Events
Penn State Geography has a very active community of faculty, students, staff, and alumni. Events of importance to this community are listed below. To submit an event for inclusion on this list, please e-mail it to geography@psu.edu. Include time, date, location, and a brief description of the event.
Location: Eisenhower Auditorium
May 3, 2013 - 8:00pm - 9:30pm
Congratulations!What you need to know:Admission: free No tickets!Seating: open There is plenty of room for as many guests as you like. However, please encourage an early arrival to avoid the last minute rush for seats.Parking: free Eisenhower Parking...
Location: Sunset Park, State College, Pennsylvania
April 27, 2013 - 12:00pm - 3:00pm
Announcing the end
of year department picnic! We
will be providing hamburgers, veggie burgers, beverages, etc. You are
welcome to bring a dish, snack, or some other drink, but also feel free
to join us with open arms. Families,...
Location: The Nittany Lion Inn, Faculty Staff Club, please note room change
April 26, 2013 - 3:00pm
Scenes from the 2012 Recognition Reception The Penn State Department of Geography cordially invites you to the 2013 Geography Recognition Reception to be held on Friday, April 26, at 3:00 p.m. Reception: Faculty Staff Club from 3:00...
Location: 3:30 p.m. Refreshments are offered in the E. Willard Miller seminar room, 319 Walker Building
4:00 p.m. The lecture begins at 4:00 p.m. in the John J. Cahir Auditorium, 112 Walker Building
April 19, 2013 - 3:00pm - 5:00pm
THIS TALK IS CANCELEDIn Search of Lost Frogs: Changing perceptions one frog at a timeAbout the talkEngaging an apathetic public in the conservation of less charismatic creatures can be a tricky business. But if we are to scale
up
conservation efforts for...
Location: Bonventure Brewing Company, on the patio
April 12, 2013 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm
You're Invited
AAG ReceptionJoin us at the Department of Geography Alumni and Friends Reception during the AAG Annual Meeting in Los AngelesFriday, April 12, 20137:00 to 9:00 p.m.Bonaventure Brewing Company, on the patio
Location: 3:30 p.m. Refreshments are offered in the E. Willard Miller seminar room, 319 Walker Building • 4:00 p.m. The lecture begins at 4:00 p.m. in the John J. Cahir Auditorium, 112 Walker Building
April 5, 2013 - 3:30pm - 5:00pm
The Triumph of Economics over Geography: A New Theory of
Scarcity
About the talk
Poverty is universally seen as the lack of income
to purchase a minimum threshold market basket of basic use-values such as food,
health, housing,...
Location: University Park Campus
March 23, 2013 - 9:00am - 6:00pm
The graduate students of the Penn State Department of Geography
invite graduate and undergraduate students at Penn State and other institutions to present their research at
our annual interdisciplinary conference. Preliminary Schedule (PDF)
Location: 3:30 p.m. Refreshments are offered in the E. Willard Miller seminar room, 319 Walker Building
4:00 p.m. The lecture begins at 4:00 p.m. in the John J. Cahir Auditorium, 112 Walker Building
March 22, 2013 - 3:30pm - 5:00pm
About the talkPlant species distributions are changing in response to
ongoing climate change, and biogeographers and ecologists are hard at work
documenting those changes and forecasting future distributions and extinction
risks....
Location: • 3:30 p.m. Refreshments are offered in the E. Willard Miller seminar room, 319 Walker Building • 4:00 p.m. The lecture begins at 4:00 p.m. in the John J. Cahir Auditorium, 112 Walker Building
March 15, 2013 - 3:30pm - 5:00pm
About the talkReducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest
Degradation (REDD+) may become an important part of the international climate
architecture in coming years. REDD+ seeks to tap the potential of tropical
forest management to...
Location: Walker Building and Deike Building, University Park Campus
March 15, 2013 - 9:30am - 2:00pm
Supporting Young Women in Geography (SYWIG) Day is an event designed to
expose young women to the excitement and objectives of the geographic
discipline through hands-on science and social studies workshops. By
fostering connections between Penn...
Location: 3:30 p.m. Refreshments are offered in the E. Willard Miller seminar room, 319 Walker Building • 4:00 p.m. The lecture begins at 4:00 p.m. in the John J. Cahir Auditorium, 112 Walker Building
February 22, 2013 - 3:30pm - 5:00pm
About the talk
Increasingly, HIV/AIDS is an illness that can be lived with over
many years. Nonetheless, in sub-Saharan Africa, there are still daily
challenges of poverty and limited resources which shape the illness
course. The recent discourses...
Location: Refreshments offered at 3:30 p.m. in room 319 Walker Building. Talk begins at 4:00 p.m. in room 112 Walker Building.
February 15, 2013 - 3:30pm - 5:00pm
About the talkDue to the sensitive nature of this talk, a security log-in and
password is required to view the video. Email geography@psu.edu for more information.Data is everywhere. It is used in
our daily communications and in our...
Location: 319 Walker Building, University Park campus
February 9, 2013 - 11:30am - 4:00pm
The Department of Geography Affiliate Program Group
(APG) will hold an organizational lunch-meeting followed by a career
networking session on Saturday, February 9, 2013 in 319 Walker Building
on the University Park campus.Our
fledgling APG needs...
Location: 3:30 p.m. Refreshments are offered in the E. Willard Miller seminar room, 319 Walker Building. • 4:00 p.m. The lecture begins at 4:00 p.m. in the John J. Cahir Auditorium, 112 Walker Building.
February 8, 2013 - 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Abstract
An early behavioral psychologist, Kurt Lewin, once said, “If you want truly
to understand something, try to change it.” Change is inevitable. It is driven by known and unknown processes,
trends, events,...
Location: 3:30 p.m. Refreshments are offered in the E. Willard Miller seminar room, 319 Walker Building • 4:00 p.m. The lecture begins at 4:00 p.m. in the John J. Cahir Auditorium, 112 Walker Building
February 1, 2013 - 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Restoring the American Chestnut: Considerations on the Reintroduction of a Species Effectively Removed for Over a CenturyOnce the mighty giants of the eastern forests, American chestnuts (Castanea dentata)
stood up to 100 feet tall, and numbered in...
