IES Seminars

Department of Earth and Environmental Science

Institute for Environmental Studies

Seminar Series

The Institute runs a weekly seminar series to promote interactions among faculty, students, and interested members of the community. The talks tend to be interdisciplinary and often cut across departmental and school bounds. The talks are open to the public.

Seminars are on WEDNESDAYS at NOON (unless otherwise indicated) at The Carolyn Lynch Room, 1st Floor Chemistry Building, Corner of 34th & Spruce Streets (entrance on 34th St. side of building)
NO FOOD OR DRINK PERMITTED IN AUDITORIUM

For Seminar Archives click here.

Spring Semester 2008

January 30	Andrew E. Huemmler Formerly with Exelon Generation Company	Carbon Trading - Changes Everything	ABSTRACT
February 13	Sandra Brown Winrock International	Tropical Deforestation and Carbon Credits	ABSTRACT
February 15 FRIDAY 4:00 PM	Bruce Aylward Deschutes Resources Conservancy	Economic Incentives for Upstream/ Downstream Ecosystem Restoration Location: The Fells Institute of Government, 3814 Walnut Street	ABSTRACT
February 29 FRIDAY 4:00 PM	Charles A.S. Hall SUNY College of Environmental Forestry	The Great Scientific cover-up of the most important issue facing Western Society Location: 358 Hayden Hall	ABSTRACT
March 5	Mark J. Logsdon Geochimica, Inc.	Environmental Impacts of Metal Mining	ABSTRACT
March 19	Lawrence S. Hamilton The World Conservation Union / World Commission on Protected Areas	Why the Fuss About Conserving Mountains?	ABSTRACT
March 26	Robert G. Traver Villanova University	Sustainable Stormwater Management	ABSTRACT
April 2	Florencia Montagnini Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies	Can forest plantations contribute to biodiversity recovery and conservation in degraded tropical landscapes?	ABSTRACT
April 9	Spencer Finch Pennsylvania Environmental Council	Sustainability in the City	ABSTRACT
April 5 SATURDAY Special Program 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM	PHILADELPHIA GLOBAL WATER INITIATIVE (PGWI)	Conference and Workshop Lessons Learned: Experiences in Water Supply & Sanitation in Developing Countries Location: Logan Hall, UPENN	Information Preliminary Agenda
April 18 FRIDAY 4:00 PM	Ruth DeFries University of Maryland, College Park	Carbon Emissions and Tropical Deforestation Location: 358 Hayden Hall	ABSTRACT
May 2 FRIDAY Special Program 4:00 PM	HENRY DARWIN ROGERS LECTURE	Kathleen A. McGinty Secretary, PA Department of Environmental Protection Location: Heilmeier Hall, Towne Building
May 9 FRIDAY Special Program 5:30 PM	Professional Programs in Earth & Env Science ANNUAL STUDENT CAPSTONE PRESENTATION	Paul Lumia Carli Koshal Reshmi Nair Matthew Nerlinger	ABSTRACT

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Institute for Environmental Studies
240 S. 33rd Street
Hayden Hall
Philadelphia, PA
19104-6316

ies_penn@sas.upenn.edu

(T) - 215-573-3164
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Department of Earth and Environmental Science
University of Pennsylvania, 254-b Hayden Hall, 240 South 33rd Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6316