Teach-Ins
Browse through all of the teach-ins taking place during UVM
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Focus the Nation, or jump to a department.
*** PLEASE NOTE: Unfortunately, only teach-ins with a location listed with them are
open to guests, all others are closed due to small room capacity. ***
Animal Science
Anthropology
Art
Community Development & Applied Economics
Economics
Engineering & Math
Environmental Science & Studies
Geography & Geology
Higher Education
Language
Medicine
Plant & Soil Sciences
Political Science
Psychology
Animal Breeding in a Changing Climate - Sam Comstock
Anthropology
Art
Community Development & Applied Economics
Economics
Engineering & Math
Environmental Science & Studies
Geography & Geology
Higher Education
Language
Medicine
Plant & Soil Sciences
Political Science
Psychology
ANIMAL SCIENCE
Animal Breeding in a Changing Climate - Sam Comstock
When: 11am - 12pm Thurs Jan 31 Location: 10 Morrill
Course: ASCI 212: Animal Genetics & Breeding
Description: The role of genetics and animal breeding in addressing climate change impacts on livestock and livestock impacts on climate change.
Description: The role of genetics and animal breeding in addressing climate change impacts on livestock and livestock impacts on climate change.
ANTHROPOLOGY
Culture, Health, Healing - Jeanne Shae
When: 2:30 - 3:20pm Mon, Wed, Fri Jan 28, 30, Feb 01
Course: ANTH 174: Culture, Health, and Healing
Course Description: Introduction to medical anthropology. Social and cultural perspectives on health and illness experiences, doctor-patient interactions, healing practices, and access to health and health care.
Course Description: Introduction to medical anthropology. Social and cultural perspectives on health and illness experiences, doctor-patient interactions, healing practices, and access to health and health care.
The relevance of a cultural perspective on global climate change -
Louis Vivanco
When: 12:20 - 1:10pm Mon Jan 28 Location: 402 Williams
Course: ANTH 179: Environmental Anthropology
Course Description: Introduction to how culture mediates human-environment interactions. Topics include cultural, spiritual, and political ecology; forms of resource management; environmentalism; sustainable development; and environmental justice.
Course Description: Introduction to how culture mediates human-environment interactions. Topics include cultural, spiritual, and political ecology; forms of resource management; environmentalism; sustainable development; and environmental justice.
ART
Drawing; Two-Dimensional Studies - Cami Davis
When: Arts 001: 2:30 - 4:20p Mon, Wed Jan 28, 30
Arts 002: 12:20 - 2:10p Mon, Wed Jan 28, 30
Arts 002: 12:20 - 2:10p Mon, Wed Jan 28, 30
Course: ARTS 001: Drawing; ARTS 002: Two-Dimensional Studies
Description: An assignment on global warming for the week.
* Also, check out the art installation Messages to Earth, created by Cami Davis'
Environmental Art class in spring 2007. The installation will be on display in the
Davis Center throughout the week. Click here to read more.
Description: An assignment on global warming for the week.
* Also, check out the art installation Messages to Earth, created by Cami Davis'
Environmental Art class in spring 2007. The installation will be on display in the
Davis Center throughout the week. Click here to read more.
Graphic Design; Alternative Sites - Lynda McIntyre
When: ARTS 145: 10:10am - 12pm Mon, Wed Jan 28, 30
EDAR 284: 1:25 - 4:05pm Mon Jan 28
EDAR 284: 1:25 - 4:05pm Mon Jan 28
Course: ARTS 145: Graphic Design; EDAR 284: Alternative Sites
Course Description ARTS 145: The application of graphic design principles to practical problems, including the impact of popluar design on society, and the expoloration of visual elements in contemporary printing process.
Course Description EDAR 284: Research, discussions, and field work relevant to contemporary art and the teaching of art.
Course Description ARTS 145: The application of graphic design principles to practical problems, including the impact of popluar design on society, and the expoloration of visual elements in contemporary printing process.
