Weekly Science Calendar (updated)

Submitted by Center for Global Change
Phone: 474-5818
05/03/05

TUESDAY, MAY 3

9 a.m.-5 p.m. - Globe Room, 215 Elvey Building
Barrow Global Climate Change Research Facility (BGCCRF): Open House with the Architect
A chance to meet with the chief designer and architect, Harley Hightower, and to review and provide input on design plans for the new facility in Barrow. See http://www.uaf.edu/events/
Information: 474-7280 or Hajo Eicken

1:30 p.m. - 109 Butrovich Building
Biology & Wildlife Thesis Defense
Daily Heterogeneity in Habitat Selection by the Porcupine Caribou Herd during Calving
Rachel Jones, M.S. candidate
Information: Rachel Jones or 474-7006

WEDNESDAY, MAY 4

9 a.m.-4 p.m. - 109 Butrovich Building
UAF Northern Region Geriatric Center, Fairbanks Memorial Hospital, and the Fairbanks Native Association
Staying in Touch: Engaging People with Dementia
A one-day training workshop presented by Rachel Kail and Mary Sharp
Participants may register through the UAF Social Work Department at 474-7240. For details on the program and fees call 474-1380. Continuing education credit is available.
REPEATED on Thursday, May 5, 9-4 in the Bentley/Clausen Room of Fairbanks Memorial Hospital

1:30 p.m. - 401 IARC
Atmospheric Science Informal Seminar
Chemical Speciation of Atmospheric Aerosols by Laser Raman Spectroscopy
Javier Fochesatto, Geophysical Institute Atmospheric Sciences Group
Information: 474-7910 or Nicole Molders

3:30 p.m. - Elvey Auditorium, 214 Elvey Building
Institute of Marine Science Seminar
The Historical Ecology of Steller Sea Lions: An Isotopic Study of Mammalian Responses to a Changing Environment
Pieter deHart, Graduate Program in Marine Science and Limnology, SFOS
Information: B. Bluhm

THURSDAY, MAY 5

9 a.m.-4 p.m. - Bentley/Clausen Room, Fairbanks Memorial Hospital
Staying in Touch: Engaging People with Dementia
See listing for Wednesday, May 4

2 p.m. - Elvey Auditorium, 214 Elvey Building
Biology & Wildlife Thesis Defense
Habitat Suitability for Dall’s Sheep (Ovis dalli) in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve, Alaska
Miranda Terwilliger, M.S. candidate
Information: Miranda Terwilliger

7 p.m. - Schaible Auditorium, Bunnell Building
Sponsored by the UAF Graduate School and the Darwin Society
Decline and Fall of the Primeval Forest: Rain-Forest Replacement during the Permo-Carboniferous Transition
William A. DiMichele, Paleontological Society Distinguished Lecturer; National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
Information: Sarah Fowell

FRIDAY, MAY 6

1:30-3 p.m. - Elvey Auditorium, 214 Elvey Building
Special Seminar Sponsored by the Vice President for Research
Predictive Modeling of Environmental Phenomena
Dr. Leonard Krishtalka, Director, Biodiversity Institute, The University of Kansas
Information: Kathy Gruenig, 450-8018

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
Kluane Alpine Ecosystem Project: Plant-Herbivore Interactions in Subarctic Alpine Meadows
David Hik, University of Alberta
Information: 474-7640

3:30 p.m. - 201 Natural Sciences Facility
Department of Geology and Geophysics Seminar
Evolutionary Assembly and Dynamics of Tropical Forests during the Paleozoic
William A. DiMichele, Paleontological Society Distinguished Lecturer; National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
Sponsored by the UAF Graduate School and the Darwin Society
Information: 474-7565 or Sarah Fowell

3:45 p.m. - Globe Room, 215 Elvey Building
Department of Physics Journal Club
Weekly informal presentation. (Confirm by checking the website listed below.)
Information: http://ffden-2.phys.uaf.edu/journal_club.htm or 474-7339

POSTPONED UNTIL JUNE 3, 2005 5-8 p.m. - ARSC Discovery Lab, 375C Rasmuson Library
Arctic Region Supercomputing Center
Virtual Reality Art Show
Miho Aoki and Bill Brody, UAF/ARSC
Information: 450-8662