Weekly science calendar

Submitted by Center for Global Change
Phone: 474-5818
11/24/04

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 29

1:30 p.m. - 401 IARC
Thesis Defense, Department of Natural Resources Management
Distribution and Ecology of Exotic Plants in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, Alaska
Chris McKee, M.S. Candidate
Information: 474-7188

2:30-4 p.m. - 201 Natural Sciences Facility
International Arctic Research Center Public Lecture
Studying a Changing Arctic: An Oceanographic Perspective
Peter Schlosser, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University
Information: http://www.iarc.uaf.edu/schlosser/php or 474-6016

3 p.m. - 401 IARC
Thesis Defense, Department of Natural Resources Management
Using Remote Sensing to Examine Changes in Surface Water Area in Interior Alaska from 1950-2002
Brian Riordan, M.S. Candidate
Information: 474-7188

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 30

1 p.m. - 201 Irving I
Bio Bites: The Biology and Wildlife Graduate Seminar
Reindeer Herding on the Seward Peninsula
Kumi Rattenbury, graduate student, Department of Biology & Wildlife and the Institute of Arctic Biology, UAF
Information: Isla, 474-1534

1-2 p.m. - Room 009, West Ridge Research Building (WRRB)
Arctic Region Supercomputing Center
UPC Workshop (Day 1 of 2)
Tarek El-Ghazawi, George Washington University
This 2-day, hands-on workshop/lecture requires registration. Contact Tom Logan

2-2:30 p.m. - Elvey Auditorium, 214 Elvey Building
Alaska Satellite Facility Seminar
Atmospheric and Radiometric Corrections for Remote Sensing Data
Rudi Gens, Alaska Satellite Facility, UAF
Information: 474-7621 or Rudi Gens

3:30 p.m. - Schaible Auditorium, Bunnell Building
Natural Resources Management Seminar
Bioterrorism: An Old Potential, a New Reality
D.M. Huber, Purdue University
Information: 474-7188

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1

1-2 p.m. - Room 009, West Ridge Research Building (WRRB)
Arctic Region Supercomputing Center
UPC Workshop (Day 2 of 2)
Tarek El-Ghazawi, George Washington University
This 2-day, hands-on workshop/lecture requires registration. Contact Tom Logan

1-3 p.m. - 214 O’Neill Building
All RAP Seminar
Third World Development in Remote Regions of the Himalaya
Cynthia Hunt, HEALTH Inc.
Information: 474-7188

1:30 p.m. - 401 IARC
Atmospheric Science Informal Seminar
Polar Stratospheric Clouds
Diana Daneva, Geophysical Institute Atmospheric Science Group, UAF
Information: 474-7910 or Nicole Molders

3:30 p.m. - Elvey Auditorium, 214 Elvey Building
Institute of Marine Science Seminar
Amchitka Island: Sampling the Marine Community for Possible Leaking Radionuclides
Stephen Jewett, Institute of Marine Science, UAF
Information: Bodil Bluhm

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2

1:30 p.m. - Elvey Auditorium, 214 Elvey Building
Dissertation Defense, Department of Natural Resources Management
The Mechanisms Involved in the Cold Tolerant Trichoderma atroviride Biocontrol
Mingyuan Cheng, Ph.D. Candidate
Information: 474-7188

3:40 p.m. - 183 Arctic Health Research Building
Natural Resources Management Graduate Seminar
Presentation by NRM graduate student (presenter and topic TBA)
Information: 474-7188

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3

3:30 p.m. - Elvey Auditorium, 214 Elvey Building
Life Sciences Seminar Series, sponsored by the Institute of Arctic Biology and the Department of Biology & Wildlife
Muddy Trails: Land Bound Studies of Migratory Birds
Kevin Winker, Institute of Arctic Biology, UAF; and Curator of Birds, UA Museum of the North
Information: 474-7640 or IAB

3:30 p.m. - 201 Natural Sciences Facility
Department of Geology and Geophysics Seminar
Katmai to Kamchatka: Experiences in Volcanology Field School
Leslie Almberg and other students from the UAF Department of Geology and Geophysics
Information: 474-7565 or Geology and Geophysics Department

3:45 p.m. - Globe Room, 215 Elvey Building
Department of Physics Journal Club
Weekly informal presentation.
Information: http://ffden-2.phys.uaf.edu/journal_club.htm or 474-7339