Events

Thursday, November 8, 2012 - Wednesday, November 14, 2012

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DEES Open Thesis Defense: The Phylogeny of Basal Coelurosaurian Theropods (Archosauria: Dinosauria) and Patterns of Morphological Evolution during the Dinosaur-Bird Transition

Date: November 08, 2012 from 10:30 am to 11:30 am EST

Location: American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) 200 Central Park West, Linder Theatre, New York City

Speaker: Stephen Brusatte, Graduate Student, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences (DEES), Columbia University


M.A. Program in Climate and Society Open House

Date: November 08, 2012 from 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm EST

Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, 603 Schermerhorn

Speakers: Ben Orlove, Co-Director, MA Program in Climate and Society; Professor, School of International and Public Affairs, columbia University; Cynthia Thomson, Assistant Director, MA Program in Climate and Society, International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI) The Earth Institute, Columbia University


LDEO Division of Ocean and Climate Physics (DOCP) Seminar Series: Sensitivity of Intrusions of Circumpolar Deep Water onto Antarctic Continental Shelves to Changes in the Atmosphere

Date: November 09, 2012 from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm EST

Location: Columbia University Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Gary C. Comer Geochemistry Building First Floor Seminar Room

Speaker: Michael Dinniman, Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography, Old Dominion University


Undergraduate Program in Sustainable Development Brown Bag: How You Can Be Involved in the Columbia Community's Sustainability Efforts

Date: November 09, 2012 from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm EST

Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Alumni Center, Shapiro Room

Speaker: Cathy Resler, Office of Environmental Stewardship, Columbia University


LDEO Earth Science Colloquium: "Basal Plumbing for the Changing (ice) Masses"

Date: November 09, 2012 from 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm EST

Location: Columbia University Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Monell Building Auditorium

Speaker: Timothy Creyts , Associate Research Scientist, Marine Geology and Geophysics, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University


DEES Open Thesis Defense: Adaptation Strategies to Climate Change in the Tropics - Analysis of two Multi-factorial Systems

Date: November 12, 2012 from 10:00 am to 11:00 am EST

Location: Columbia University, Lamont Campus, Gary C. Comer Geochemistry Building, First Floor Seminar Room

Speaker: Daniel Ruiz Carrascal, Graduate Student, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences (DEES), Columbia University


Master of Public Administration in Environmental Science and Policy (MPA ESP) Online Information Session

Date: November 12, 2012 from 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm EST

Location: Online session

Speaker: Steve Cohen , Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer, The Earth Institute; Director, Master of Public Administration Program in Environmental Science and Policy, Columbia University


Warming Arctic, Changing Planet

Date: November 12, 2012 from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm EST

Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Low Memorial Library, The Rotunda

Moderator: Andy Revkin, Senior Fellow for Environmental Understanding, Pace University; Blogger, DotEarth, Speakers and Panelists: Julie Payette, Canadian Astronaut, Scientific Delegate, Quebec Government Office; Natalie Boelman, Lamont Assistant Research Professor, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University; Kevin Griffin, Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia University; Igor Krupnik, Anthropologist, Arctic Studies Center, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History; Stephanie Pfirman, Professor and Chair, Department of Environmental Science, Barnard College; Pierre Richard, Research Scientist, Fisheries and Oceans Canada;Bruno Tremblay, Associate Professor, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, McGill University


Seasonal Forecast Modelling in South Africa: How the IRI Has Helped to Make It Possible

Date: November 13, 2012 from 10:00 am to 11:00 am EST

Location: Columbia University Lamont Campus Monell 205

Speaker: Willem Landman, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Pretoria, South Africa


Earth Institute Practicum: Millennium Villages and the Green Revolution in Africa

Date: November 13, 2012 from 4:20 pm to 6:10 pm EST

Location: Columbia University Morningside Campus Jerome Greene Hall, Room 102

Speaker: Pedro Sanchez, Director, Tropical Agriculture and the Rural Environment Program, Co-Chair, Millennium Project Hunger Task Force, The Earth Institute, Columbia University


Sustainable Development Seminar Series: Food Security

Date: November 14, 2012 from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm EST

Location: Columbia University Morningside Campus Alfred Lerner Hall, Satow Room

Speakers: Pedro Sanchez, Director, Tropical Agriculture and the Rural Environment Program; Director, Millennium Villages Project, The Earth Institute, Columbia University; Jessica Fanzo, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Institute of Human Nutrition and Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University Medical Center, Adjunct Associate Professor, School of International Public Affairs, Director of Nutrition Policy, Center on Globalization and Sustainable Development, The Earth Institute, Columbia University; Peter Grace, Visiting Senior Research Scientist, Professor of Global Change, Institute for Future Environments, Queensland University of Technology; Hope Michelson, Postdoctoral Fellow, The Earth Institute, Columbia University.


CSSR Seminar: The Deadly Link Between Slavery and Environmental Destruction

Date: November 14, 2012 from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm EST

Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Union Theological Seminary, James Chapel, 121st Street and Broadway

Speaker: Kevin Bales, Co-Founder, Free the Slaves


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