UAF Weekly Science Calendar, Feb. 3 - 7

Submitted by Center for Global Change
Phone: (907) 474-5818
01/31/03

TUESDAY, FEB. 4

7 p.m. - Chena River Convention Center
Science for Alaska Free Public Lecture Series
Gentle Giants: Alaska’s Humpback Whales
Jan Straley, UAS-Sitka
For more information see
http://www.gi.alaska.edu/InfoOffice/Science_for_Alaska.html
or call ext. 5823

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 5

1:30 p.m. - 401 IARC
Atmospheric Science Informal Seminar
Assimilation of Soil Moisture from Satellite-derived
Skin-temperature within MM5
Jing Zhang, Atmospheric Sciences Group, Geophysical Institute
For more information call ext. 7910

THURSDAY, FEB. 6

3:45 p.m. - 183 Arctic Health Research Building
School of Agriculture and Land Resources Management
Faculty/Graduate Seminar
Permafrost Soil Temperature Dynamics in Alaska
under Changing Climate
Vladimir Romanovsky, Geophysical Institute
For more information call ext. 7188 or e-mail fnfdb@uaf.edu

5:20 p.m. - 201B Natural Sciences
Chemistry Seminar
Why Do We Sleep Differently When We Are Sick?
Mark R. Opp, University of Michigan
For more information call ext. 5510

FRIDAY, FEB. 7

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. - Geophysical Institute Auditorium (214 Elvey)
Life Sciences Seminar Series, Sponsored by the Institute of Arctic Biology
and the Department of Biology & Wildlife
Central Arctic Herd Status
Beth Lennart, Alaska Department of Fish & Game
For more information call ext. 7640

3:30 p.m. - 201 Natural Sciences
Department of Geology and Geophysics Seminar
"The Endless Summer"
Geology and Geophysics students, staff, and faculty will show
their best slides and digital images from geologic/geophysical
fieldwork and travels from Summer 2002
For more information call ext. 7565

3:45 p.m. - Globe Room, Geophysical Institute
Department of Physics Journal Club
Weekly informal presentation.
For more information, see
http://ffden-2.phys.uaf.edu/journal_club.htm
or call ext. 7339