Full Calendar
Friday, February 10, 2012, 11:00 am to 12:00 pm
LDEO Division of Ocean and Climate Physics (DOCP): Darker, Wetter and Faster - Causes and Implications of Recent Trends of Mass Balance Over the Greenland Ice Sheet

Speaker: Marco Tedesco, Professor, City University of New York

Location: Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Gary C. Comer Geochemistry Building, First Floor Seminar Room

Friday, February 10, 2012, 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm
LDEO Earth Science Colloquium: Ingassing and Outgassing of Terrestrial Carbon Through Time

Speaker: Rajdeep Dasgupta, Assistant Professor, Rice University

Location: Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Monell Building Auditorium

Sunday, February 12, 2012, 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Partnering for the Climate: An Artist/Scientist Mixer

Speakers: Various

Location: The Noguchi Museum, 9-01 33rd Road (at Vernon Boulevard), Long Island City, New York

Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Master of Science in Sustainability Management: Online Information Session

Speaker: Steve Cohen, Director, M.S. in Sustainability Management Program, Executive Director, the Earth Institute

Location: This Information Session will take place Online.

Thursday, February 16, 2012, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Energy Efficiency in the New York City Region, A Panel Discussion

Speakers: Steve Cohen, Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer, Earth Institute, Columbia University; Jill Anderson, Director of Business Integration, NYPA; Rebecca Craft, Director of Energy Efficiency Programs at Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.; Luke Falk, Sustainability Manager at The Related Companies; Jonathan Schrag, Deputy Commissioner of Energy, Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection; John Williams, Director of Energy Analysis, NYSERDA; Michael Winka, Director, New Jersey Clean Energy program.

Location: Columbia University Morningside Campus, Shapiro CEPSR, Davis Auditorium, Campus Level

Friday, February 17, 2012, 11:00 am to 12:00 pm
LDEO Division of Ocean and Climate Physics (DOCP): General Circulation of Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere - A Unified Theory

Speaker: Hsien W. Ou, Adjunct Professor, Division of Ocean and Climate Physics, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, The Earth Institute, Columbia University

Location: Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Gary C. Comer Geochemistry Building, First Floor Seminar Room

Friday, February 17, 2012, 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm
LDEO Earth Science Colloquium: Mass Balance Effects in Sedimentary Basins

Speaker: Chris Paola, CSE Distinguished Professor, University of Minnesota.

Location: Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Monell Building Auditorium

Tuesday, February 21, 2012, 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm
DEES Thesis Proposal: Declining Mediterranean Rainfall During the Current and Last Century - Natural and Anthropogenic Mechanisms

Speaker: Colin Kelley , Graduate Student, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences (DEES), Columbia University

Location: Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Gary C. Comer Geochemistry Building, First Floor Seminar Room

Thursday, February 23, 2012, 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Seminar: Future Earth--Research for Global Sustainability

Speaker: Diana Liverman, Professor, Geography and Development; Co-Director, Institute of the Environment, University of Arizona; Visiting Professor, Environmental Policy and Development, School of Geography and Environment; Senior Research Fellow, Environmental Change Institute, Oxford University

Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Alfred Lerner Hall, Jed D. Satow Room, 5th Floor

Friday, February 24, 2012, 8:00 am to 10:00 am
All Ivy Environmental and Sustainable Development Career Fair - Organization Registration, 8:00 to 10:00 am (Career Fair, 10:00 am to 3:00 pm)

Speakers: Various

Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Low Memorial Library, The Rotunda

Friday, February 24, 2012, 10:00 am to 3:00 pm
All Ivy Environmental and Sustainable Development Career Fair - Student Registration

Speaker: Various

Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Low Memorial Library, The Rotunda

Friday, February 24, 2012, 11:00 am to 12:00 pm
LDEO Division of Ocean and Climate Physics (DOCP)

Speaker: Robert Pincus, Research Scientist, CIRES, University of Colorado

Location: Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Gary C. Comer Geochemistry Building, First Floor Seminar Room

Friday, February 24, 2012, 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm
LDEO Earth Science Colloquium

Speaker: Katherine Freeman, Professor, Associate Head for Graduate Programs and Research, Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University

Location: Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Monell Building Auditorium

Monday, February 27, 2012, 6:10 pm to 8:10 pm
CERC Education Programs: Disease Ecology

Speaker: Peter Daszak, President, EcoHealth Alliance (formerly Wildlife Trust) & Adjunct Senior Research Scientist, Center for Environmental Research and Conservation (CERC), Columbia University

Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Schermerhorn Extension, Room 1015

Tuesday, February 28, 2012, 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Sustainable Development Seminar Series: The population bomb--defused or still ticking?

