Weekly science calendar

Submitted by Center for Global Change
Phone: (907) 474-5818
10/06/06

Tuesday, Oct. 10

1-2 p.m. - 201 Irving I
Biobites--Biology Graduate Student Association Seminar
Taxonomic Status of the Enigmatic Glacier Bay Water Shrew (Sorex alaskanus)
Kyndall Hildebrandt, graduate student in biology and wildlife
Information: James Stone

3:30-5 p.m. - Elvey Auditorium, 214 Elvey Building
Sydney Chapman Chair Seminars, College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Rivers, Lakes and Northern Seas: A Perspective
Eddy Carmack, Institute of Ocean Sciences, Sidney, BC
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Humongous Deposits of Frozen Methane in the Bering Sea: Science and Resource Implications
Dave Scholl, U.S. Geological Survey
Information: Sonja Bickford

Wednesday, Oct. 11

3:30 p.m. - Elvey Auditorium, 214 Elvey Building
Institute of Marine Science Seminar
The Effects of Macroalgal Density on Larval Crab Assemblages in Kachemak Bay, Alaska
Ben Daly, School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, UAF
Information: Natalie Monacci, John Kelley or http://www.sfos.uaf.edu/events/

Friday, Oct. 13

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 and Wildlife
How Context Shapes Reproductive Traits
Laura Carsten-Conner, University of Arizona
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
Research at BP and the BP Internship Program
Sandy Philips, BP; Alec Duncan and Rebecca Bailey, UAF geology and geophysics department
Information: 474-7565, Pam Harris

3:30 p.m. - 531 Duckering Building
Water and Environmental Research Center Seminar
Bioremediation of Diesel- or Syntroleum-contaminated Soil
Agota Horel, civil engineering, UAF
Information: Doug Kane

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 and to confirm the location.

IPY student research support opportunity
UA faculty members are invited to submit proposals (up to $15K over 2 years) for student training and support related to International Polar Year research. A one-page announcement with guidelines is available from Kathy Gruenig at (907) 450-8018 or via e-mail at kathy.gruenig@alaska.edu. Please include your fax number or e-mail address with your request. Proposal deadline is Oct. 15.