Weekly science calendar

Submitted by Center for Global Change
Phone: (907) 474-5818
01/11/07

Monday, Jan. 15

UAF holiday - Alaska Civil Rights Day

Tuesday, Jan. 16

7 p.m. - Gold Room, Fairbanks Westmark Hotel (813 Noble Street, downtown Fairbanks)
Science for Alaska Lecture Series
The International Polar Year 2007-08: Opportunities for Alaska
Hajo Eicken, Geophysical Institute, UAF
Information: http://www.scienceforalaska.com or 474-7558

Wednesday, Jan. 17

3:30 p.m. - 201 Irving I
Freshwater Ecosystems Seminar Series
Resilience of Rainbow Trout in Idaho Streams to Wildfire-related Disturbances
Amanda Rosenberger, School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, UAF
Information: Mark Wipfli (474-6654)

Thursday, Jan. 18

8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. - 010 West Ridge Research Building
International mutidisciplinary metadata workshop
See http://www.arsc.edu/news/metadata_workshop.html for details and to register (there is no charge but preregistration is requested)

Friday, Jan. 19

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
A Conservation Assessment of Coastal Forest Ecosystems in Southeast Alaska
David Albert, The Nature Conservancy
Information: http://www.iab.uaf.edu/events/events.php or 474-7640/7412

3:30 p.m. - 531 Duckering Building
Water and Environmental Research Center seminar
Assessing the Impacts of Climate Change on River Basin Management: A New Method with Applications to the Nile River
Amy Tidwell, IPY postdoc, UAF
Information: Sandra Boatwright (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

7 p.m. - Schaible Auditorium, Bunnell Building
Free public lecture
Putting a Face on Human Subject Protections: The Tuskegee Syphilis Study
Fred Gray, noted civil rights attorney and author of The Tuskegee Syphilis Study: The Real Story and Beyond
A reception and book signing will follow the lecture.
Information: Kelly Hochstetler 474-7832

2007 Global Change Student Grant Competition
Information and application packets are now available for the 2007 Global Change Student Research Grant Competition (http://www.cgc.uaf.edu or pick up from CGC in Room 306 IARC or from the Graduate School, Room 202 Eielson). Application deadline is Friday, Feb. 23, 2007.