Weekly science calendar

Submitted by Center for Global Change
Phone: (907) 474-5818
01/19/07

Monday, Jan. 22

4-5 p.m. - 202 Natural Sciences Facility
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry faculty candidate seminar
Redox Chemistry of Natural Organic Matter: Chemical Properties and Environmental Reactivity
Ryan Fimmen, The Ohio State University, candidate for environmental/analytical position
Information: 474-5510

Tuesday, Jan. 23

1:15-2:15 p.m. - Elvey Auditorium, 214 Elvey Building
AQC Bering Sea Seminar Series, sponsored by the Alaska Quaternary Center, College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, and the Chapman Professorship
Cenozoic History of Bering Strait Water Flow, Tectonism, and Basin Formation
John Barron and David Scholl, U.S. Geological Survey
Information: Nancy Bigelow (474-5433)

7 p.m. - Gold Room, Fairbanks Westmark Hotel (813 Noble Street, downtown Fairbanks)
Science for Alaska Lecture Series
Sled Dog Science
Margaret Eastman and Denali Lovely, Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race
Information: http://www.scienceforalaska.com or 474-7558

Wednesday, Jan. 24

3:30 p.m. - 201 Irving I
Freshwater Ecosystems Seminar Series
An Overview of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Fisheries Program in Northern Alaska
Jeff Adams, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Fairbanks
Information: Mark Wipfli (474-6654)

Thursday, Jan. 25

3:40-5 p.m. - 183 Arctic Health Research Building
Natural Resource Management Seminar Series--Impacts of a Warming Climate on Natural Resource Management in Alaska (also NRM 692)
An Overview of the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment
Glenn Juday, Dept. of Forest Sciences, SNRAS, UAF
Information: Doreen Fitzgerald

4-5 p.m. - 201 Natural Sciences Facility
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry faculty candidate seminar
Assessing Source-Receptor Relationships and Environmental Fate of Persistent Organic Pollutants
Todd Gouin, University of Toronto, candidate for environmental/analytical position
Information: 474-5510

7 p.m. - UA Museum of the North
Free museum lecture
Energy Independence for Alaska
Bernie Karl and Gwen Holdmann, Chena Hot Springs Resort
Information: http://www.uaf.edu/museum or 474-7505

Friday, Jan. 26

1-2 p.m. - 214 O’Neill Building
Physiology seminars
Serotonergic Ligand Binding to ACh Binding Proteins
Abraham Harms-Smyth, graduate student; and
Turtle Posthatching Yolk Reserves
Trixie Lee, graduate student
Information: Cord Brundage (474-5024)

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
Topic and speaker TBA
Information: http://www.iab.uaf.edu/events/events.php or 474-7640/7412

3:30 p.m. - 201 Natural Sciences Facility
Department of Geology and Geophysics seminar
Exploring the Notion and Implications of a North Pacific Rim Orogenic Stream: The Counter-Clockwise Movement of Continental Crust from British Columbia toward Kamchatka
David Scholl, Sydney Chapman Professor, UAF
Information: 474-7565

3:30 p.m. - 531 Duckering Building
Water and Environmental Research Center seminar
Interactions between Climate and Tectonics in the Eastern Himalaya
Amanda Booth, 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

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, February 23, 2007.