Weekly science calendar

Submitted by Center for Global Change
Phone: (907) 474-5818
04/27/07

This is the last regular weekly science calendar until fall semester. To receive announcements of science-related campus events during the summer, send your e-mail address to cgc@iarc.uaf.edu. Submit information about such events to the same address. Events will also be posted at http://www.cgc.uaf.edu/calendar.html

Monday, April 30

2 p.m. - Elvey Auditorium, 214 Elvey Building
Faculty Candidate (Seismology) Classroom Lecture
One Step Beyond Centroid Moment Tensor (CMT)--Finite Moment Tensor (FMT)
Po Chen, Columbia University; candidate for joint appointment with GI and CNSM
Information: Doug Christensen

Tuesday, May 1

3 p.m. - 401 IARC
Alaska Satellite Facility Technical Seminar Series
Traffic Monitoring with Spaceborne SAR--Theory, Simulations, and Experiments
Franz Meyer, Alaska Satellite Facility, UAF
Information: Rudi Gens (474-7621)

3 p.m. - Elvey Auditorium, 214 Elvey Building
Faculty Candidate (Seismology) Research Seminar
Full 3D Waveform Tomography--A Pathway to Reliable Ground-Motion Prediction
Po Chen, Columbia University; candidate for joint appointment with GI and CNSM
Information: Doug Christensen

4 p.m. - 201 Natural Sciences Facility
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Seminar
Sorption of Hg(II) on Hematite and the Impact of Aqueous Fe(II)
Kristen Williams, graduate student, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UAF
Information: Clara Deal (474-1875)

Wednesday, May 2

3:30 p.m. - 201 Irving I
Freshwater Ecosystems Seminar Series
Habitat Use and Behavioral Variation in Rainbow Trout and Steelhead of the Deschutes River, Oregon
Christian Zimmerman, USGS Alaska Science Center, Anchorage
Information: Mark Wipfli (474-6654)

7 p.m. - Second Story Cafe, Gulliver’s Books, College Rd.
International Polar Year (IPY) Science Cafe
Changing Glaciers, Changing Landscapes
Sue Hazlett, SFOS, UAF
Information: http://ipy-youth.uaf.edu/index.php/Science_Cafe (474-6832)

Thursday, May 3

1 p.m. - 106 Chapman Building
Department of Mathematics and Statistics Colloquium
Sharp Estimates for the Solutions to the Delayed Equations and Exponential Families
Sergei Ivanov, St. Petersburg, Russia
Information: http://www.math.uaf.edu/dms/Colloquium.html or David Maxwell

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)
Discussion/Wrap-up Session
Information: Scott Rupp (474-7535)

Friday, May 4

10-11 a.m. - 109 Butrovich Bldg. (Regents’ Conf. Room) (also VCON to 221 Anderson Bldg., Juneau)
Department of Biology and Wildlife Thesis Defense
Relationships between Brown Bears and Chum Salmon at McNeil River, Alaska
Joshua M. Peirce, M.S. candidate
Information: Joshua Peirce

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
Avian Influenza Virus in Wild Birds in North America: What Genetics Can Tell Us
Erica Spackman, Southeast Poultry Research Laboratory, Athens, Georgia
Information: http://www.iab.uaf.edu or 474-7640/7412

3:30 p.m. - 201 Natural Sciences Facility
Department of Geology and Geophysics Seminar
Seeing beneath Mt. Everest: Probing a Breeding Ground of Destructive Earthquakes
Anne Sheehan, University of Colorado at Boulder; IRIS/SSA Distinguished Lecturer
Information: 474-7565

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.

Monday, May 7

10-11 a.m. - 417 IARC
Alaska Center for Climate Assessment (ACCAP) and Scenario Network for Alaska Planning (SNAP): Science Orientation
What are ACCAP and SNAP? How do they work together? How do they engage stakeholders in outreach? How can you benefit from being involved? Come find answers.
Information: Sarah Trainor (474-7878)

Tuesday, May 8

1-2 p.m. - 201 Irving I
Biobites--Biology Graduate Student Assoc. Seminar
The Air Up There
Chris Barger, graduate student in Biology and Wildlife
Information: James Stone

Coming May 14: Responsible Conduct in Research Workshop
Registration is now available for the Responsible Conduct in Research Workshop, sponsored by the UAF Office of Research Integrity. This year’s workshop is scheduled for May 14 and will focus on issues related to authorship and research collaboration; the keynote speaker is Frank Macrina from Virginia Commonwealth University. An agenda and other information is available on the registration page.

Coming May 31: Field Guide to GenBank and NCBI Molecular Biology Resources
INBRE Supported Faculty and Graduate Students will host a one-day National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) training course, "Field Guide to GenBank and NCBI Molecular Biology Resources" at UAF on May 31, 2007. Pre-registration is required. For technical information contact Heather Huson. For general information and Registration contact the Alaska INBRE office. Deadline to register is May 1.

Sponsored by the Center for Global Change and Arctic System Research as a service to the UAF community.