Course Description EDAR 284: Research, discussions, and field work relevant to contemporary art and the teaching of art.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT & APPLIED ECONOMICS
Climate Science and Politics - Chris Koliba
When: 10:10 - 11:00am Fri Feb 01
Course: HCOL 196: Science & Society
Community Design Studio - Diane Gayer
When: 4:30 - 7:30pm Wed Jan 30
Course: CDAE 195: Community Design Studio
Course Description:
This course covers history of human settlement patterns and
models of development with examples from Vermont and elsewhere; the
impact of transportation on our villages and neighborhoods; the
implications of current trends in architecture and planning; a
discussion of methods and materials used in design and construction;
and the use and application of sustainability concepts on community
design. This is both a lecture and studio course with individual
and team projects.
Sketch & Illustration - Diane Gayer
When: 3:30 - 6:30pm Mon Jan 28
Course: CDAE 195: Sketch & Illustration
Course Description:
A course in graphic communications for community, landscape, and
ecological design students. The course focuses on developing
drawing skills through sketching and perspective drawing; illustration
skills through the use of colour rendering techniques; and observation
skills through site visits. Course includes guest speakers and
drawing requirements at locations across campus.
Nuclear Power: solution to climate change? - Gary Flomenhoft
When: 2:30 - 5:30pm Wed Jan 30
Course: CDAE 006: Energy Alternatives
Description:
Many are touting nuclear as the solution to climate change.
We will analyze the issue and attempt to asses the potential of
nuclear for Green House Gas (GHG) reduction.
Sustainable Community Development - Ken Bauer
When: 4 - 7pm Wed Jan 30
Course: CDAE 102: Sustainable Community Development
Description:
Class will be attending the Sustainable Burlington Design Workshop event taking place this day.
ECONOMICS
Accounting for the benefit and cost of biofuels with Guest Speaker
Hongli Feng from Iowa State University - Donna Ramirez Harrington
When: 12:15 - 1:30pm Thurs Jan 31 Location: 221 Old Mill
Course: EC 230: Cost Benefit Analysis
Description:
This lecture will cover the fundamentals of BIOFUELS as a
pollution prevention strategy for climate change. It will
describe types of biofuels, particularly ethanol, as well as the
benefits, costs and issues associated with adopting this approach.
ENGINEERING & MATH
Chaos and the Mathematics of Climate Prediction - Chris Danforth
When: 12:30pm Tues Jan 29 Location: Hills 234
Course: Math 266: Chaos, Fractals, and Dynamical Systems
Description: Predicting the weather using mathematical models is challenging because the atmosphere is an example of a "chaotic system" : small deviations in initial conditions lead to large differences in the future state of the system. For this reason, forecasts of the atmosphere typically remain useful for a very short time. In this talk, we outline the difficulties associated with prediction of a chaotic system using simple examples. We also describe the state of the art in weather and climate forecasting, and propose some methods for improving these mathematical models.
Description: Predicting the weather using mathematical models is challenging because the atmosphere is an example of a "chaotic system" : small deviations in initial conditions lead to large differences in the future state of the system. For this reason, forecasts of the atmosphere typically remain useful for a very short time. In this talk, we outline the difficulties associated with prediction of a chaotic system using simple examples. We also describe the state of the art in weather and climate forecasting, and propose some methods for improving these mathematical models.
Electromechanical Energy Systems: Discussion on Renewable Energy -
Paul Hines
When: 1:25-2:15pm Mon, Wed, Fri Jan 28, 30, Feb 01
Location: Votey 209
Location: Votey 209
Course: EE 113: Electromechanical Energy Systems
Description: Discussing the engineering fundamentals of wind, solar, and hydroelectric power in Electrical Engineering 113.
