Calendar of Campus Events
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November 2009
Beetles Gone Wild: The secret sex lives of Japanese beetles
Date: Monday, November 23, 4 p.m.
Location: Room 244 Natural Science Building
Speaker: Paul Switzer, E. Illinois University
Series: Fall 2009 Entomology Seminar
Environmental Policy Meet and Greet: Chris Wood
Date: Tuesday, November 24, 11:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Location: 273 Giltner Hall
Speaker: Chris Wood, Chief Operating Officer, Trout Unlimited
Host: Fisheries and Wildlife, ESPP, CARRS
Note: All students are welcome to come for an open discussion of science, policy, and careers. Please RSVP here
The Practice and Need for Global Engineering
Date: Tuesday, November 24, 3:00 p.m.
Location: 19 Natural Resources
Speaker: Glen Daigger, President-Elect of the International Water Association and Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer CH2M Hill
Host: Center for Water Sciences
Note: Glen Daigger is recognized worldwide as an expert in wastewater treatment technologies.
New Molecular Insights into Termite Caste Differentiation and Lignocellulose Digestion
Date: Monday, November 30, 4 p.m.
Location: Room 244 Natural Science Building
Speaker: Michael Scharf, University of Florida
Series: Fall 2009 Entomology Seminar
December 2009
Trade and the Environment
Date: Tuesday, December 1, 12:00-1:00 p.m.
Location: 75 Agriculture Hall
Speaker: John Hoehn, Ag, Food & Resource Econ, MSU
Series: Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics Brown Bag
Dark Earths and their Implications for Development in the Amazon
Date: Wednesday, December 2, 3 p.m.
Location: Room 201 International Center
Speaker: Antoinette WinklerPrins, Geography, MSU
Host: Department of Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Series: LACS Fall 2009 Seminar Series
Animal Ecology and Behavior in Human-Altered African Ecosystems
Date: Wednesday, December 2, 3:30 p.m.
Location: 247 Plant Biology Building
Speaker: Justin Brashares, Department of Environmental Science, Policy & Management, University of California, Berkeley
Host: Department of Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Behavior
Contact: Kay Holekamp (holekamp@msu.edu)
Series: EEBB Fall Seminar
An Evening with Ken Burns
Date: Wednesday, December 2, 8 p.m.
Location: Cobb Great Hall, Wharton Center
Speaker: Ken Burns, filmmaker
Series: College of Arts and Letters Signature Lecture Series
Quantifying relationships between erosion, uplift and climate: Cosmogenic nuclide examples from the Apennines, Italy, and the Mojave Desert, California
Date: Thursday, December 3, 4:10 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Location: 204 Natural Science Building
Speaker: Dr. Andrew Cyr, USGS
Host: Department of Geological Sciences
Series: Alumni/Shell Oil Company Distinguished Lecture Series
Title TBA
Date: Friday, December 4, 10:45 a.m. - Noon
Location: Stack 237, Kellogg Biological Station on Gull Lake
Speaker: Stephanie Hampton, National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, University of California, Santa Barbara
Host: W.K. Kellogg Biological Station
Contact: Litchman Lab
Series: KBS Fall Seminar
Propagating Thresholds and Tradeoffs as Determinants of Water Policy
Date: Friday, December 4, Noon - 1 p.m.
Location: Room 201 International Center
Speaker: R. Jan Stevenson, Center for Water Sciences, MSU
Host: Center for Advanced Study of International Development, Women and International Development Program
Series: CASID/WID Fall Friday Forum
Discussion of Detroit Zoo's Center for Zoo Animal Welfare
Date: Friday, December 4, Noon - 1:30 p.m.
Location: Room 6H Berkey Hall
Speaker: [Led by]Scott Carter, Director of Conservation and Animal Welfare at the Detroit Zoo and Ron Kagan, Executive Director of the Detroit Zoological Society
Host: Department of Animal Studies
Series: First Friday Animal Studies Brown Bag Seminar
Aquaculture: An Opportunity Unrealized
Date: Friday, December 4, 3:30 p.m.
