calendar of events
September 5, 2008
- Kappe Environmental Engineering Seminar
Jennifer Field, Oregon State University, "Illicit Drugs and Biomarkers in Raw Wastewater: A New Tool for Drug Epidemiology"
11:15 a.m.; 258 Willard Building - Geography Coffee Hour
Stefan Little, "Paleobotany: Reconstructing Ancient Biogeography, Climate and Change"
4:00 p.m.; 112 Walker Building
September 6, 2008
- Huddle with the Faculty
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, "Ice is Hot: What is the Ice in Antarctica and Greenland Really Doing?"
10:00 a.m.; Nittany Lion Inn
September 8, 2008
- Plant Biology Seminar Series
Barbara Bliss, "Aristolochia fimbriata: a proposed experimental model for basal angiosperms"
12:10 p.m.; 108 Wartik Laboratory - Ecology Seminar
Victoria Braithwaite, "How does ecology shape the way fish behave?"
1:00 p.m.; 118 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building - Biomass Energy Center/ENRI Seminar
Lee Rybeck Lynd, Dartmouth College, "Understanding and Meeting the Challenges of Large-Scale Biofuel Production"
4:00 p.m.; 107 Forest Resources Building
September 9, 2008
- Lee Rybeck Lynd, Dartmouth College, "Microbial
Cellulose Utilization: Fundamentals and Biotechnology"
10:00 a.m.; 140 Fenske Laboratory
ALSO Brown Bag Lunch: "The Principles and Practice of Interdisciplinary Research"
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.;244 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building - Geosciences Colloquia
Robin Newmark, Livermore National Lab, "Water Challenges for Carbon Capture and Sequestration"
4:00 p.m.; 22 Deike Building
September 10, 2008
- Bortree Lecture Series
John Groopman, Johns Hopkins University, "Translation of Molecular Biomarkers to Cancer Prevention"
4:00 p.m.; 101 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building
September 11, 2008
- Earth Talks Seminar/Department of Meteorology Host
Mary Ann Mason, UC Berkeley, "Do Babies Matter? Women in Academia"
4:00 p.m.; 112 Walker Building
September 12, 2008
- Geography Coffee Hour
Adam Rome, "Earth Day 1970 and the Making of the First Green Generation"
4:00 p.m.; 112 Walker Building
September 15, 2008
- Ecology Seminar
Annette Dathe, "Colloid movement through soils - fundamentals, experiments and implications for the environment"
1:30 p.m.; 118 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building - Earth Talks Fall Colloquium Series: "Quenching the Thirst: Managing the Water Resources
of a Changing Planet"
Michael Gooseff: "One of These Things is Not Like the Other: Stream Restoration and Stream Ecosystem Restoration"
4:00 p.m.; 112 Walker Building
September 16, 2008
- Chemical Engineering Seminar
Bruce E. Dale, Michigan State University, "Cellulosic Ethanol: Thinking Clearly about Energy, Food and Environmental Issues"
10-11:00 a.m.; 140 Fenske Laboratory - Geosciences Colloquia
Kira Lawrence, Lafayette College, "Into the Icehouse: Northern Hemisphere Glaciation - A Sea Surface Perspective"
4:00 p.m.; 22 Deike Building
September 20, 2008
- Center for Sustainability
MorningStar Public Tour
Following PSU-Temple football game; Center County's Visitor Center
September 22, 2008
- Ecology Seminar
Frederick Meinzer, USDA Forest Service, "Consequences of being tall: height-related trends in tree growth and hydraulic architecture"
4:00 p.m.; 108 Wartik Laboratory - Earth Talks Fall Colloquium Series: "Quenching the Thirst: Managing the Water Resources
of a Changing Planet"
Upmanu Lall, Columbia University: Title TBA"
4:00 p.m.; 112 Walker Building
September 23, 2008
- Chemical Engineering Seminar
David W. Wood, Princeton University, "New technologies from engineered self-modifying proteins"
10-11:00 a.m.; 140 Fenske Laboratory - Geosciences Colloquia
Bob Hazen, George Mason University, "Mineralogical Co-Evolution of the Geo- and Biospheres"
4:00 p.m.; 22 Deike Building
September 26, 2008
- Geography Coffee Hour
Alan Krupnick, Resources for the Future, "Perspectives on (statistical) Life in China"
4:00 p.m.; 112 Walker Building
September 27, 2008
- Center for Sustainability
MorningStar Public Tour
Following PSU-Illinois football game; Center County's Visitor Center
September 29, 2008
- Earth Talks Fall Colloquium Series: "Quenching the Thirst: Managing the Water Resources
of a Changing Planet"
Pat Mulholland, Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Streams as Nitrogen Filters in the Landscape"
4:00 p.m.; 112 Walker Building
September 30, 2008
- Chemical Engineering Seminar
Radhakrishna Sureshkumar, Washington University in St. Louis, "Self-organization in ultrathin metal films: robust routes to optical/solar nanomaterials"