Description: Discussing the engineering fundamentals of wind, solar, and hydroelectric power in Electrical Engineering 113.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & STUDIES
Toward Sustainable Transportation Systems - Adel Sadek, Lisa Aultman-Hall, & Richard Watts
When: 9:30 - 10:45am Tues, Thurs Jan 29, 31
Course: HCOL 196: Toward Sustainable Transportation Systems
Global Warning: The Cinema of Eco-Disaster - Adrian Ivakhiv
When: 2:30pm Wed Jan 30 Location: Living/Learning CM 216
Course: ENVS 295: Ecopolitics & the Cinema
Description: This talk and film screening will focus on popular cinematic representations of global warming and other forms of 'eco-disaster,' from the 1970s to the present. We will examine filmakers' use of eco-dystopian' and 'eco-nostalgic' imagery in such films as The Day After Tomorrow, An Inconvenient Truth, Solvent Green, Silent Running, Blade Runner, and Twelve Monkeys. Readings will be made available on-line beforehand; please email instructor for details.
Description: This talk and film screening will focus on popular cinematic representations of global warming and other forms of 'eco-disaster,' from the 1970s to the present. We will examine filmakers' use of eco-dystopian' and 'eco-nostalgic' imagery in such films as The Day After Tomorrow, An Inconvenient Truth, Solvent Green, Silent Running, Blade Runner, and Twelve Monkeys. Readings will be made available on-line beforehand; please email instructor for details.
Intro to Environmental Science - Alan McIntosh
When: 3:30 - 4:45pm Tues, Thurs Jan 29, 31
Course: ENSC 001: Intro to Environmental Science
Course Description: Emphasizes the impacts of human activity on the environment. Attention to resources at risk and pullutant fate and effects on ecosystems.
Course Description: Emphasizes the impacts of human activity on the environment. Attention to resources at risk and pullutant fate and effects on ecosystems.
Effects of Climate Change on Birds - Allan Strong
When: 9:05-9:55am Mon Jan 28 Location: Aiken 104
Course: WFB 130: Ornithology
Description: This lecture will focus on the effects of climate change on bird distribution in the Northeast. There will be additional data from research that has shown effects on migration patterns, mismatches between timing of reproduction and food availability, and El Nino / La Nina effects on reproduction and survival.
Description: This lecture will focus on the effects of climate change on bird distribution in the Northeast. There will be additional data from research that has shown effects on migration patterns, mismatches between timing of reproduction and food availability, and El Nino / La Nina effects on reproduction and survival.
Effects of Climate Change on Biodiversity - Allan Strong & Ellen Marsden
When: 12:20 - 1:15pm Feb 01
Course: WFB 224: Conservation Biology
Description: The class will feature a discussion of the effects of altered climate on fish and herpetofauna in aquatic ecosystems (Ellen Marsden) and birds and mammals in terrestrial ecosystems (Allan Strong).
Description: The class will feature a discussion of the effects of altered climate on fish and herpetofauna in aquatic ecosystems (Ellen Marsden) and birds and mammals in terrestrial ecosystems (Allan Strong).
Climate Change and Restoration - Bill Keeton & Mary Watzin
When: 12:30pm Tues Jan 29 Location: Aiken 116
Course: ENSC 201: Recovery & Restoration of Altered Ecosystems
Description:
Bill Keeton and Mary Watzin will discuss the various ways that
climate change considerations are changing the design of both
terrestrial and aquatic restoration projects.
Overcoming Institutional Roadblocks to Sustainability -
Bob Costanza & Josh Farley
When: 3 - 5pm Tues Jan 29
Course: NR 385 / CDAE 295: Overcoming Roadblocks to Sustainability
Course Description: In this course, we will analyze the institutional roadblocks currently standing in the way of creating a sustainable and desirable future, and develop creative ways of overcoming those roadblocks. Topics to be discussed and reviewed include: social traps, public goods, perverse subsidies, common property resources, common asset trusts, theories of institutional change, principles of sustainable governance, and more.
Course Description: In this course, we will analyze the institutional roadblocks currently standing in the way of creating a sustainable and desirable future, and develop creative ways of overcoming those roadblocks. Topics to be discussed and reviewed include: social traps, public goods, perverse subsidies, common property resources, common asset trusts, theories of institutional change, principles of sustainable governance, and more.
