Thursday, 31 Mar 2011
Silence of the Songbirds
Bridget Stutchbury studies the ecology and behavior of songbirds in North America and the New World tropics. Her 2007 book Silence of the Songbirds looks at the recent decline in migratory songbirds and the factors most threatening their extinction, from pesticides to habitat destruction and city lights to climate change. The Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Symposium Keynote and part of the Women in STEM Series.
Monday, 04 Apr 2011
Tote Bags
Make a reversible tote bag out of a t-shirt!
Wednesday, 06 Apr 2011
How to Cut Our Nation's Oil Dependence in Half
"Advanced Biofuels and Clean Cars: How to Cut Our Nation's Oil Dependence in Half," Jeremy Martin, senior scientist with the Union of Concerned Scientists Clean Vehicles Program. He evaluates the impact of biofuels and fuel policy. Martin has researched and published on a range of topics, including biofuels lifecycle accounting, greenhouse gas emissions in biofuels production, semiconductor manufacturing and polymer physics.
How Agricultural Innovation and Collaboration will Shape the Future of the World
"How Agricultural Innovation and Collaboration will Shape the Future of the World," Jim Borel. As executive vice president of DuPont, Borel is responsible for DuPont's production agriculture businesses, DuPont Crop Protection and Pioneer Hi-Bred. The Carl and Marjory Hertz Lecture on Emerging Issues in Agriculture.
Thursday, 07 Apr 2011
Symposium on Rare Earth Materials Keynote Address - Mark Smith
Molycorp President and CEO Mark Smith will discuss the global outlook for rare earth markets; the groundbreaking technologies being built into Molycorp's manufacturing supply chain; the economics supporting Molycorp's business plan; and how Molycorp will help the U.S. successfully compete in global rare earth markets. Part of the Local Chapter of Materials Research Society Annual Symposium.
Protecting the Planet: An Earth Warrior's Story
Paul Watson founded the world's leading direct action ocean conservation organization, the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. Since 2002, Watson and his crew have attempted to stop Japanese ships from hunting whales in Antarctica documented in Animal Planet's series Whale Wars, now in its fourth season. Part of the Live Green! Sustainability Series.