10-11:00 a.m.; 140 Fenske Laboratory - GIS Council Workshop
GIS Basic Skills Workshop (FREE)
8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.; 229 Forestry Resources Building
October 1-3, 2008
- 2008 Dirt and Gravel Road Maintenance Workshop
Antiochian Village Conference Center
Ligioner, PA
October 2, 2008
- GIS Council Workshop
GIS Basic Skills Workshop (FREE)
8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.; 229 Forestry Resources Building
October 3, 2008
- Geography Coffee Hour
David Mark, SUNY Buffalo, "Cultural and Linguistic Variation in the Conceptualization of Landscape: Navajo, Yindjibarndi, and English"
4:00 p.m.; 112 Walker Building
October 6, 2008
- Plant Biology Seminar Series
Lei Zhao, "Functional study of pollen-expressed expansin genes in Arabidopsis"
12:10 p.m.; 108 Wartik Laboratory - Ecology Seminar
Bryan Grenfell, "Spatiotemporal dynamics and control of acute immunizing infections"
1:00 p.m.; 118 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building - Earth Talks Fall Colloquium Series: "Quenching the Thirst: Managing the Water Resources
of a Changing Planet"
Martin Doyle: University of North Carolina: "Politics, Markets, and Engineers in Destroying and Restoring the American River: From George Washington to George Bush"
4:00 p.m.; 112 Walker Building
October 7, 2008
- GIS Council Workshop
GIS Analysis I (Cost $45.00)
8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.; 229 Forestry Resources Building
October 9, 2008
- GIS Council Workshop
GIS Analysis II (Cost $45.00)
8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.; 229 Forestry Resources Building - Chemical Engineering Seminar
Richard Noble, University of Colorado at Boulder, "Gas separations using ionic liquids and ionic liquid polymers"
4-5:00 p.m.; 102 Thomas Building
Reception: 5:15-6:00 p.m., Willaman Gateway Bridge
October 10, 2008
- Geography Coffee Hour
David Gilberton, University of Plymouth and University of South Wales, "From Pristine to Poisonous at Phaino: The Early Interaction of World Systems and Earth Systems"
4:00 p.m.; 112 Walker Building
October 13, 2008
- Plant Biology Seminar Series
Greg Martin, Cornell University, "Bacterial elicitation and evasion of plant innate immunity"
12:10 p.m.; 108 Wartik Laboratory - Ecology Seminar
Tracy Langkilde, "Title TBA "
1:00 p.m.; 118 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building - Earth Talks Fall Colloquium Series: "Quenching the Thirst: Managing the Water Resources
of a Changing Planet"
Steve Runnig: University of Montana: "Climate Change in the West: It's All About Water"
4:00 p.m.; 112 Walker Building
October 14, 2008
- GIS Council Workshop
GIS Analysis III (Cost $45.00)
8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.; 229 Forestry Resources Building - Geosciences Colloquia
Jeff McGuire, Woods Hole, "Title TBA "
4:00 p.m.; 22 Deike Building
October 15, 2008
- 2008-2009 WUN Horizons in Earth Systems Virtual Seminar Series
Klaus Keller, "Geoengineering"
Noon - 1 p.m.; 541 Deike Building
October 16, 2008
- GIS Council Workshop
LIDAR-Image Processing (Cost $45.00)
8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.; 229 Forestry Resources Building - Center for Advanced Power Generation Seminar Series
George Muntean, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, "Challenges of Carbon Dioxide Capture as a Global Warming Mitigation Strategy"
2:00 p.m.; 125 Reber Building
October 17, 2008
- Geography Coffee Hour
Robin Wilson, "Cancer and the Importance of Place"
4:00 p.m.; 112 Walker Building
October 20, 2008
- Ecology Seminar
Gian Rocco, "Title TBA"
1:00 p.m.; 118 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building - Earth Talks Fall Colloquium Series: "Quenching the Thirst: Managing the Water Resources
of a Changing Planet"
James Boyd, Resources for the Future: Title TBA
4:00 p.m.; 112 Walker Building
October 21, 2008
- Geosciences Colloquia
George Zandt, University of Arizona , "Title TBA "
4:00 p.m.; 22 Deike Building
October 27, 2008
- Ecology Seminar
Emily Rauschert, "Quantifying invasive species spread: multiple vectors of Microstegium vimineum dispersal"
1:00 p.m.; 118 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building - Distinguished Lectures in Lifes Science
Vilayanur Ramachandran, UC San Diego, "The biological basis of aesthetics and the laws of art"
4:30 p.m.; Berg Auditorium (100 Life Sciences) - Earth Talks Fall Colloquium Series: "Quenching the Thirst: Managing the Water Resources
of a Changing Planet"
Beth Boyer: Title TBA
4:00 p.m.; 112 Walker Building
October 28, 2008
- GIS Council Workshop
LIDAR-Image Processing (Cost $45.00)
8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.; 229 Forestry Resources Building - Chemical Engineering Seminar