Environmental Analysis: A Numerical Approach - Bob Herendeen
When: 4:40 - 5:55p Mon, Wed Jan 28, 30
Course: ENVS 295: Environmental Analysis: A Numerical Approach
Course Description: When environmental decisions are made, the numbers matter, and often a quick calculation slices through to the crux of the issue. Having a grasp of how the factors interact and whether the results make sense allows one to explain and argue a point forcefully to diverse audiences. This course helps one to develop these quantitative environmental skills. A down-to-earth problem solving approach is applied to a wide range of environmental issues, including resource depletion, greenhouse gas production and removal, energy forecasting, population dynamics, competitive exploitation of common resources, transpiration planning, and sustainable economics.
Course Description: When environmental decisions are made, the numbers matter, and often a quick calculation slices through to the crux of the issue. Having a grasp of how the factors interact and whether the results make sense allows one to explain and argue a point forcefully to diverse audiences. This course helps one to develop these quantitative environmental skills. A down-to-earth problem solving approach is applied to a wide range of environmental issues, including resource depletion, greenhouse gas production and removal, energy forecasting, population dynamics, competitive exploitation of common resources, transpiration planning, and sustainable economics.
Ecological Risk Assessment - Breck Bowden
When: 11am - 12:15pm Tues, Thurs Jan 29, 31
Course: ENSC 202: Ecological Risk Assessment
Course Description: Approaches used to identify, measure, and manage ecological risk. Problem formulation, characterization, uncertainty analysis, and risk management.
Course Description: Approaches used to identify, measure, and manage ecological risk. Problem formulation, characterization, uncertainty analysis, and risk management.
Radical Environmentalism - Brian Tokar
When: 3:30 - 6:15pm Thurs Jan 31
Course: ENVS 180: Radical Environmentalism
Course Description: Survey of radical environmental philosophy and activism from a liberation ethics perspective. Includes deep ecology, ecofeminism, environmental justice, and ecological resistance movements around the world.
Course Description: Survey of radical environmental philosophy and activism from a liberation ethics perspective. Includes deep ecology, ecofeminism, environmental justice, and ecological resistance movements around the world.
Forest Carbon and Communities - Cecelia Danks & Jennifer Jenkins
When: 1:25 - 3:20pm Wed Jan 30
Course: NR 378: Forest Carbon and Communities
Course Description: Resource Issues. Seminar contrasting epistemologies and ontologies of natural resource disciplines. Applications from fields such as ecology, policy, sociology, engineering, and ethics.
Course Description: Resource Issues. Seminar contrasting epistemologies and ontologies of natural resource disciplines. Applications from fields such as ecology, policy, sociology, engineering, and ethics.
Moving Toward Sustainability - Chuck Reiss
When: 5:45 - 8:30p Wed Jan 30
Course: ENSC 185: Moving Toward Sustainability
Course Description: This course will expolore paths that can lead to a sustainable future. The concept of sustainability will be defined and present issues that promote or hinder sustainability will be discussed. There will be a strong emphasis on what green technologies are presently being used to advance sustainability. Renewable energy and green construction will be explored in depth. Emphasis on a vision for the future with practival application today will be stressed.
Course Description: This course will expolore paths that can lead to a sustainable future. The concept of sustainability will be defined and present issues that promote or hinder sustainability will be discussed. There will be a strong emphasis on what green technologies are presently being used to advance sustainability. Renewable energy and green construction will be explored in depth. Emphasis on a vision for the future with practival application today will be stressed.
Public Policy and Climate Change - Clare Ginger
When: Jan 22, 29, 31, Feb 07 during class
Course: NR 104 Social Processes and the Environment
Description: We will be incorporating policy documents related to climate change into our regular class sessions. These include the Vermont Governor's Commission on Climate Change Report, the CRS Summary of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, EPA website on climate change and greenhouse gas emissions, and information on court cases related to auto emission regulations.
