You are invited to attend any or all of our weekly series of presentations. We begin
gathering after 3:30 p.m. almost every Friday for conviviality, coffee, and other goodies in 319 Walker Building, then settle down
to listen to our guest speaker from 4:00-5:00 p.m. in 112 Walker Building. All members of the Penn State and Centre
County community are welcome.
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January 18
Karl Zimmerer
Professor and Head, Department of Geography, Penn State University
"Common Ground?: The Challenge of Four-Field Geography and the Restructuring Academy"
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January 25
Nathan Wood
Research Geographer, Western Geographic Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey
"Variations in Community Vulnerability to Cascadia-related Tsunamis in the Pacific Northwest" |
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February 1
Bruce Logan
Director, H2E Center & Engineering Environmental Institute
"Bioenergy Production using Microbial Fuel Cell Technologies" |
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February 8
Menno-Jan Kraak
Department of Geo-Information Processing, International Institute of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation, Enschede, The Netherlands
"The Space-Time Cube Beyond Time-Geography"
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February 15
Carlo Pantano
Distinguished Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Director, Materials Research Institute
"Nanotechnology: Views from Both Sides of the Valley"
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February 22
Clare Hinrichs
Associate Professor of Rural Sociology, Penn State University
"Selective Patronage and Social Justice: Local Food Campaigns in Comparative Historical Context"
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February 29
Don Mitchell
Professor and Chair of Geography, Director, People's Geography Project, Syracuse University
"Battle/Fields: Braceros, Agribusiness, and the Violent Transformation of the California Agricultural Landscape during World War II"
***MILLER LECTURE***
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March 7
No Coffee Hour
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March 14
No Coffee Hour
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March 21
Tiyanjana Maluwa
Associate Dean of International Programs, Director, School of International Affairs, Penn State Dickinson School of Law
"Do International Organizations Matter?"
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March 28
L.J. Gorenflo
Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture, Penn State University
"Geographic Insights on the Human Dimensions of Biodiversity Conservation" |
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April 4
Celia Nyamweru
Professor of Anthropology, St. Lawrence University
"Indigenous Culture and Biodiversity Conservation: The Sacred Kaya Forests of Coastal Kenya" |
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April 11
Linda Pickle
Principal and Chief Statistician,StatNet Consulting, LLC, Gaithersburg, MD
"U.S. Cancer Atlases: Pretty Maps or Public Health Tools"
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April 18
No Coffee Hour - AAG Meeting
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April 25
David R. Easterling
Chief, Scientific Services Division, NOAA National Climatic Data Center, Asheville, NC
"Drought: Past, Present and Future"
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May 2
***CANCELLED***
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