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OSU Events: Lectures / Seminars

Monday, March 3, 2008

The Trask River Watershed Study: Fish
Speaker: Jason Dunham, OSU and USFS
9:00 am - 10:00 am  |  Nash Hall
"Life on the Edge (of Convective Zones): Convective Margins Theory and Variability"
Benjamin Lintner, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles
10:00 am - 11:00 pm  |  Burt Hall
Environmental Justice in China: Problems and Prospects
Lecture by Bryan Tilt, OSU Anthropology Dept., Humanities Center Research Fellow
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm  |  Autzen House
Optimal spatial sampling: Probability-based or model based?
Don L. Stevens, Jr., Department of Statistics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Or
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm  |  Kidder Hall
Turkey Then and Now
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm  |  Memorial Union
Is Nature All There is?
A debate on whether the material universe is all there is or whether the natural world bears witness of a God who created and governs all things.
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm  |  Milam Auditorium  |  Free

Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Groundwater and Vegetation Interactions in Arid Environments
Presenter: Ricardo Mata-Gonzalez
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm  |  Strand Agriculture Hall  |  Free
History Department Lecture - Edward B. Davis
"Science and Religion, Chicago Style: Religious Pamphlets by Leading Scientists in the Scopes Era"
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm  |  Gilfillan Auditorium  |  Free
Managing Natural and Applied Durability in Construction
WS&E 507/607 - Graduate Seminar Series - Presentation by Jack Norton, Queensland Dept. of Primary Industries & Fisheries
4:00 pm - 4:50 pm  |  Richardson Hall  |  Free
Global Warming and Science
A talk by Dr. Nicholas Drapela
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm  |  Gilbert Hall  |  Free

Wednesday, March 5, 2008

Restoring Youth, Restoring Fisheries. Dr. Linda Moon Stumpff.
Anthropology Dept. Tan Sack Lunch Series
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm  |  Waldo Hall  |  Free
CGRB Seminar: Jonathan Weissman, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California San Francisco
"Biology Without Bias: Functional Insight from Resolution Genetic Interactin Maps"
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm  |  Agricultural & Life Sciences  |  Free
CGRB Seminar: Jonathan Weissman, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, San Francisco
"TBA"
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm  |  Agricultural & Life Sciences  |  Free
Water First: Living Drop by Drop
Institute for Water and Watersheds Film Series
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm  |  Memorial Union  |  Free
Social information trumps vegetation structure in breeding site selection by a migrant songbird
Speaker: Dr. Matt Betts, Department of Forest Science, OSU
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm  |  Nash Hall
How to Build a Compost Pile Demo
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm  |  OSU Student Sustainability Center  |  Free
IFSA meeting and seminar
Jason Selwitz: Green Empowerment "Community Development and Watershed Protection in San Jose de Bocay, Nicaragua”
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm  |  Richardson Hall  |  Free
Presentation on Children's Literacy and English Learners
Delta Phi Omega's Unity Through Literacy Week
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm  |  Gilkey Hall  |  Free
MUPC Social Justice Series
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm  |  Memorial Union  |  Free
OSU Talent Show
This is your chance to SHINE!!!
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm  |  Memorial Union  |  Free

Thursday, March 6, 2008

Linus Pauling Institute Seminar Series
"Fighting Infections with Vitamin D"
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm  |  Agricultural & Life Sciences  |  Free
"The Composition of Ice Nuclei in Mixed Phase Clouds"
Dan Cziczo, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm  |  Strand Agriculture Hall
Starker Lecture - Role of Planted Forests in the Pacific NW: Meeting Societal Demands in a Dynamic Environment
Environmental Services from Plantations - Biomass, Biofuels, Carbon Sequestration - Part 1
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm  |  Richardson Hall  |  Free
"Molecular exploration of the Baltic Sea sediment microbiota"
Dr. Janet Jansson, Professor of Microbiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm  |  Burt Hall  |  Free
Geosciences Winter 2008 Seminar Series
EarthScope and the Yellowstone Hotspot
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm  |  Wilkinson Hall
Green Jobs & Social Equity
Video & Discussion
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm  |  OSU Student Sustainability Center  |  Free
Twenty-First Annual Yunker Physics Lecture
Mysteries of the Dark Universe
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm  |  Weniger Hall
Local Commons Advocates: John Bliss, Nicole Duplaix, Tom Kaye
Who Owns the Sky? ~ The Tragedy or Triumph of the Commons
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm  |  Gilfillan Auditorium
The Austin Entrepreneurship Program Fireside Chat
Glenn Plemmons, First Vice President Of Investments, Wealth Management Group Of Wachovia Securities
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm  |  Weatherford Hall  |  Free

Saturday, March 8, 2008

Dragonfly & Damselfly Workshop
Introduction to Dragonflies/Damselflies
9:00 am - 12:00 pm  |  Cordley Hall
Austin Family Business Student to Student Conference
Connect, Interact, Learn
9:30 am - 4:00 pm  |  Memorial Union  |  Free
Family Business Student to Student Conference
For Students from Family-Owned Businesses
9:30 am - 4:00 pm  |  Memorial Union  |  Free
Dragonflies & Damselflies from around the World
Dr. Dennis Paulson - University of Puget Sound
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm  |  Cordley Hall  |  Free