EVENTS AT BRENTo stimulate intellectual exchange relevant to solving important environmental issues, the Bren School regularly hosts prominent experts from around the world, who present their ideas and achievements at a variety of events. These workshops, conferences, seminars, and colloquia ensure that the school remains a lively intellectual center at the forefront of environmental knowledge. We invite you to attend the events listed here, and to peruse the "Recent Events" to find out more about a range of related subject matter. |
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Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009, 12:30-1:30 pm, Bren Hall 1414 Research Colloquium—Jeff McDonnell, Oregon State University; "The two water worlds paradox: Isotope evidence that trees and streams return different water pools to the hydrosphere." (more) Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009, 2 pm Bren Hall Dean's Conference Room (2436) Heather Coleman—PhD Dissertation Defense; "Ecological Consequences of Natural Oil Contamination." (more) Friday, Dec. 4, 2009, 1:30-2:30 pm Bren Hall 1424 Research Colloquium—Hugh Possingham, Director, Applied Environmental Decision Analysis, University of Queensland, Australia; "Optimal Monitoring for Conservation." (more) |
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RECENT EVENTSEvents ArchiveNov. 12, 2009 Community Colloquium, Bob Boughton, Senior Engineer, Office of Pollution Prevention and Green Technology, California Department of Toxic Substances; "California’s Green Chemistry Initiative- application of LCA in public policy." (more) Oct 30, 2009 Bren PhD Student Symposium Presentations of current research being pursued by Bren doctoral students. (more) Oct. 29, 2009 Research Colloquium—Erica Fleishman, Researcher, the Bren School; "Application of Conservation Science to Management of Public and Private Lands in the Western United States." (more) Oct. 22, 2009 Community Colloquium—Lynn Scarlett, former Deputy Secretary, U. S. Department of the Interior; "Cities Meet Nature: Responding to a Changing Climate" First of three parts in the 2009-2010 Zurich Financial Services Distinguished Visitors Program on Climate Change (more) Oct. 15, 2009 Research Colloquium—Patricia Holden, Bren School Professor; "Interactions Between Pseudomonas aeruginosa and CdSe Quantum Dots." (more) Oct. 8, 2009 Research Colloquium—Geir Wing Gabrielson; "Does Climate Change Affect Levels of Pollutants in the Arctic?" (more) Sept. 24, 2009 PhD Defense—Vered Doctori-Blass"Information, Decision-Making, and Corporate Eco-efficiency: Three Essays." (more) Sept.23, 2009 Speaker—Chris J. Brown, PhD Candidate, University of Queensland; "Impacts of Climate Change on Marine Food Webs: using ecosystem models to investigate ecological feedbacks. (more) June 12, 2009 Bren School 2009 Commencement Excercises Speaker—Joel Reynolds, Senior Attorney, Natural Resources Defense Council and Co-director, NRDC Urban Program; "Congratulations: Now clean up this mess." June 1, 2009 Speaker—Forest Rohwer, San Diego State University; "Playing with Snot: What can corals teach us about cystic fibrosis?" (more) May 18, 2009 Speaker—David Sedlak, UC Berkeley Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering; "Oxidant Production from Iron Nanoparticles: Mechanisms, Contaminant Transformation and Impacts on Biological Systems." (more) May 12, 2009 Speaker—Ernst von Weizsäcker, May 4, 2009 Speaker—Chris Francis, Stanford University; "Ammonia-Oxidizing Archaea: An Important New Player in the Microbial Nitrogen Cycle." (more) April 28, 2009 Speaker—David L. Revelle, Consultant, Philip Williams and Associates; "Regional Shoreline and Beach Changes in the Santa Barbara Sandshed." (more) April 9, 2009 Speaker—Bruce Logan, Professor, Environmental Engineering, Penn State University;"Opportunities for Bioenergy Production Using Microbial Fuel Cell Technologies." (more) April 6, 2009 Speaker—Richard Duke, Director, Center for Market Innovation, Natural Resources Defense Council and Zurich Financial Services Distinguished Visitors Program on Climate Change; "Cap 2.0: Defining Climate Legislation that Ensures Sustainable Low-carbon Growth." (more) April 3, 2009 Master of Environmental Science & Management Group Project Final Presentations. (more) April 1, 2009 Speaker—Dr. Craig Allen, Research Ecologist, U.S. Geological Survey; "Climate-Induced Forest Die-off, Fire, and Erosion as Synergistic Ecological Disturbanaces: Synthesis from Los Alamos, New Mexico, to the Globe." (more) March 30, 2009 Speaker—Else G. Brodestad, Director, Arctic Governance Project; "Indigenous Rights, Politics, and Institution Building." (more) Feb. 25, 2009 Speaker—Helen Poynton, U.S. EPA; "Small, Smaller Nano! A Daphnia magna DNA microarray for biomarker discovery and environmental monitoring of metal-based nanomatierials." (more) Feb. 17, 2009 Speaker—Thomas P. Lyon, Professor, University of Michigan, Sustainable Science, Technology and Commerce and Zurich Financial Services Distinguished Visitors Program on Climate Change; "Climate Change and Environmental Governance: A Pastiche of Policies." (more) Feb. 13, 2009 Speaker—David Poulson, Associate Director, Knight Center for Environmental Journalism, Michigan State University; "Communicating the Environmental Implicatinos of Nanotechnology...or... Can Tiny Stuff Kill You?" Feb. 12, 2009 Speaker—Arturo Keller, Professor, the Bren School of Environmental Science & Management; "A Learning Journey in the Galálapagos: Traveling with the Toyota International Teacher Program." (more) Feb. 12, 2009 Speaker—Jorge Gardea-Torresday, Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Texas, El Paso; "The Impact of Nonstabilized Nickel Hydroxide Nanoparticles on Mesquite Plants." (more) Jan. 8, 2009 Speaker—Bren Professor Christopher Costello; "Profitability Can Drive Sustainable Fisheries." (more) Dec. 5, 2008 Speaker—Bren School Dean Ernst von Weizsäcker, Going-Away Event; "Ernst's Next Steps." Dec. 4, 2008 Speaker—Wolfgang Sachs, Senior Research Fellow, The Wuppertal Institute; "Sufficiency as a Challenge for Environmental Policy and Management" (more) Dec. 4, 2008 Speaker—Jasna Tomic, Fuels Program Manager, CALSTART; "Evaluation and Prospects of Biofuels for Transporation."(more) Dec. 3, 2008 Speaker—Miriam Haran, former Director General, Israeli Ministry of the Environment; "Financial Meltdown Does not Slow Global Warming: The Environment in Israel." (more) Dec. 2, 2008 Speaker—Ramprasad Sengupta, Professor, Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India; "High Economic Growth, Equity, and Sustainable Energy Development of India." (more) Dec. 2, 2008 Phd Defense—Darcie Goodman; "Effective Estuarine Management: A case study of a California estuary and its political and ecological characteristics." (more) Nov. 25, 2008 Speaker—Charles Mbohwa. University of Johannesburg; "The Effects of Industrial Clusters on Greening Manufacturing Processes: The Case of Willowvale Industrial Cluster in Harare, Zimbabwe." (more) Nov. 18, 2008 Speaker—Ashok Khosla, President, World Conservation Union; "The Value of Ecosystem Services to the Economy." (more) |
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