Description: We will be incorporating policy documents related to climate change into our regular class sessions. These include the Vermont Governor's Commission on Climate Change Report, the CRS Summary of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, EPA website on climate change and greenhouse gas emissions, and information on court cases related to auto emission regulations.
Conservation and Climate Change - Deane Wang
When: TBA
Course: NR 385 Conservation Techniques & Approaches
Description: This is a lab session, not a lecture. Students will use the web, library, and personal contacts to discover how traditional conervation (not environmental) NPOs are changing (or not) thier message about their mission in light of the rising tide of interest and emphasis on climate change and carbon.
Description: This is a lab session, not a lecture. Students will use the web, library, and personal contacts to discover how traditional conervation (not environmental) NPOs are changing (or not) thier message about their mission in light of the rising tide of interest and emphasis on climate change and carbon.
Ecological Design Studio - Diane Gayer & John Todd
When: 5 - 7pm Tues, Thurs Jan 29, 31
Course: NR 285: Ecological Design II
Course Description:
This is a problem-based, cross-disciplinary design course.
The goals of the course are to research existing conditions,
determine needs, integrate the redesign of place and systems in
alignment with ecological design principles, and affect policy.
Aquatic Ecology and Watershed Science Seminar - Donna Parrish
When: TBA
Course:
Description: A discussion of predicted climate change effects on Vermont's cool water fish species led by Dr. Donna Parrish (USGS, Vermont Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit) with guests from Vermont Fish and Wildlife.
Description: A discussion of predicted climate change effects on Vermont's cool water fish species led by Dr. Donna Parrish (USGS, Vermont Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit) with guests from Vermont Fish and Wildlife.
Impact of Climate Change on Central American Coffee Farmers -
Ernesto Mendez
When: 11am - 12:15pm Tues Jan 29 Location: Billings Lecture Hall
Course: ENVS 002: International Environmental Studies
Description: Presenting a case study on how extreme climate events affected Central American coffee farmers in 2005. Focus on impacts on their livelihoods, with an emphasis on food security.
Description: Presenting a case study on how extreme climate events affected Central American coffee farmers in 2005. Focus on impacts on their livelihoods, with an emphasis on food security.
Climate Change: What does History tell us? - Frank Zelko
When: 4:35 - 7:20pm Wed Location: Lafayette 202
Course: ENVS 295: North American Environmental History
Description: A historical overview of climate change and its impact.
Description: A historical overview of climate change and its impact.
Managing a Sustainable Campus - Gioia Thompson, Michelle Mullarkey, Ralph Stuart
When: 3:35 - 5:30pm Mon, Wed Jan 28, 30
Course: ENVS 295: Managing a Sustaibable Campus
Description: ENVS 295 classes will attend FtN events on Monday and Wednesday
Description: ENVS 295 classes will attend FtN events on Monday and Wednesday
Natural History and Field Ecology - John Donnelly & Michael Flinn
When: 9:30 - 10:45am Tues, Thurs Jan 29, 31
Course: NR 001: Natural History and Field Ecology
Course Description: Introduction to the dynamics of the natural world. Basic concepts of biological, chemical, physical, and ecological sciences and the application and interpretation of quantitative measurements are presented within a natural history context.
Course Description: Introduction to the dynamics of the natural world. Basic concepts of biological, chemical, physical, and ecological sciences and the application and interpretation of quantitative measurements are presented within a natural history context.
Energy Budgets - Understanding warming - John Shane
When: 9:30 - 10:45am Tues Jan 29
Course: NR 103: Ecology, Ecosystems & Environment
Description: As part of understanding general abiotic ecological relationships, we will discuss and emphasize the mechanics and interactions of atmospheric radiant energy and other energy components, and their role in indluencing climate.
Description: As part of understanding general abiotic ecological relationships, we will discuss and emphasize the mechanics and interactions of atmospheric radiant energy and other energy components, and their role in indluencing climate.
