Weekly Science Calendar

Submitted by Center for Global Change
Phone: 474-5818
10/07/05

MONDAY, OCTOBER 10

2 p.m. - Elvey Auditorium, 214 Elvey Building
School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences Special Seminar--Faculty Candidate
Lizards to Lizardite: An Evolving Understanding of Oceanic Spreading Centers
David Christie, Oregon State University, College of Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences
Information: 474-5871 or Jennifer Reynolds

3:30 p.m. - 401 IARC
Seminar by Candidate for Deputy Director of the International Arctic Research Center (IARC)
Arctic Environmental Change Research: Meeting the Challenge
Larry Hinzman, Research Professor of Water Resources, Institute of Northern Engineering, UAF
Information: 474-6742

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11

9:15-11:15 a.m. - 010 West Ridge Research Building
Arctic Region Supercomputing Center
Performance Programming: Part 3
Tom Baring and Ed Kornkven, Vector Specialists, ARSC
Information: Tom Logan

1 p.m. - Globe Room, 215 Elvey Building
School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences Special Seminar--Faculty Candidate (co-sponsored by the Department of Geology and Geophysics)
Mapping the Mantle through Exploration of the Ocean Floor
David Christie, Oregon State University, College of Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences
Information: 474-5871 or Jennifer Reynolds

1-2 p.m. - 201 Irving I
BioBites--Biology Graduate Student Association Seminar
Adaptive Divergence of Poplar across a Latitudinal Gradient
Amy Carroll, graduate student, Biology & Wildlife
Information: Hayley Lanier

2 p.m. - ARSC Discovery Lab, 375C Rasmuson Library
Arctic Region Supercomputing Center
Discovery Tuesday: Elegant Art/Funky Programming
Bill Brody, Visualization Specialist, ARSC
Following a one-hour lecture, the lab will be open and staffed until 7 p.m.
Information: Bob Huebert

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12

1:30 p.m. - 401 IARC
Atmospheric Science Informal Seminar
Bromine Oxide and Mercury Deposition in the Arctic
Bill Simpson, GI Atmospheric Science Group and the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UAF
Information: 474-7910 or Nicole Molders

3:30 p.m. - Elvey Auditorium, 214 Elvey Building
Institute of Marine Science Weekly Seminar
Update Antarctica... Weddell Seals, their Food and Sea Ice Impacts
Mike Castellini, Institute of Marine Science, SFOS, UAF
Information: 474-6332 or B. Bluhm

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13

9:15-11:15 a.m. - 010 West Ridge Research Building
Arctic Region Supercomputing Center
Data Visualization: Part 2
Roger Edberg, Visualization Specialist, ARSC
Information: Tom Logan

1 p.m. - 106 Chapman Building
Department of Mathematics and Statistics Colloquium
Maximum Likelihood in Phylogenetic Inference
Elizabeth Allman, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, UAF
Information: http://www.math.uaf.edu/dms/Colloquium.html or David Maxwell

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14

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
Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling in Watersheds of Interior Alaska and Beyond: A Tale of Two Elements
Jeremy Jones, Institute of Arctic Biology, UAF
Information: http://www.iab.uaf.edu/events/events.php or call 474-7640

3:30 p.m. - 201 Natural Sciences Facility
Department of Geology and Geophysics Seminar
A Glaciologist’s Perspective on Science, Geopolitics and Society in the Context of the International Polar Year
Hajo Eicken, Department of Geology and Geophysics, UAF
Information: 474-7565 or Geology and Geophysics

3:45 p.m. - Globe Room, 215 Elvey Building
Department of Physics Journal Club
Check http://ffden-2.phys.uaf.edu/journal_club.htm or call 474-7339 to see if there’s a presentation scheduled for this week.

This calendar is sponsored by the Center for Global Change and Arctic System Research as a service to the UAF community.