Weekly Science Calendar

Submitted by Center for Global Change
Phone: 474-5818
10/24/05

MONDAY, OCTOBER 24

3:30 p.m. - Elvey Auditorium, 214 Elvey Building
Seminar by Candidate for Deputy Director of IARC (International Arctic Research Center)
The Need for Integrated Global Change Research in the Arctic
Manfred Lange, University of Munster, Germany
Information: 474-6742

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25

9:15-11:15 a.m. - 009 West Ridge Research Building
Arctic Region Supercomputing Center
Parallel Shared Memory Programming: Part 3
Tom Logan, MPP Specialist, ARSC
Information: Tom Logan

1-2 p.m. - 201 Irving I
BioBites--Biology Graduate Student Association Seminar
Timing of Breeding in Seabirds: Response to Current or Anticipated Foraging Conditions?
Mike Shultz, graduate student, Biology & Wildlife
Information: Hayley Lanier

1:30 p.m. - 401 IARC
International Arctic Research Center Seminar
Seasonal Variation of Snow Surface Properties in the Northern Hemisphere Captured by GLI
Masahiro Hori, Earth Observation Research and Application Center, JAXA
Information: 474-7569, Jenny Hutchings

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26

11 a.m. - 401 IARC
International Arctic Research Center Seminar
Cloud Detection and Cloud Distribution Characteristics over the Antarctic from Satellite Data
Gaku Kadosaki, Earth Observation Research and Application Center, JAXA
Information: 474-7569, Jenny Hutchings

3:30 p.m. - Elvey Auditorium, 214 Elvey Building
Institute of Marine Science Seminar
Indian Ocean Tsunami of December 26, 2004
Zygmunt Kowalik, Institute of Marine Science, School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, UAF
Information: B. Bluhm

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27

9:15-11:15 a.m. - 009 West Ridge Research Building
Arctic Region Supercomputing Center
Parallel Shared Memory Programming: Example
Uma Bhatt, Atmospheric Science Program, UAF
Information: Tom Logan

1 p.m. - 106 Chapman Building
Department of Mathematics and Statistics Colloquium
The Connected Mathematics Project and Multicultural Education
Anthony Rickard, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, UAF
Information: http://www.math.uaf.edu/dms/Colloquium.html

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28

9 a.m.-4 p.m. - 212A Butrovich Building
Interactive live videoconference presentation sponsored by the UAF Social Work Department, Northern Region Geriatric Education Center
Prevention of Elder Mistreatment
Presenters include Terry Chubin, BSW, Adult Protective Services; George Charles, Ph.D.; Jim LaBelle and Cheryl Easley, Ph.D., UAA National Resource Center for American Indian, Alaska Native & Native American Elders. This event will be broadcast from Kotzebue.
Register through the UAF Department of Social Work (474-7240; fncpr@uaf.edu). For additional information contact Denise Daniello, NRGEC, 456-1380.

1 p.m. - 210 West Ridge Research Building
Seminar sponsored by the Institute of Arctic Biology, the Department of Biology and Wildlife, and the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Physiology seminar (title TBD)
Presented by members of Prof. Kelly Drew’s laboratory
Information: 474-7640

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
Biocomplexity of Patterned Ground Features at the Extreme Cold End of the Arctic: 2005 Ellef Ringnes Island Expedition
Donald (Skip) Walker, Institute of Arctic Biology and the Department of Biology & Wildlife, 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
Volcanoes and Calderas of the Kurile Islands
Pavel Izbekov, AVO Postdoctoral Fellow, Geophysical Institute, UAF
Information: 474-7565 or Geology and Geophysics

3:30 p.m. - 304 Eielson Building
Anthropology Colloquium Series
Ethnoarchaeology of Wood Use in the Arctic
Claire Alix, Alaska Quaternary Center, UAF
Information: 474-7288 or Anthropology Dept.

3:30 p.m. - 531 Duckering Building
Water and Environmental Research Center Seminar
Characteristics of Snow Distribution and Ablation of the Kuparuk River Basin
Katie Dalton, WERC, UAF
Information: Larry Hinzman

3:45 p.m. - Globe Room, 215 Elvey Building
Department of Physics Journal Club
Check http://ffden-2.phys.uaf.edu/journal_club.htmor 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.