Burack Distinguished Lecture Series
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Distinguished Guest Speakers - Spring 2013
Note: Lecture details will be posted as they become finalized
Dr. Pamela Matson - Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Dean of the School of Earth Sciences, Goldman Professor of Environmental Science, and Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for Environment at Stanford University
"A New Era In Global Change Science: Linking Knowledge And Action For Sustainability"
12:30 - 1:30 p,m.
Dudley H. Davis Center, Jost Foundation Room
Reception immediately following
Sponsored by the Gund Institute for Ecological Economics
Kristen Renn, Ph.D. - Monday, February 4, 2013
Professor of Higher, Adult & Lifelong Education (HALE) at Michigan State University
"Activism And Identity: New Challenges And Opportunities For Campus And Community"
5:00 - 6:30 p,m.
Waterman Memorial Lounge
Reception immediately following in Waterman Manor
Sponsored by the Department of Leadership & Development Sciences and the Center for Cultural Pluralism
Dr. John Landis - Friday, February 15, 2013
Department Chair and Crossways Professor, Department of City & Regional Planning, University of Pennsylvania
"How Should We Grow? Using GIS To Forecast Futrue Urban Growth Patterns And Their Impacts"
3:30 - 5:00 p,m.
Waterman Memorial Lounge
Reception immediately following
Sponsored by the Transportation Research Center
Dr. Bruce Grant - Thursday, February 21, 2013
Professor of Anthropology, New York University
"The Edifice Complex: Social Lives Of Architecture In The Contemporary Caucasus"
4:00 - 5:30 p,m.
Billings North Lounge
Reception immediately following in Billings Apse
Sponsored by Russian and East European Studies and Anthropology
Anne Makepeace - Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Independent Filmmaker, Makepeace Productions
"Against All Odds: The Return Of A Vanished Native American Language "
4:00 - 5:30 p,m.
Waterman Memorial Lounge
Reception immediately following in Waterman Manor
Sponsored by Romance Languages and Linguistics and the Center for Cultural Pluralism
Jonathan Rubin, Ph.D. - Friday, April 5, 2013
Professor, University of Maine
2011-12 Fulbright Scholar, Clean Energy Research Centre
University of Botswana
"Low Carbon Transportation Fuels: Climate Change and Energy Security"
3:00 - 4:30 p,m.
Billings North Lounge
Reception immediately following in Billings Apse
Sponsored by UVM Transportation Research Center
Dr. Paul Ehrlich - Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Bing Professor of Population Studies
President, Center for Conservation Biology,
Stanford University
"What Are The Chances A Collapse Of Civilization Can Be Avoided?"
4:00 - 5:30 p,m.
Grand Maple Ballroom in the Davis Center
Reception immediately following in the Firelplace Lounge
Sponsored by the Gund Institute for Ecological Economics