UAF Weekly Science Calendar, March 3 - 7

Submitted by Center for Global Change
Phone: (907) 474-5818
02/28/03

TUESDAY, MARCH 4

3:30 p.m. - Geophysical Institute Auditorium (214 Elvey)
Special Lecture Series Sponsored by the Chapman Chair
Polar Gyres and Eddies
Kenneth Hunkins, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University

4 p.m. - 201 Natural Sciences
Chemistry Seminar
Multi-Generation Health Risks of Persistent Organic Pollution in the Far North:
the Need for the Full Text of the Stockholm Convention
Anna Godduhn, M.S. Graduate Student
For more information call ext. 5510

7 p.m. - Chena River Convention Center
Science for Alaska Free Public Lecture Series
Spying on Volcanoes from Space
Ken Dean, Geophysical Institute
For more information see
http://www.gi.alaska.edu/InfoOffice/Science_for_Alaska.html
or call ext. 5823
(Postponed from February 11.)

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5

9 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. - 109 Butrovich (Regents’ Conf. Room)
Alaska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Alaska Unit Research Review
Talks and posters by Unit Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Researchers
For more information call ext. 5521, fnkrp@uaf.edu

3:30 p.m. - Geophysical Institute Auditorium (214 Elvey)
Institute of Marine Science Weekly Seminar
Antarctica 2002: Weddell Seal Foraging Biochemistry
Mike Castellini, IMS
For more information call ext. 5585 or 7289

THURSDAY, MARCH 6

3:30 p.m. - Geophysical Institute Auditorium (214 Elvey)
Special Lecture Series Sponsored by the Chapman Chair
Fram Strait Revisited
Kenneth Hunkins, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University

3:45 p.m. - 183 Arctic Health Research Building
School of Agriculture and Land Resources Management
Faculty/Graduate Seminar
Controls on Carbon Cycling in Black Spruce Forests Along an Elevation Gradient
Jason Vogel, Ph.D. Candidate
For more information call ext. 7188 or e-mail fnfdb@uaf.edu

FRIDAY, MARCH 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
Evolution and Lateral Transfer of Bacterial Bioluminescence Genes
Chuck Wimpee, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
For more information call ext. 7640

3:30 p.m. - 201 Natural Sciences
Department of Geology and Geophysics Seminar
Mineral Investigations in the Koyukuk Mining District, Northern Alaska
Joe Kurtak, BLM, Anchorage
For more information call ext. 7565

3:30 p.m. - 304 Eielson
Anthropology Department Colloquium
Cultural Resources Management: Tribal Consultation and Collaboration
Kirsten Anderson, Archaeologist, Fort Richardson, Alaska
For more information call ext. 6945

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