Weekly Science Calendar

Submitted by Center for Global Change
Phone: (907) 474-5818
11/11/05

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14

4:30 - 203 Natural Sciences Facility
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry Dissertation Defense
Culturability, Temporal Change, Phylogenetic Analysis, and Yield of Microbial Communities in a Subarctic Lake - Harding Lake
Xiaoming Zhao, Ph.D. Candidate
Information: 474-5510, Sheila Chapin

7 p.m. - Schaible Auditorium, Bunnell Building
Public lecture sponsored by UAF student clubs: the Darwin Society and the Socratic Society
Intelligent Design and Three-Legged Chicken Philosophy: Whose Intelligence? What Design?
Walter Benesch, Professor Emeritus, UAF Department of Philosophy and Humanities
Information: fbevol@uaf.edu or see http://www.TheDarwinSociety.com

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15

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

10 a.m. - 109 Butrovich Building (Regents’ Conference Room)
Institute of Arctic Biology Thesis Defense
Effects of Recreational Disturbance on Breeding Black Oystercatchers: Species Resilience and Conservation Implications Julie A. Morse, M.S. Candidate
Information: Julie Morse

1-2 p.m. - 201 Irving I
BioBites--Biology Graduate Student Association Seminar
Rat History Affects Woody Seedling Composition on Northern New Zealand Islands
Nikki Grant-Hoffman, Biology & Wildlife Ph.D. student
Information: Hayley Lanier

1:15-2:45 p.m. - Elvey Auditorium, 214 Elvey Building
Alaska Satellite Facility Seminar
GIS Mapping and Data Modeling of Wildlife and Habitats: Lessons and Applications
Falk Huettmann, Institute of Arctic Biology and the Department of Biology and Wildlife, UAF
Information: 474-7621, Rudi Gens

1:30 p.m. - 401 IARC
International Arctic Research Center Seminar
Shortwave Radiation Between Clouds and Ice Surface in the Arctic
Jun Inoue, Institute of Observational Research for Global Change, JAMSTEC
Information: 474-7569, Jenny Hutchings

3-4 p.m. - Elvey Auditorium, 214 Elvey Building
UA Museum of the North Herbarium Search Candidate
Integration of Molecules, Morphology and the Fossil Record: A Comparative Analysis of Inter- and Intracontinental Biogeographic Patterns in Two Distinct Groups of Seed Plants
Stefani M. Ickert-Bond, Grand Canyon University
Information: 474-6939, Colleen Jones

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16

3:30 p.m. - Elvey Auditorium, 214 Elvey Building
Institute of Marine Science Seminar
Chukchi Sea Food Web Structure and Epibenthic Community Composition
Katrin Iken, IMS/SFOS, UAF
Information: B. Bluhm

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17

9:15-11:15 a.m. - 009 West Ridge Research Building
Arctic Region Supercomputing Center
Parallel Distributed Memory Programming: Part 4
Tom Logan, ARSC
Information: Tom Logan

1 p.m. - 106 Chapman Building
[POSTPONED FROM NOVEMBER 10]
Department of Mathematics and Statistics Colloquium
An Easy Solution to a Hard Problem that Looks Easy
Walter Tape, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, UAF
Information: David Maxwell or see http://www.math.uaf.edu/dms/Colloquium.html

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18

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
The Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) of Chickens and Other Birds
Sandra Ewald, Auburn University
Information: http://www.iab.uaf.edu/events/events.php or 474-7640

3:30 p.m. - 201 Natural Sciences Facility
Department of Geology and Geophysics Seminar
Bristol Bay, Frontier Basin, Alaska Peninsula: Hydrocarbon Resources, Reservoirs; Source
Rocky Reifenstuhl, Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys
Information: 474-7565, Geology and Geophysics

3:30 p.m. - 531 Duckering Building
Water and Environmental Research Center Seminar
Analysis of Chemical Property of Spring near Kuparuk River Aufeis Field
Amy Rodman, Petroleum Development Lab, UAF
Information: Larry Hinzman

3:30 p.m. - 304 Eielson Building
Anthropology Colloquium Series
Deconstructing Fatalism: Women and Decision Making about Hysterectomy in Rural Central Appalachia
Elaine Drew, Department of Psychology and Center for Alaska Native Health Research, UAF
Information: 474-7288, Anthropology

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.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10

2-5 p.m. - Schaible Auditorium, Bunnell Building
2nd Peoples’ Endowment Energy Seminar
A free public event focusing on declining oil production and Peak Oil. Watch films on the topic and participate in discussion led by Rich Seifert and Phil Loudon.
Information: 474-6366

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