The Nature of Resources, and the Resources of Nature - Jon Erickson
When: 9:05 - 9:55am Mon Jan 28 Location: 314 Dewey Hall
Course: CDAE 195: Introduction to Ecological Economics
(Cross-listed: BSAD 196 / EC 096 / ENVS 195 / NR 185)
Description:
One of the major goals of ecological economics is to determine
when the benefits of continued growth in the economic subsystem are
outweighted by the increasing opportunity costs of encroaching on the
sustaining ecosystem. Climate change represents one of our
generation's most daunting examples of this encroachment. During
this class we'll be discussing how both the biophysical and social
characteristics of natural resources determine how they ought to be
managed, including the ecological services associated with climate
stability.
Forest Ecosystem Health - Kimberly Wallin
When: 11:15am - 12:05pm Wed Jan 30
Course: FOR 285: Forest Ecosystem Health
Description: Students will attend the Jan 29th film. They will reflect and discuss Forest Management Objectives, Abiotic factors in forest ecosystems, and their role as environmental stewards to be pro-active in their decisions.
Description: Students will attend the Jan 29th film. They will reflect and discuss Forest Management Objectives, Abiotic factors in forest ecosystems, and their role as environmental stewards to be pro-active in their decisions.
Making a Difference - Larry Forcier
When: 5:45 - 7:40pm Mon Jan 28
Course: NR 285: Making a Difference
Climate Change and Ecosystem Management - Mary Watzin
When: 11am - 12:15pm Thurs Jan 31
Course: NR 205: Ecosystems Management: Integrating Science, Society, and Policy
Description: Discussion of how climate change might influence decisions about natural resource management.
Description: Discussion of how climate change might influence decisions about natural resource management.
Environmental Problem Solving & Impact Assessment - Matt Kolan
When: 9:30 - 10:45am Tues, Thurs Jan 29, 31
Course: NR 206: Environmental Problem Solving & Impact Assessment
Course Description: Group dynamics, impact assessment, risk assessment, and decision making. Empasis on the process of solving complex environmental problems, interdisciplinary team work, and the National EnvironmentalPolicy Act.
Course Description: Group dynamics, impact assessment, risk assessment, and decision making. Empasis on the process of solving complex environmental problems, interdisciplinary team work, and the National EnvironmentalPolicy Act.
Agro-economical adaptations to global climate change - Roel Boumans
When: 2 - 4pm Tues Jan 29 Location: GUND Conference Room
Course: NR 378: Sustainable Food Production
Description: Changed environmental and economic conditions require technological and economic adaptations best experimented on at smaller scales. Climate change is impacting the ecosystem services upon which we depend as a species to survive, while a decreased availability of fossil fuels is going to erode our ability to substitute for the loss of these services. The teach-in lecture will discuss economic adaptation strategies to be effective in offsetting climate change, or living under changed climate conditions. These strategies will be judged through the lenses of ecological inegrity, social welfare, and economic efficiency.
Description: Changed environmental and economic conditions require technological and economic adaptations best experimented on at smaller scales. Climate change is impacting the ecosystem services upon which we depend as a species to survive, while a decreased availability of fossil fuels is going to erode our ability to substitute for the loss of these services. The teach-in lecture will discuss economic adaptation strategies to be effective in offsetting climate change, or living under changed climate conditions. These strategies will be judged through the lenses of ecological inegrity, social welfare, and economic efficiency.
Conflict Resolution - Saleem Ali
When: 2:30 - 5:30p Mon Jan 28
Course: ENVS 295: Conflict Resolution
Unlearning Consumerism - Stephanie Kaza
When: 2 - 3:15pm Tues, Thurs Jan 29, 31
Course: ENVS 196: Unlearning Consumerism
The Ethics of Global Climate Change - Tatiana Abatemarco
When: 3:30 - 4:30pm Tues Jan 29
Course: ENVS 178: Environmental Ethics
Description:
The global warming crisis is an ethical dilemma ulike any we have
ever dealt with. This teach-in will consist of a discussion on
what is morally required of us, as well as what policy options make the
most sense in tems of both effectiveness and our ethical obligations.
