UAF Weekly Science Calendar, Sept. 22 - 26

Submitted by Center for Global Change
Phone: 474-5818
09/19/03

TUESDAY, SEPT. 23

2-2:30 p.m. - Elvey Auditorium, Geophysical Institute
Alaska Satellite Facility Technical Seminar Series
Patterns of Wind-drifted Snow on the Alaskan Arctic Slope
Detected with ERS-1
Shusun Li, Geophysical Institute, UAF
For more information call 474-7621 or e-mail
rgens@asf.alaska.edu

3:30 p.m. - Elvey Auditorium, Geophysical Institute
Special Lecture Series Sponsored by the Chapman Chair (also ATM 693)
Changing Pathways in the Arctic: Lecture #6
Robie W. Macdonald, Institute of Ocean Sciences, Sidney, BC
All UAF students, faculty and staff are welcome to attend
any or all of this series of eight lectures. For more
information see the UAF WebEvent calendar or contact
Prof. Norbert Untersteiner

8 p.m. - Gold Room, Fairbanks Westmark Hotel
Arctic Roundtable, sponsored by the Arctic Institute of
North America (part of the 54th Artic Science Conference)
Transportation in the Arctic and Beyond
Discussion will be led by panel members:
Clint Adler (Alaska DOT&PF), Lawson Brigham (U.S. Arctic
Research Commission), Bruce Carr (Alaska Railroad), Tom
George (Aviation Consultant), Ron Johnson (UAF Dept. of
Engineering), Orson Smith (UAA Dept. of Engineering)
All interested persons are encouraged to attend.
For more information call 474-7450 or e-mail
benson@gi.alaska.edu

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 24

Noon - 212A Butrovich
ARSC Faculty Seminar Series
Seminar Kick-off and Introductions
First meeting of the semester. Bring your lunch
and ideas for future speakers.
For more information call 474-7160 or e-mail
newby@arsc.edu

1 p.m. - 531 Duckering
School of Mineral Engineering Seminar
Curent Status of Ceramic Membranes for
Hydrogen Production and Separation Applications
Dr. Balachandran, Head of Energy Technology Division,
Argonne National Laboratory
For more information call 474-5150

1:30 p.m. - Elvey Auditorium, Geophysical Institute
Center for Alaska Native Health Research
Environmental and Genetic Risk Factors for Common
Non-Cummunicable Disease in the Swedish Saami Population
Ulf Gyllensten, Uppsala University, Sweden
For more information call 474-6230

THURSDAY, SEPT. 25

1:30 p.m. - Elvey Auditorium, Geophysical Institute
Center for Alaska Native Health Research
Genetic Epidemiology of Adiposity and
Type 2 Diabetes in Modernizing Samoans
Stephen McGarvey, Brown University
For more information call 474-6230

3:30 p.m. - Elvey Auditorium, Geophysical Institute
Special Lecture Series Sponsored by the Chapman Chair (also ATM 693)
Changing Pathways in the Arctic: Lecture #7
Robie W. Macdonald, Institute of Ocean Sciences, Sidney, BC
All UAF students, faculty and staff are welcome to attend
any or all of this series of eight lectures. For more
information see the UAF WebEvent calendar or contact
Prof. Norbert Untersteiner

FRIDAY, SEPT. 26

3:30 p.m. - Elvey Auditorium, Geophysical Institute
Life Sciences Seminar Series
Plotless Sampling from the Firth of Forth
to the River Ness
Eric Rexstad, Institute of Arctic Biology, UAF
For more information call 474-7640 or e-mail fnlts@uaf.edu

3:30 p.m. - 201 Natural Sciences
Department of Geology and Geophysics Seminar
Great Eruptions
Clive Oppenheimer, Cambridge University
For more information call 474-7565 or e-mail fnpsh@uaf.edu.

3:45 p.m. - Globe Room, Geophysical Institute
Department of Physics Journal Club
Weekly informal presentation
For more information see
http://www.ffden-2.phys.uaf.edu/journal_club.htm
or call 474-7339.