James F. Gilchrist, Lehigh University, "Particle migration and self-organization in simple and chaotic flows"
10-11:00 a.m.; 140 Fenske Laboratory - Geosciences Colloquia
Matt Fantle, "Title TBA"
4:00 p.m.; 22 Deike Building
October 29, 2008
- Kappe Seminar Series
C.E. (Sandy) Thomas, H2Gen Innovations, Inc., "Transportation Options in a Carbon-Constrained World: Plug-in Hybrids, Biofuels and Fuel Cells"
11:15 a.m.; 151 Willard Building
November 3, 2008
- Plant Biology Seminar Series
Jonathan La Mantia, "Adaptive genome evolution: the greatest show on turf"
12:10 p.m.; 108 Wartik Laboratory - Ecology Seminar
Mark Mescher, "The role of plant volatiles in mediating interactions among plants and insects"
1:00 p.m.; 118 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building - Earth Talks Fall Colloquium Series: "Quenching the Thirst: Managing the Water Resources
of a Changing Planet"
Kurt Stephenson, Virginia Tech: "Environmental Markets: Rhetoric, Reality, and Potential Water Quality Trading"
4:00 p.m.; 112 Walker Building
November 4, 2008
- Chemical Engineering Seminar
James C. Liao, "Next Generation Biofuels "
10-11:00 a.m.; 140 Fenske Laboratory - Geosciences Colloquia
Paul Knauth, Arizona State University, "The Late Precambrian Greening of the Earth - Trigger of the Cambrian Explosion of Metazoan Life"
4:00 p.m.; 22 Deike Building
November 6, 2008
- Center for Advanced Power Generation Seminar Series
George Richards, DOE National Energy Technology Laboratory, "Energy Production in a Carbon-Constrained World"
2:00 p.m.; 125 Reber Building
November 7, 2008
- Geography Coffee Hour
Cindi Katz, University of New York, "The Evolution of Human Skin Color, Meeting of Place of Geography and Physiology"
4:00 p.m.; 112 Walker Building
November 10, 2008
- Plant Biology Seminar Series
Sarah Nilson, "Heterotrimeric G protein regulation of transpiration efficiency in Arabidopsis"
12:10 p.m.; 108 Wartik Laboratory - Ecology Seminar
Krista Jacobson, "Turning Red Clay Brown: The Intersection of Organic Agriculture, Restoration Ecology and Economics in the Deep South"
1:00 p.m.; 118 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building - Earth Talks Fall Colloquium Series: "Quenching the Thirst: Managing the Water Resources
of a Changing Planet"
George Hornberger, Vanderbuilt University: Title TBA
4:00 p.m.; 112 Walker Building
November 11, 2008
- Geosciences Colloquia
Terry Plank, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, "Title TBA"
4:00 p.m.; 22 Deike Building
November 14, 2008
- Geography Coffee Hour
David Pollard, "Modeling the Past Growth and Collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet"
4:00 p.m.; 112 Walker Building
November 17, 2008
- Wind Energy Working Group Symposiuim
Pennsylvania Wind Energy Symposium: Power for the Future
November 17-18, 2008; University Park Campus - Plant Biology Seminar Series
Andrew Stephenson, "Inbreeding, herbivory, and disease transmission in a wild gourd"
12:10 p.m.; 108 Wartik Laboratory - Ecology Seminar
Jackie Grant, "Evolutionary and chemical ecology of spider venoms"
1:00 p.m.; 118 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building - Earth Talks Fall Colloquium Series: "Quenching the Thirst: Managing the Water Resources
of a Changing Planet"
Larry Fennessey: "State of Penn State University Water Resources"
4:00 p.m.; 112 Walker Building
December 1, 2008
- Plant Biology Seminar Series
Zi Shi, "An Arabidopsis NPRI-like gene, NPR3, negatively regulates plant defense during early flower development"
12:10 p.m.; 108 Wartik Laboratory - Ecology Seminar
Patrick Drohan, "Don't bust the crust" and other dusty tales from the arid west: exploring the resilience of arid soils to human disturbance
1:00 p.m.; 118 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building - Earth Talks Fall Colloquium Series: "Quenching the Thirst: Managing the Water Resources
of a Changing Planet"
Bob Hirsh, USGS: "Future Directions for Hydrologic Research: Science to Support Restoration"
4:00 p.m.; 112 Walker Building
December 2, 2008
- Geosciences Colloquia
Marc Hesse, Brown Univesity, "Title TBA"
4:00 p.m.; 22 Deike Building
December 5, 2008
- Geography Coffee Hour
Jenni Evans, "Title TBA"
4:00 p.m.; 112 Walker Building
December 8, 2008
- Plant Biology Seminar Series
Daniel Cosgrove, "Mechanism and mysteries of cell wall expansion"
12:10 p.m.; 108 Wartik Laboratory - Ecology Seminar
Maria Pia Miglietta, "A silent invasion"
1:00 p.m.; 118 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building
December 9, 2008
- Geosciences Colloquia
James Scott, "Title TBA"
4:00 p.m.; 22 Deike Building