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OSU Events: Lectures / Seminars

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Extreme Value Index Estimation with Applications to Modeling Extreme Insurance Losses and Sea Surface Temperatures
John Henry (Statistics PhD candidate)
10:00 am - 12:00 pm  |  Memorial Union
A molecular evolutionary analysis of invasive success of Brachypodium distachyon in California.
Erica Bakker, Assistant Professor, Department of Horticulture, OSU
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm  |  Agricultural & Life Sciences  |  Free

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

"Exploring Stakeholders' Attitudes and Beliefs Regarding Behaviors that Prevent the Spread of Invasive Species: A Focus Group Study"
Gwenn Kubeck, COAS Graduate Student in Marine Resource Management
9:00 am - 11:00 am  |  Burt Hall
Spring Hydrology Seminar 2008
Water in the West
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm  |  Agricultural & Life Sciences
Long-Term Dynamic Water Modeling of the Lower Truckee River, Nevada
(Spring Hydrology Seminar Series, Water in the West)
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm  |  Agricultural & Life Sciences
The promise and the peril of biological control
Speakers: Peter McEvoy, OSU Botany & Plant Pathology
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm  |  Nash Hall

Thursday, May 29, 2008

Starker Lecture Series - Capstone Field Trip
Impacts of Planted Forests in Oregon Coast Range, with Examples from Private and Public Sectors
8:00 am - 4:00 pm  |  Richardson Hall
"Flow-Through Leaching Marine Barite: New Insights on its Composition and Diagenesis"
Chih-Ting Hsieh, College of Oceanic & Atmospheric Sciences, OSU
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm  |  Burt Hall
Linus Pauling Institute Seminar Series
"Cellular Responses to Electrophile Stress: Inventory of Protein Modification and Biological Consequences"
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm  |  Agricultural & Life Sciences  |  Free
Peace and science in the Middle East
Speaker: Uri ten Brink, USGS (Geology Seminar) Dept. of Geosciences
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm  |  Gilfillan Auditorium

Friday, May 30, 2008

Forest Science Graduate Student Symposium
all day  |  Richardson Hall  |  Free
Sexual Harassment Prevention Training
9:00 am - 11:00 am  |  Milam Hall  |  Free

Monday, June 2, 2008

New Approaches for Water Management in the 21st Century
Monday Morning Stream Team Seminar
9:00 am - 10:00 am  |  Nash Hall
Random Mean Models for Longitudinal Data
Dr Peng Zhang, University of Alberta, Canada
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm  |  Kidder Hall
Marine Bioinvasions: A Story of Maritime History, Marine Science, & Environmental Policy
James Carlton, Williams College & Mystic Seaport, Marine Ecology
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm  |  Richardson Hall  |  Free
The Importance of Seed Quality Testing in Today’s Global Seed Industry
Presented by: Sabry Elias
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm  |  Agricultural & Life Sciences  |  Free

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

"Rural-to-Urban and Urban-to-Rural Migration in Oregon
Speakers: Roger Hammer, OSU, (Geography Seminar), Dept. of Geosciences
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm  |  Wilkinson Hall
Case studies in marker assisted selection
Miles Barrett, Graduate student, Department of Horticulture, OSU
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm  |  Agricultural & Life Sciences  |  Free