Weekly science calendar

Submitted by Center for Global Change
Phone: (907) 474-5818
11/22/06

Tuesday, Nov. 28

1-2 p.m. - 201 Irving I
Biobites--Biology Graduate Student Association Seminar
Likin’ Lichen: Exploring the Value of Alaskan Lichens as Forage for Wintering Reindeer
Adelia Falk, graduate student in biology and wildlife
Information: James Stone

Wednesday, Nov. 29

1:30 p.m. - 401 IARC
Atmospheric Science Informal seminar
TAMDAR (Tropospheric Airborne Meteorological DAta Reporting) System Development and its Potential for Aviation Safety and Improved Weather Forecasting in Alaska
Martin Stueffer, Arctic Region Supercomputing Center and the Geophysical Institute Atmospheric Sciences group, UAF
Information: Nicole Molders (907) 474-7910

1:30 p.m. - Elvey Auditorium, 214 Elvey Building
Alaska Satellite Facility technical seminar
Title TBA
Mike Sfraga, UA geography program
Information: Rudi Gens(907) 474-7621

3:30 p.m. - Elvey Auditorium, 214 Elvey Building
Institute of Marine Science seminar
Green Seduction: Money, Business, and the Environment
Bill Streever, BP
Information: Natalie Monacci, John Kelley or http://www.sfos.uaf.edu/events/

Thursday, Nov. 30

2-3 p.m. - Elvey Auditorium, 214 Elvey Building
Ecological and Evolutionary Genetics seminar
Dispersal across the Holarctic: Colonization History and Gene Flow in Anas Ducks
Jeff Peters, Institute of Arctic Biology, UAF
Information: Trina Roberts (907) 474-1195

3:30 p.m. - Elvey Auditorium, 214 Elvey Building
S.T. Lee "Lecture in Arctic Studies" Series
World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) and its Climate and Cryosphere Project (CliC)
Vladimir Ryabinin, senior scientific officer, World Meteorological Organization
Information: Chris Lace, (907) 474-7413 or http://www.iarc.uaf.edu/

Friday, Nov. 1

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
Tea and Marmite in Cambridge, England: A Recipe for Collaboration and Progress in the Study of Genetic Risk Factors for Obesity in Yup’ik Eskimos
Bert Boyer, Institute of Arctic Biology and the Center for Alaska Native Health Research, UAF
Information: http://www.iab.uaf.edu/events/events.php or (907) 474-7640/7412

3:30 p.m. - 201 Natural Sciences Facility
Department of Geology and Geophysics seminar
What BEAAR and MOOS Tell Us about the Tectonics of Alaska
Doug Christensen, Department of Geology and Geophysics and the Geophysical Institute, UAF
Information: (907) 474-7565

3:30 p.m. - 304 Eielson Building
Department of Anthropology M.A. research proposal defense
Whence these Farmers? El Pantano Bioarchaeology and the Advent of Agriculture in West Mexico
Nicholas Corduan
Information: Anthropology department (907) 474-7288

3:30 p.m. - 531 Duckering Building
Water and Environmental Research Center seminar
The Oxygen Stable Isotopic Composition of Aquatic Insects Chironomid (Diptera): Laboratory Growth Experiment
Yiming Wang, graduate student, Department of Geology and Geophysics, UAF
Information: Sandra Boatwright (907)474-7209

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.