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You are invited to attend any or all of our weekly series of presentations. We begin gathering after 3:30 PM almost every Friday in 301 Steidle Building for conviviality, coffee, and other goodies, then settle down to listen to our guest speaker from 4:00-5:00pm. All members of the Penn State and Centre County community are welcome.
January 16
Ray Najjar Professor of Meteorology
Penn State University, Department of Meteorology
Earth and Mineral Sciences Environment Institute (EMSEI)
"Potential Response of Chesapeake Bay to Climate Change"
January 23
Dr. Mark Hayward, Professor of Sociology and Demography
Penn State University, Department of Sociology
Director, Social Science Research Institute, Penn State University
"The Long Arm of Childhood: The Influence of Early Life Conditions on Adult Morbidity and Mortality"
January 30
Dr. Bronson Griscom, Landscape Ecologist
Canaan Valley Institute, West Virginia
"A New Model of Forest Dynamics in Southwestern Amazonia"
February 6
Dr. Lisa Miller, Assistant Professor of Crime, Law, Justice, and Political Science
Penn State University, Department of Sociology and Crime, Law and Justice
"Constituency Size and Interest Representation: The Politics of Crime Control in a Federal Political System"
February 13
Dr. Marieta Staneva, Assistant Professor of Geography
Penn State University, Altoona Division of Math and Natural Sciences
Center for Integrated Regional Assessment (CIRA)
"Drought in Bulgaria-An Analog for Future Climate Change"
February 20
No Coffee Hour: Faculty Retreat
February 27
Dr. Paul Desanker, Associate Professor of Geography
Penn State University Department of Geography
The Alliance for Earth Sciences, Engineering, and Development in Africa (AESEDA)
"Climate Change and the Developing World: Adaptation and Technologies"
March 5
Dr. Ann Fisher, Professor of Environmental Economics
Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology
Penn State Institutes of the Environment (PSIE)
Consortium for Atlantic Regional Assessment (CARA)
"Informing Decisions Affected by Changes in Climate or Land Use"
March 12
No Coffee Hour: Spring Break.
March 19
No Coffee Hour: Association of American Geographers (AAG) 100th Annual Meeting
March 26
Dr. David Travis, Professor of Geography
University of Wisconsin, Whitewater Department of Geography and Geology
"Role of Jet Aircraft Contrails in U.S. Climate"
April 2
Dr. Eric Conrad, Deputy Secretary for Field Operations
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)
"Creating Digital Neural Networks"
April 9
Dr. Amy Glasmeier, Professor of Geography & Regional Science
Penn State University Department of Geography
Penn State Institutes of the Environment (PSIE)
"The Paradox of Prosperity: Growing Inequality and Limited Opportunity in America"
April 16
Dr. Glenn Guntenspergen, Landscape Ecologist
Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
United States Geological Survey (USGS), Duluth, Minnesota
"Predicting Wetland Responses to Climate Change"
April 23
Dr. Bruce Hewitson, Associate Professor of Climatology
University of Cape Town, South Africa
Climate System Analysis Group
"Assessing Regional Climate Change Using Downscaling of Climate Model Output"
April 30
Dr. Greg Jenkins, Professor of Meteorology
Penn State University Department of Meteorology
Earth and Mineral Sciences Environment Institute (EMSEI)
"Recent Climate Changes in West Africa: Modeling and Observations"
* Accolades-and apologies!-to BBC TV's "Monty Python's Flying Circus", 1969-75.
All Coffee Hours are in 301 Steidle at 4:00 on Friday afternoons unless otherwise noted.