Moderator: John Mutter, Director, PhD Program in Sustainable Development; Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences; Professor, International and Public Affairs, Columbia University. Speakers: John Bongaarts, Vice President and Distinguished Scholar, Population Council; Joel E. Cohen, Director, Laboratory of Populations, Rockefeller University and the Earth Institute, Columbia University; Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor of Populations, Rockefeller University and the Earth Institute, Columbia University; Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Professor, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology, Professor, the School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University; Mark Montgomery, Professor of Economics, Stony Brook University, Senior Associate, Poverty, Gender, and Youth Program, Population Council; Hania Zlotnik, Former Director, Population Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations.

Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Low Memorial Library, The Faculty Room

Tuesday, February 28, 2012, 6:10 pm to 8:10 pm
CERC Education Programs: Environmental Markets: The Nexus of Business, Regulation, and Sustainability

Speaker: Richard Weihe, Managing Director, Karbone

Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Schermerhorn Extension, Room 1015

Wednesday, February 29, 2012, 11:00 am to 12:00 pm
LDEO Division of Ocean and Climate Physics (DOCP)

Speaker: Jonas Nycander, Department of Metereology, Stockholm University

Location: Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Gary C. Comer Geochemistry Building, First Floor Seminar Room

Wednesday, February 29, 2012, 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Conflict Resolution Internship Fair

Speakers: Various

Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Alfred Lerner Hall Auditorium

Thursday, March 1, 2012, 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
Forum on the Future of the Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant

Speaker: Paul Gallay, President, Riverkeeper, Inc.; Ashok Gupta, Director, Energy Policy, Natural Resources Defense Council; Arthur J. Kremer, Chairman, Affordable Electricity Alliance, New York Area; John Kelly, Director of Licensing (Retired), Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant; Moderator: Michael B. Gerrard, Andrew Sabin professor, Professional Practice; Director, Center for Climate Change Law, Columbia Law School

Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Columbia Law School, Jerome Greene Hall, Room 106

Friday, March 2, 2012, 11:00 am to 12:00 pm
LDEO Division of Ocean and Climate Physics (DOCP)

Speaker:Dana Veron, Assistant Professor, College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment, University of Delaware

Location: Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Gary C. Comer Geochemistry Building, First Floor Seminar Room

Friday, March 2, 2012, 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
Undergraduate Program in Sustainable Development Brown Bag: Learn How You Can Become Involved in Environmental and Sustainable Efforts on Campus

Speaker: Lee Ballin, Sustainability Manager, Bloomberg LP

Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Alumni Center, Schapiro Room, First Floor, King's Room

Friday, March 2, 2012, 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm
LDEO Earth Science Colloquium

Speaker: Craig Manning, Professor, University of California, Los Angeles

Location: Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Monell Building Auditorium

Wednesday, March 7, 2012, 6:10 pm to 8:40 pm
CERC Education Programs: Business Models: Strategies from Ecology and Evolution

Speaker: David Meyers, Senior Analyst and Consultant

Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Schermerhorn Extension, Room 1015

Friday, March 9, 2012, 11:00 am to 12:00 pm
LDEO Division of Ocean and Climate Physics (DOCP)

Speaker: Raffaele Ferrari, Professor, Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Location: Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Seismology Building, Second Floor Seminar Room

Friday, March 9, 2012, 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm
LDEO Earth Science Colloquium

Speaker: Keir Becker Professor, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami

Location: Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Monell Building Auditorium

Friday, March 16, 2012, 11:00 am to 12:00 pm
LDEO Division of Ocean and Climate Physics (DOCP)

Speaker: Robert Korty, Assistant Professor, Texas A&M

Location: Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Gary C. Comer Geochemistry Building, First Floor Seminar Room

Sunday, March 18, 2012, 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
LDEO Spring Public Lecture Series: What Do Dead Plants Tell Us About Earthquakes?

