Calendar of Campus Events
To submit an event, please email balasko1@msu.edu.
December 2008
Bioremediation of Tetrachloroethylene in Clay by Electrokinetic Injection of Lactate
Date: Tuesday, December 2, 9 - 10 a.m.
Location: 2243 Engineering Building
Speaker: Akram Alshawebkeh, Civil & Environmental Engineering,
Northeastern University
Series: Environmental Engineering Seminar
Ectomycorrhizal Ecology on Coastal Sand Dunes: Interactions Involving Pine, Fungi and Deer
Date: Tuesday, December 2, 4:10 p.m.
Location: 225 Natural Resources
Speaker: Tom Horton, State University of New York - ESF
Series: Hanover Forest Science Seminars
Multilocus Approaches to Avian Phylogeography and Host-Parasite Co-Evolution
Date: Wednesday, December 3, 3:30 p.m.
Location: 247 Plant Biology Building
Speaker: Scott V. Edwards, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University
Series: Ecology, Evolutionary Biology and Behavior Seminar
Coupled Human and Natural Systems
Date: Thursday, December 4, 3:00-4:30 p.m.
Location: Kellogg Center, Corniche Room
Speakers: Jack Liu,
Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability, Michigan State University, Thomas Dietz, Environmental Science and Policy Program, Michigan State University; and Bill McConnell, Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University
Series: Environment at MSU
Note: Please RSVP here.
From the Behavior of Birds to Biofuels and Biodiversity: Landscape Perspectives for a Changing Environment
Date: Friday, December 5, 10:45 a.m.
Location: Kellogg Biological Station Education Center Auditorium on Gull Lake
Speaker: Rob Fletcher, University of Florida
Series: KBS Seminars
Environmental Stewardship at Michigan State University
Date: Friday, December 5, 3:30 p.m.
Location: 19 Natural Resources Building
Speaker: Lynda Boomer , Environmental and Energy Engineer, MSU
Series: Fisheries and Wildlife GSO Lectures
Write Winning Grants Seminar
Date: Tuesday, December 16, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Location: 1410 Biomedical and Physical Sciences Building
Speaker: David C. Morrison, Ph.D., Grant Writers' Seminars and Workshops, LLC
January 2009
Environmental and Agricultural Farming by Mixtec Natives in the United States
Date: Thursday, January 22, 3 - 5 p.m.
Location: CIP-115 (International Center)
Speaker: Devon Peņa, University of Washington
Series: Department of History Speaker Series
February 2009
MSU Art and Art History Guest Lecture
Date: Monday, February 12, 7 p.m.
Location: 101 North Kedzie
Speaker: Lisa Sanditz, Artist
Series: Art and Art History Guest Lecture
Note: Painter Lisa Sanditz sources the contemporary urban landscape of malls, parking lots, and suburban housing developments. Her paintings capture the sublime through an investigation of the dynamic relationship between natural and artificial environments. She is a 2008 Guggenheim Fellow.
April 2009
3rd Annual Climate Change in the Great Lakes Symposium
Date: April 14 and 15, 2009
Location: Henry Center, Michigan State University
Host/Contact: Environmental Science and Policy Department, espp@msu.edu
Animals: Past, Present and Future
Date: April 16-17, 2009
Location: Michigan State University
Speakers: Harriet Ritvo, Department of History, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Tom Tyler, Department of Philosophy and Culture, Oxford Brookes University, United Kingdom; and Terry O'Connor, Department of Zooarchaeology, York University, United Kingdom
Note: Call for Papers - This conference will explore the past, present and future roles animals play in human histories. Possible topics for papers include animal histories, animal agency, anthropomorphism, zoomorphism, animal perception, gender and connecting (or separating) oppressions, and animals as technologies.
We encourage submissions from interdisciplinary and international perspectives. Graduate students are welcome to apply. Submissions should include the paper title and abstract (max. 500 words) and a short biography of the speaker. All speakers must register for the conference.
Deadline for paper submissions: September 29, 2008
Contact: Paper submissions should be sent to Georgina Montgomery at animalsmsu@gmail.com. Check out official conference Web site.
May 2009
Michigan Green Expo
Date: May 8-10, 2009
Location: Lansing, Michigan
Note: For more information on attending or exhibiting, visit www.migreenexpo.com
