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EVSC 494 UNDERGRADUATE SEMINAR SERIES

Spring 2001

Held this semester in conjunction with
EVSC 793 Seminar on the Ecology of Southern Africa


These are the currently scheduled seminar speakers and the titles of their talks for this semester. These seminars are open to all, and are held at 4:00pm Tuesdays, Clark 147.

Asterisk (*) denotes date for interactive international broadcast of lecture with students and professors in Africa.


September 4 Organizational Day

September 11
Dr. Remy Hennet (Papadopoulos Assoc., Bethesda, MD.)
"Pharmaceutical Fingerprints and the Timing of Environmental Releases "

September 18 *
Dr. Michael Garstang (Dept. of Environmental Sciences, UVA)
"Elephants and Long Distance Communication in Southern Africa"

September 25
Dr. Bruce Nelson (Dept. of Environmental Sciences, UVA)
"Rocks and Rivers of Malaysia "

October 2 *
Dr. Mary Scholes (Univ. Witwatersrand, South Africa)
"Nutrient Cycles and the African Savannas "

October 9 *
Dr. Paul Desanker (Dept. of Environmental Sciences, UVA)
"African Global Change"

October 16 *     Reading Day at UVA
Dr. Rui Britto (Univ. Edward Mondlane, Mozambique)
"Effects of the Limpopo River Floods on Agriculture"

October 23 *
Dr. Hank Shugart (Dept. of Environmental Sciences, UVA)
"Ecological Models of African Savannas and Woodlands"

October 30 *
Dr. Harold Annegarn (Univ. Witwatersrand, South Africa)
"Atmospheric Pollution in Urban Regions of South Africa"

November 6 *
Dr. Joseph Miller (Department of History, UVA)
"The Oral Tradition and History of Africa"

November 13 *
Dr. Tomas Muacanhia (Univ. Edward Mondlane, Mozambique)
"Biodiversity of the Coral Reefs around Inhaca Island, Mozambique "
     due to technical difficulties, changed to:
Dr. Lee Berger (WITS University, Johannesburg, SA)
"The Evolution of Modern African Mammals and their Ecology"

November 20 *
Dr. Bruce Hayden (Dept. of Environmental Sciences, UVA)
"The US Long Term Ecological Research Program and the Potential for Africa"

November 27 *
Dr. Robert Swap (Dept. of Environmental Sciences, UVA)
"Dust in the Winds of Southern Africa"

December 4
Grad Students (Dept. of Environmental Sciences, UVA)
"Advancing our Understanding of the Changing Environment by Graduate Study"



For more information, contact Stephen A. Macko (sam8f@virginia.edu) 924-6849, Halsey Hall 209.




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