Gund Institute Calendar
Friday, February 22, 2013
Gund Tea: Alison Brody - "Above- and below-ground interactions from the Old World to th e New"
Time: 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Location: Johnson House Conference Room
Monday, February 25, 2013
THE OSTROM AWARD CALL FOR NOMINATIONS Opened
Time: 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Location: Online
Description: It is a great pleasure to let you know that finally the call for nominations for the "Elinor Ostrom Award for Collective Governance of the Commons" is open. As you may know there are three categories: young and senior scholars and practitioners, we do strongly hope to get many proposals.
The details of the application and of the award itself are in : elinorostromaward.org .
Deadline for submissions is April 8th.
Friday, March 1, 2013
Gund Tea: Donna Rizzo - Missing the Forest for the Trees: Identifying Model Structure and Scale Dependencies in Complex Systems
Time: 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Location: Johnson House Conference Room
Description: TOPIC: Donna's research focuses on the development of new computational tools to improve the understanding of human-induced changes on natural systems and the way we make decisions about natural resources. She will focus on the field applications of three computational research areas:
1) Geostatistics
2) Heuristic optimization
3) Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs)
Friday, March 15, 2013
Gund Tea: Cheryl Hanna -Violence against Women and Girls in the U.S. and Abroad: Connecting Gender Equality to Environmental Sustainability
Time: 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Location: Johnson House Conference Room
Ryan Morra Seminar and Master's Project Defense
Time: 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Location: 311 Aiken
Description: Seminar And Master’s Project Defense
“Adjuntas: Paisaje Natural y Social”
DEVELOPING A PLACE-BASED LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM WITH THE COMMUNITY OF ADJUNTAS, PUERTO RICO
By
Ryan Morra
Seminar: 12:00noon, 311 Aiken Building
Defense: 1:00pm, 311 Aiken Building
Monday, March 18, 2013
Economist Alice Rivlin - “Facing Economic Challenges and Polarized Politics”
Time: 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Location: Memorial Lounge, Waterman Building
Description: Against a backdrop of partisan rancor and stalemate in the nation’s capital, prominent economist Alice Rivlin will share her full engagement in the current fiscal debate at UVM today. Former Vermont Governor Madeleine Kunin says, “Alice Rivlin will provide unique insight into the partisan budget debate being played out in Congress. Her experience in both the legislative and executive branches of government in several administrations has enabled her to become a voice of reason.”
Free and open to the public.