Weekly Science Calendar

Submitted by Center for Global Change
Phone: 474-5818
01/20/06

MONDAY, JANUARY 23

1 p.m. - 401 IARC
Wildlife Ecologist Search Seminar
Space-Time Models in Ecology
Jay Ver Hoef, National Marine Mammal Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Information: 474-6294, Carol Piser

TUESDAY, JANUARY 24

7 p.m. - Gold Room, Westmark Fairbanks Hotel
2006 Science for Alaska Lecture Series
Warmer Climate, Thawing Permafrost: What Will Happen to Alaska’s Water?
Larry Hinzman, Water and Environmental Research Center, UAF
Information: 474-7942 or http://www.scienceforalaska.com

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25

1-2 p.m. - 109 Butrovich (Regents’ Conference Room)
Freshwater Ecosystems Seminar Series
Organic Matter Dynamics and the Productivity of Communities in Small Streams
John S. Richardson, University of British Columbia, Visiting Meek Scholar
Information: 474-6654, Mark Wipfli

THURSDAY, JANUARY 26

1 p.m. - 401 IARC
Wildlife Ecologist Search Seminar
Testing Diversity Theory Using Elevational Gradients
Christy McCain, National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, University of California, Santa Barbara
Information: 474-6294, Carol Piser

FRIDAY, JANUARY 27

11:30 a.m. - Elvey Auditorium, 214 Elvey Building
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry Dissertation Defense
An Analysis of Using Semi-permeable Membrane Devices to Assess Persistent Organic Pollutants in the Ambient Air of Alaska
Ted Wu, Ph.D. candidate in Environmental Chemistry
Information: 474-5510

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
Experimental Tests of the Processes Controlling Complex Interactions in Stream Food Webs
John S. Richardson, University of British Columbia, Visiting Meek Scholar
Information: http://www.iab.uaf.edu/events/events.php or 474-7640

3:30 p.m. - 201 Natural Sciences Facility
Geology and Geophysics Seminar
A Year in the Life of a Polar Glacier
Erin Pettit, Portland State University, candidate for faculty position in Glaciology
Information: 474-7565, Pam Harris