Speaker: Heather Savage, Lamont Assistant Research Director; Pratigya Polissar, Lamont Assistant Research Professor; Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, The Earth Institute, Columbia University

Location: Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Monell Building Auditorium

Friday, March 23, 2012, 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
Undergraduate Program in Sustainable Development Brown Bag: Learn About Opportunities to do Fieldwork in Unique and Natural Settings

Speakers: Annika Ahn, student; Desmond Beirne, Program Coordinator, Center for Environmental Research and Conservation (CERC)

Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Alumni Center, Schapiro Room, 8th Floor

Friday, March 23, 2012, 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm
LDEO Earth Science Colloquium: Deciphering Tectonic Tremor to Track Deep Fault Creep

Speaker: David Shelly, Research Geophysicist, U.S. Geological Survey

Location: Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Monell Building Auditorium

Sunday, March 25, 2012, 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
LDEO Spring Public Lecture Series: Landscapes Beneath Our Feet

Speaker: Gregory Mountain, Lamont Adjunct Senior Research Scientist, Rutgers University Professor

Location: Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Monell Building Auditorium

Friday, March 30, 2012, 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm
LDEO Earth Science Colloquium

Speaker: Lynne Talley, Professor, University of California, San Diego

Location: Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Monell Building Auditorium

Friday, April 6, 2012, 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
Undergraduate Program in Sustainable Development Brown Bag: Learn About the Columbia University and Earth Institute Environmental Graduate Programs

Speakers: Various

Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Alumni Center, Schapiro Room, 8th Floor

Friday, April 6, 2012, 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm
LDEO Earth Science Colloquium

Speaker: Joanie Kleypas, Scientist III, NCAR.

Location: Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Monell Building Auditorium

Tuesday, April 10, 2012, 6:10 pm to 8:10 pm
CERC Education Programs: Evolution: Darwin to DNA

Speaker: Martin Mendez, Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics, American Museum of Natural History

Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Schermerhorn Extension, Room 1015

Wednesday, April 11, 2012, 6:10 pm to 8:40 pm
CERC Education Programs: Sustainability and Investing

Speaker: Cary Krosinsky, Vice President, TruCost Inc.

Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Schermerhorn Extension, Room 1015

Friday, April 13, 2012, 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm
LDEO Earth Science Colloquium

Speaker: Roberta Rudnick, Professor and Chair, Department of Geology, University of Maryland

Location: Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Monell Building Auditorium

Sunday, April 15, 2012, 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
LDEO Spring Public Lecture Series: Mapping the Source of Great Alaskan Earthquakes

Speaker: Donna Shillington, Lamont Assistant Research Professor, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, The Earth Institute, Columbia University

Location: Columbia University, Lamont Campus Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Monell Building, Monell Auditorium

Monday, April 16, 2012, 6:10 pm to 8:10 pm
CERC Education Programs: Hydraulic Fracturing: Energy, Environment, and Policy

Speaker: Nancy Degnan, Executive Director, Center for Environmental Research and Conservation, The Earth Institute, Columbia University

Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Schermerhorn Extension, Room 1015

Friday, April 20, 2012, 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm
Arthur D. Storke Memorial Lecture

Speaker: Michael J. Graetz, Isidor and Seville Sulzbacher Professor of Law, Columbia Alumni Professor of Tax Law, Columbia University

Location: Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Monell Building Auditorium

Sunday, April 22, 2012, 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
LDEO Spring Public Lecture Series: Peak Earth: Population, Climate, and Energy in the 21st Century

Speaker: Peter Kelemen, Arthur D. Storke Memorial Professor, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, The Earth Institute, Columbia University

Location: Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Monell Building Auditorium

Friday, April 27, 2012, 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Spring 2012 Student Research Showcase

Speakers: Various

Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus Alfred J. Lerner Hall, Jed D. Satow Room

Friday, April 27, 2012, 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm
LDEO Earth Science Colloquium

Speaker: Demian Saffer, Associate Professor, Penn State University

Location: Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Monell Building Auditorium

Friday, May 4, 2012, 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm
17th Annual W.S. Jardetzky Lecture: Ellen Mosley-Thompson

Speaker: Ellen Mosley-Thompson, Director, Byrd Polar Research Center; Distinguished Professor, The Ohio State University

Location: Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Monell Building Auditorium

Thursday, May 10, 2012, 6:10 pm to 8:10 pm
CERC Education Programs: Forest Management and Conservation

Speaker: Matt Palmer, Lecturer in Discipline, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology (E3B), Columbia University

Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Schermerhorn Extension, Room 1015