Class readings will be emailed upon request; please contact
Tatiana.Abatemarco@uvm.edu for details.
Writing to Combat Climate Change - Toby Fulwiler
When: 8:30-10am Wed Jan 30 Location: 122 Marsh Life Science
Course: Plant Bio 295 / NR 385: Professional Writing
Description: Examination of the persuasive power of writing to educate and illuminate issues of such political and environmental importance.
Description: Examination of the persuasive power of writing to educate and illuminate issues of such political and environmental importance.
Global Warming and Sustainability - Tom Hudspeth
When: 9:30-10:45am Tues & Thurs Jan 29 & 31
Course: ENVS 204: Creating Environmentally Sustainable Communities
Description: Discussion based on readings from Vermont Earth Institute Study Guide on Climate Change.
Description: Discussion based on readings from Vermont Earth Institute Study Guide on Climate Change.
GEOGRAPHY & GEOLOGY
Global Biogeochemistry Cycles - Andrea Lini
When: 10:10am - 12:05pm Mon Jan 28
Course: GEOL 234: Global Biogeochesmistry Cycles
Course Description: Integrated perspective on biogeochemical cycles describing the transformation and movement of chemical substances in the natural environment, as seen on the global context.
Course Description: Integrated perspective on biogeochemical cycles describing the transformation and movement of chemical substances in the natural environment, as seen on the global context.
Impacts of Climate Change on Regional Snowpacks - Beverley Wemple
When: 9am - 12pm Fri Jan 25 Location: Old Mill 219
Course: GEOG 246: Snow Hydrology
Description: Impacts of Climate Change on Regional Snowpacks. Participants interested in this event should contact bwemple@uvm.edu for copies of papers to be discussed.
Description: Impacts of Climate Change on Regional Snowpacks. Participants interested in this event should contact bwemple@uvm.edu for copies of papers to be discussed.
Weather, Climate and Landscapes - Beverley Wemple &
Shelly Rayback
When: 12:30 - 1:45pm Thurs Jan 31 Location: Layfayette 207
Course: GEOG 096: Weather, Climate, and Landscapes
Description: Viewing and discussion of the film "Dimming the Sun"
Description: Viewing and discussion of the film "Dimming the Sun"
World Regional Geography - Kit Anderson
When: 11am - 12:15pm Tues, Thurs Jan 29, 31
Course: GEOG 001: World Regional Geography
Course Description: Basic introduction to geography by way of a regional approach to human and environmental topics.
Course Description: Basic introduction to geography by way of a regional approach to human and environmental topics.
Environmental Geology - Paul Bierman
When: 7-9:30pm Tues Jan 29
Course: GEOL 352: Environmental Geology
Description: Graduate seminar in which we will be discussing Bill Ruddiman's ideas that humans have been influencing climate for millenia.
Description: Graduate seminar in which we will be discussing Bill Ruddiman's ideas that humans have been influencing climate for millenia.
Glaciers, Ice Sheets, & Global Change - Tom Neuman
When: 6 - 9pm Thurs Jan 31
Course: GEOL 296: Glaciers, Ice Sheets & Climate Change
Description: This course is focused on issues relating to modern and past changes in glaciers, ice sheets, and sea level.
Description: This course is focused on issues relating to modern and past changes in glaciers, ice sheets, and sea level.
HIGHER EDUCATION
Global Warming and Higher Education - Kathleen Manning
When: EDHI 380: 4-7pm Tues Jan 29; EDHI 375: 4:10-7pm Wed Jan 30
Course: EDHI 380: Global Perspectives in Higher Education;
EDHI 375: Cultural Pluralism in Higher Education
Description: Discussion of global warming and activism on college campuses and how colleges can help to stem the global warming trend.
EDHI 375: Cultural Pluralism in Higher Education
Description: Discussion of global warming and activism on college campuses and how colleges can help to stem the global warming trend.
