Weekly science calendar

Submitted by Center for Global Change
Phone: (907) 474-5818
02/09/07

Monday, Feb. 12

9 a.m. - 109 Butrovich (Regents’ Conference Room)
Department of Biology and Wildlife thesis defense
Species Distribution Models for Denali National Park and Preserve
Joy Ritter, M.S. candidate
Information: Joy Ritter (474-7959)

Tuesday, Feb. 13

1-2 p.m. - 201 Irving I
Biobites Seminar and Department of Biology and Wildlife Thesis Defense
Phylogenetic and Phylogeographic Insights into the Origin of Madagascar’s Shrews
Anna Ferry, M.S. candidate
Information: 457-2256 (Anna Ferry) or James Stone

1:15-2:15 p.m. - Elvey Auditorium, 214 Elvey Building
AQC Bering Sea seminar series
Late Quaternary Vegetation History of the Bering Sea Margins and Platform
Nancy Bigelow, Alaska Quaternary Center, UAF
Information: Nancy Bigelow (474-5433); http://www.uaf.edu/aqc/bss.htm

4 p.m. - 201 Natural Sciences Facility
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry seminar
Evolution of Plant/Animal Studies in the Natural Products Lab
Tom Clausen, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UAF
Information: Clara Deal (474-1875)

7 p.m. - Gold Room, Fairbanks Westmark Hotel (813 Noble Street, downtown Fairbanks)
Science for Alaska Lecture Series
Understanding Belugas: When Scientists and Hunters Collaborate
Lori Quakenbush, Alaska Department of Fish & Game
Information: http://www.scienceforalaska.com or 474-7558

Wednesday, Feb. 14

Noon-1 p.m. - Alaska Department of Natural Resources (University Ave. & Airport Way), large conference room
Brown bag luncheon/presentation, Alaska section of the American Water Resources Association
A Century of Retreat at Portage Glacier, South-central Alaska
Ben Kennedy, Bureau of Land Management
Information: Horacio Toniolo

3:30 p.m. - 109 Butrovich (Regents’ Conference Room)
Freshwater Ecosystems Seminar Series and Fisheries Thesis Defense
Landscape Modeling of Threespine Stickleback Occurrence in Small Southeast Alaska Lakes
Dave Gregovich, M.S. candidate
Information: Mark Wipfli (474-6654)

Thursday, Feb. 15

9 a.m.-Noon - 009 West Ridge Research Building
Arctic Region Supercomputing Center
ARSC spring training, part 1: EMACS
Information: http://www.arsc.edu or Anton Kulchitsky

2 p.m. - Elvey Auditorium, 214 Elvey Building
Ecological and Evolutionary Genetics Seminar
Bayesian and Likelihood Estimators of Population Parameters
Mary K. Kuhner, University of Washington
For information or to schedule a meeting with Kuhner: Trina Roberts (474-1195)

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)
Forests and Agriculture in the Arctic--Their Current Context and Future in a Changing World
Glenn Juday, Department of Forest Sciences, UAF
Information: Scott Rupp (474-7535)

Friday, Feb. 16

1-2 p.m. - 138 Irving II
Physiology Seminar
Neurobiological Foundations of Religion and Science, Language and Music
Juan G. Roederer, emeritus professor of physics
Information: Cord Brundage (474-5024)

3:30 p.m. - Elvey Auditorium, 214 Elvey Building
Life Sciences Seminar Series
Habitat Assessment for Moose Management in Interior Alaska
Tom Paragi, Alaska Department of Fish and Game
Information: http://www.iab.uaf.edu or 474-7640/7412

3:30 p.m. - 201 Natural Sciences Facility
Department of Geology and Geophysics seminar
Paleoceanography of the Gulf of Alaska
Bruce Finney, SFOS, and Jason Addison, Department of Geology and Geophysics, UAF
Information: 474-7565

3:30 p.m. - 531 Duckering Building
Water and Environmental Research Center seminar
Subarctic Marijuana ’Migration’: A Multi Stable Isotope (C, N, O and H) Forensic Study of Alaskan Marijuana
Matthew Wooller, Alaska Stable Isotope Facility, UAF
Information: Doug Kane (474-7808)

3:30 p.m. - 401 IARC
International Arctic Research Center seminar
On the Origin of Creativity
Joseph R. Kan, Geophysical Institute; Dean Emeritus of the Graduate School, UAF
Information: Jessie Cherry or http://www.iarc.uaf.edu

3:45 p.m. - Globe Room, 215 Elvey Building
Department of Physics Journal Club
See http://ffden-2.phys.uaf.edu/journal_club.htm

Sign up for Science Potpourri

The 11th annual Science Potpourri will be held Saturday, April 14, 2007 from noon to 5 p.m. in UAF’s Natural Sciences Facility. Those interested in taking part should contact Marlys Schneider at 474-6287 or Jeff Drake at 474-7077.

REMINDER: Deadline for submitting to the Global Change Student Research Grant Competition is Friday, Feb. 23. Information at http://www.cgc.uaf.edu

The most current version of this calendar is available at http://www.cgc.uaf.edu. Submit information by noon on Wednesday the week before your event to cgc@iarc.uaf.edu, by fax to 474-6722, or call 474-5818. This calendar will announce any lecture, seminar, workshop, thesis or dissertation defense or other campus event with a science focus.

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