department of Geology and Geophysics Seminar
The Whole in the Middle--What does the Arctic Ocean Tell us
about Geology on the Continent?
Bernard Coakley, Department of Geology and Geophysics, UAF
For more information call ext. 7565

MONDAY, JAN. 27

3:30 p.m. - Wood Center Ballroom
Sponsored by the Center for Global Change
Workshop to Familiarize Students and Faculty with the
Global Change Student Research Grant Competition
All interested persons are invited to attend.
For more information call ext. 5818