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EVSC 493 UNDERGRADUATE SEMINAR SERIES Fall 2005

FALL 2005

Please feel free to invite other students not in the course to attend as well.
Howard Epstein (hee2b@virginia.edu) Clark Hall 211

These are the currently scheduled seminar speakers and the titles of their talks for this semester.

All seminars are held Tuesdays, 4pm , Clark 108

http://toolkit.virginia.edu/EVSC493-4

01 Sep Thu
Alan Townsend (University of Colorado) Host: Jim Galloway

August 30
Organizational Day

September 6
Dr. Hank Shugart Dept. of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia
"How the Earthquake Bird Got its Name"

September 13
Dr. James Perry Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences, Gloucester Point, VA
" Wetlands of Eastern China: Habitat Restoration Concepts and Real-time Complications in a Developing Country"

September 20
Dr. Patrick Michaels Virginia State Climatology Office
"Global Warming: Fact and Fiction"

September 27
Dr. Carleton Ray Dept. of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia
"Do Marine Mammals Matter? Lessons from Ecology and Society"

October 4
Mr. Ridge Schuyler The Nature Conservancy
"Protecting the Rivanna: A Scientific Approach"

October 11
Dr. Natalie Mladenov Dept. of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia
"Floods, hippos and papyrus: A Story of Ecohydrological Linkages in the Okavango Delta, Botswana"

October 18
Mr. William Gilhooly Dept. of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia
"The International Ocean Drilling Program and Leg 308 to the Gulf of Mexico"

October 25
Ms. Amy Faulring Greenpeace, Washington, DC
"Greenpeace: Taking Action to Protect the Planet"

November 1
Dr. Richard Selden Department of Economics, University of Virginia
"Stabilization of the Oregon Inlet, NC: Economic Pros and Cons "

November 8
Dr. Robert Dolan Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia
"Stabilization of the Oregon Inlet, NC: Scientific Pros and Cons"

November 15
Dr. Wes Sechrest Conservation International
"Slowing the Pace of Modern Extinction: Protecting the Hotspots of Diversity"

November 22
Thanksgiving Break

November 29
Ms. Kristel Riddervold Environmental Administrator, City of Charlottesville
"Green Buildings: Theory and Reality"

December 6
Graduate Students Dept. of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia
"Advancing our Understanding of the Environment by Graduate Study"

This is a one credit, pass/fail course. Grades are based on attendance. Students are expected to attend all seminars. Students will be allowed to miss one seminar. Missing more than one seminar except in unusual circumstances will result in no credit (NC). At the end of each lecture attendance is determined by each student turning in a question pertaining to that week's seminar along with their student identification number.
Environmental Sciences Department
291 McCormick Rd
Charlottesville, Virginia
(434) 924-7761
Maintained by wsc4j@virginia.edu and hee2b@virginia.edu.