Location: Room 1 Natural Resources Building
Speaker: Ted Batterson , MSU Dept. of Fisheries and Wildlife
Host: Fisheries and Wildlife
Series: Fall 2009 GSO Seminar
The Age of Epigenetics
Date: Monday, December 7, 4:10 p.m.
Location: 101 Biochemistry Building
Speaker: Dr. Leron Katsir
Host: Department of Plant Biology
Series: 2009 Monday Seminar Series - Hans Kende Memorial Lecture
Nutrient Co-Limitation in Hardwood Forests
Date: Wednesday, December 9, 3:30 p.m.
Location: 247 Plant Biology Building
Speaker: Melany Fisk, Department of Zoology, Miami University of Ohio
Host: Department of Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Behavior and Department of Forestry
Contact: Richard Kobe (kobe@msu.edu)
Series: EEBB Fall Seminar
Sustainability, Discounting and Cooperation: The Need for New Institutions
Date: Thursday, December 10, 3:30 p.m.
Location: 100 Packaging Building (Auditorium)
Speaker: Dr. Simon A. Levin, Princeton University
Series: Rachel Carson Distinguished Lecture
Note: He will also be receiving an Honorary Degree of Science from MSU on December 11, 2009.
Describing and modeling landforms and geomorphic processes: When does grid cell size really matter?
Date: Thursday, December 10, 4:10 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Location: 204 Natural Science Building
Speaker: Dr. Jacob Napieralski, University of Michigan, Dearborn
Host: Department of Geological Sciences
Series: Alumni/Shell Oil Company Distinguished Lecture Series
Title TBA
Date: Friday, December 11, 10:45 a.m. - Noon
Location: Stack 237, Kellogg Biological Station on Gull Lake
Speaker: Melany Fisk, Miami University
Host: W.K. Kellogg Biological Station
Contact: Lennon Lab
Series: KBS Fall Seminar
Predicting and Mapping the Distribution of Riverine Biota: Approaches, Obstacles, and Relevance to Conservation
Date: Friday, December 11, 3:30 p.m.
Location: Room 1 Natural Resources Building
Speaker: Scott Sowa, The Nature Conservancy
Host: Fisheries and Wildlife
Series: Fall 2009 GSO Seminar
Emergence and spread of viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus in the Laurentian Great Lakes
Date: Friday, December 18, Noon - 1:00 p.m.
Location: Room 101 at the Diagnostic Center for Population and Animal Health
Speaker: Elena Millard, DVM, PDI Graduate Student
Host: Department of Pathobiology and Diagnostic Investigation
Series: PDI Fall 2009 Seminar Series
January 2010
Book Discussion: "The End of Food"
Date: Thursday, January 14, 8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Location: Room 338 Natural Resources Building
Speaker: Discussion of Paul Roberts' "The End of Food"
Host: C.S. Mott Group for Sustainable Food Systems
Note: Please read the text before the event.
February 2010
The Welfare of Working Equids in Brazil and Mali
Date: Friday, February 5, Noon - 1:30 p.m.
Location: Room 6H Berkey Hall
Speaker: Camie Heleski, Coordinator of the Horse Mangement Program in the Department of Animal Science
Host: Department of Animal Studies
Series: First Friday Animal Studies Brown Bag Seminar
March 2010
The Social Problem of Dogfighting
Date: Friday, March 5, Noon - 1:30 p.m.
Location: Room 6H Berkey Hall
Speaker: Carl Taylor, professor and outreach specialist in the understanding of gangs, youth culture and violence
Host: Department of Animal Studies
Series: First Friday Animal Studies Brown Bag Seminar
April 2010
Spring Climate Change Symposium
Date: Monday, April 26, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Location: Kellogg Center
Host: Environmental Science and Policy Program
Contact: Maya Fischhoff - mayaef@msu.edu
Spring Climate Change Symposium
Date: Tuesday, April 27, 9:00 a.m- 3:00 p.m.
Location: Kellogg Center
Host: Environmental Science and Policy Program
Contact: Maya Fischhoff - mayaef@msu.edu
