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Earth Institute: Upcoming Events
Posted by W2GI recently recieved an email from Earth Institute listing the following upcoming events. I will continue to update events as I am notified.
Wednesday, November 19
Earth Institute Fellows Symposium
Speakers: Earth Institute Fellows; Introduction by Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director, The Earth Institute at Columbia University
Time: 1:30 to 5:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Alfred Lerner Hall, Room 555
Contact: Events, events@ei.columbia.edu or call (212) 854-8158
Thursday, November 20
Master of Public Administration in Development Practice Information Session
Speakers: Various
Time: 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, International Affairs Building, 420 West 118th Street, Room 1501
Contact: Noura Bakkour, nb2321@columbia.edu or call (212) 854-3142
Tuesday, November 18
Sustainable Development at Columbia University: Human Rights and Sustainable Development
Speaker: Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director, The Earth Institute at Columbia University
Time: 4:30 to 6:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Jerome L. Greene Hall, room 104
Contact: Columbia Law School, hri@law.columbia.edu
Wednesday, November 19
The Politics of Food: A Conference on New York’s Next Policy Challenge
Speakers: Michael R. Bloomberg, Mayor, City of New York; Father Miguel d’Escoto Brockman, President, United Nations General Assembly; Maya Wiley, Director, Center for Social Inclusion; Thomas Forster, New School Food Studies Program
Time: 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Alfred Lerner Hall, Roone Arledge Auditorium
Contact: Politics of Food Conference, conference@manhattanbp.org
Web Site: http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/food
Office of Academic and Research Programs: Geospatial Applications Brownbag
Speaker: Mark Becker, Senior Staff Associate, Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)
Time: 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, School of International and Public Affairs Room 801
Contact: Amanda Christie, arc2140@columbia.edu
LDEO Division of Geochemistry Seminar Series
Speaker: Kevin Jones, Graduate Student, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia University
Time: 1:30 to 3:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Gary C. Comer Geochemistry Building, First Floor Seminar Room
Contact: David McGee, dmcgee@ldeo.columbia.edu
Web Site: http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~dmcgee/GeochemSeminar/Home.html
Earth Institute Fellows Symposium
Speakers: Earth Institute Fellows; Introduction by Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director, The Earth Institute at Columbia University
Time: 1:30 to 5:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Alfred Lerner Hall, Room 555
Contact: Events, events@ei.columbia.edu or call (212) 854-8158
The Climate Center Lecturer Series: The Flow of Energy Through the Climate System - Part II
Speaker: Kevin E. Trenberth, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
Time: 2:00 to 3:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, NASA/Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) Armstrong Hall, 3rd Floor Conference Room
Contact: Gavin Schmidt, gschmidt@giss.nasa.gov or call (212) 678-5627
Web Site: http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/climatecenter/climate-center-lecturer-series/2008trenberthkevin
Columbia Water Center Seminar Series: Urban Impacts on Precipitation - An Intercomparison of the New York City and Beijing Metropolitan Regions
Speaker: James Smith, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Director, Program in Geological Engineering; Director, Program in Environmental Engineering and Water Resources, Princeton University
Time: 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, 924 Seeley W. Mudd Building
Contact: Columbia Water Center, watercenter@columbia.edu
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Information Session
Speakers: Various
Time: 4:30 to 6:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Alfred Lerner Hall, Satow Room (5th floor)
Contact: Betsy Ness-Edelstein, betsy@ei.columbia.edu or call (212) 854-2525
CSSR Fall Seminar Series: Mother-Infant Interactions
Speaker: Beatrice Beebe, Clinical Professor of Medical Psychology (in Psychiatry), College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University Medical Center, New York State Psychiatric Institute; Professor, Columbia Psychoanalytic Center, Institute for the Psychoanalytic Study of Subjectivity, NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis
Time: 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Schapiro CEPSR Building, Davis Auditorium
Contact: Ossian Foley, opf1@columbia.edu
Web Site: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cssr/upcoming_cssr_calendar.html
Thursday, November 20
The Climate Center Lecturer Series: The Global Water Cycle and Its Changes
Speaker: Kevin E. Trenberth, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
Time: 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Monell Building Auditorium
Contact: Arthur Greene, amg@iri.columbia.edu or call (845) 680-4436
Web Site: http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/climatecenter/climate-center-lecturer-series/2008trenberthkevin
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IGERT Joint Program 2008 Colloquium: Towards an Objective Evaluation of Climate Model Performance
Speaker: Thomas Reichler, Assistant Professor, Department of Meteorology, University of Utah
Time: 2:45 to 3:45 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Seeley W. Mudd Building, Room 214
Contact: Jennifer Cho, jc2305@columbia.edu
Web Site: http://www.appmath.columbia.edu/igert
Master of Public Administration in Development Practice Information Session
Speakers: Various
Time: 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, International Affairs Building, 420 West 118th Street, Room 1501
Contact: Noura Bakkour, nb2321@columbia.edu or call (212) 854-3142
Friday, November 21
IRI Seminar: Climate, Forecast and Impacts Briefing
Speakers: Various
Time: 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Lamont Campus, Monell Building Auditorium
Contact: Maria Rise C Fullon, mrf2102@columbia.edu
LDEO Earth Science Colloquium: Resetting Thermochronology of Near-Surface Processes
Speaker: Peter Reiners, Associate Professor, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona
Time: 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Lamont-DohertyEarth Observatory, Monell Building Auditorium
Contact: Natalie Boelman, nboelman@ldeo.columbia.edu
Web Site: http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/news-events/events/colloquium
LDEO Earth Science Colloquium
Speaker: Peter Reiners, Associate Professor, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona
Time: 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Monell Building Auditorium
Contact: Natalie Boelman, nboelman@ldeo.columbia.edu
Web Site: http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu
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All events are open to the public unless otherwise noted. For specific details on these events, visit the Earth Institute Calendar of Events
Directions to Columbia University
Directions to the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
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All the above information was provided to my via email from “Earth Institute Events” events@ei.columbia.edu
For more information, please visit Columbia University: Earth Institute website.
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