LANGUAGE
Spanish - Intermediate Language Study II - Samuel Guarnaccia
When: Mon, Wed, Fri Jan 28, 30, Feb 01
Course: SPAN 052, Sections A, B, E
Description: In Latin America, the impact of first-world economic policies on thrid-world coutries is a daily injustice issue of indescribable magnitute. Class will explore this in some depth during the week of Focus the Nation.
Description: In Latin America, the impact of first-world economic policies on thrid-world coutries is a daily injustice issue of indescribable magnitute. Class will explore this in some depth during the week of Focus the Nation.
MEDICINE
Human Health & the Environment - Patricia O'Brien & Paul Schaberg
When: 2 - 4:30pm Thurs Jan 31
Course: HLTH 107 / NR 107: Human Health & the Environment
Course Description: Interdisciplinary understanding of the effects of anthropogenic factors including pollution, reduced biodiversity, climate change, overpopulation, and resource depletion on the health of natural systems and human populations.
Course Description: Interdisciplinary understanding of the effects of anthropogenic factors including pollution, reduced biodiversity, climate change, overpopulation, and resource depletion on the health of natural systems and human populations.
PLANT & SOIL SCIENCE
Carbon Sequestration in Soils: ins and outs, pros and cons, reality and wishful thinking - Don Ross
When: 12:20pm Wed Jan 30 Location: Hills 234
Course: PSS 296
Description: Going over the current state of science on the effectiveness of soils for sequestering carbon. Examining both agricultural and forest soils, and how sequestration in soils is relevant to Vermont.
Description: Going over the current state of science on the effectiveness of soils for sequestering carbon. Examining both agricultural and forest soils, and how sequestration in soils is relevant to Vermont.
Ecological Landscape Design - Sarah Taylor Lovell
When: 3:30 - 4:45pm Tues Jan 29, 2 - 4pm Thurs Jan 31
Course: PSS 238: Ecological Landscape Design
(Cross-Listed with: CDAE 238 / ENVS 238 / NR 238)
Course Description: Studio course synthesizing work from fields of landscape ecology and landscape design, exploring ecological design alternatives at multiple scales, and developing multifunctional landscape solutions.
(Cross-Listed with: CDAE 238 / ENVS 238 / NR 238)
Course Description: Studio course synthesizing work from fields of landscape ecology and landscape design, exploring ecological design alternatives at multiple scales, and developing multifunctional landscape solutions.
POLITICAL SCIENCE
Comparative Political Systems - Caroline Beer
When: 11am - 12:15pm Tues, Thurs Jan 29, 31
Course: POLS 071: Comparative Political Systems
Course Description: Examination of political behavior, political structures, and political processes from a cross-national perspective.
Course Description: Examination of political behavior, political structures, and political processes from a cross-national perspective.
PSYCHOLOGY
Global Warming and Psychology - Alessandra Rellini
When: 3:35-4:50pm Mon Jan 28 Location: Billings LH
Course: PSYC 152: Abnormal Psychology
Course Description: Describing and defining abnormal behavior; models of etiology; research evidence for biological and social models; methods of intervention and prevention.
Course Description: Describing and defining abnormal behavior; models of etiology; research evidence for biological and social models; methods of intervention and prevention.
Motivation; Thinking (Cognition) - Judith Christensen
When: PSYC 206: 5 - 6:15pm Tues, Thurs Jan 29, 31
PSYC 207: 5 - 6:15pm Mon, Wed Jan 28, 30
Course: PSYC 206: Motivation; PSYC 207: Thinking (Cognition)
Course Description PSYC 206: Theory and research on motives, their influence on henavior, relationhip to other psychological processes, and biological correlates.
Course Description PSYC 207: Survey of cognitive psychology, examining theory and research on perception, memory, language, cognition, and their interactions.
Course Description PSYC 206: Theory and research on motives, their influence on henavior, relationhip to other psychological processes, and biological correlates.
Course Description PSYC 207: Survey of cognitive psychology, examining theory and research on perception, memory, language, cognition, and their interactions.