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Date

July 24, 2025

Time

3:54 am to 3:54 am

Description

Peak Ecological Water and its shift under climate change: case studies from Peru and Pennsylvania

Coffee Hour with Denice Wardrop, Director of Riparia, Research Professor, Geography and Ecology, Penn State

About the talk

In most watersheds, as withdrawals for human needs increase, the ecological services provided by the same water are in decline.

Cost

Free

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Date

July 27, 2025

Time

11:11 am to 11:11 am

Description

Are Happiest Cities Most Resilient to Disasters? – Challenges in Community Resilience Assessment

Coffee Hour with Nina S. Lam, Professor & Abraham Distinguished Professor of Louisiana Environmental Studies, Department of Environmental Sciences, Louisiana State University

About the talk

A 2014 report published by the National Bureau of Economic Research ranked American cities according to residents’ “happiness”. The results have surprised many people.

Cost

Free

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Date

July 27, 2025

Time

11:11 am to 11:11 am

Description

Synergies between food production and nature protection—what are some ways forward for sustaining landscapes?

Sarah Gergel, Assistant Dean, Diversity and Inclusion, Faculty of Forestry, The University of British Columbia

Cost

Free

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Date

July 27, 2025

Time

11:11 am to 11:11 am

Description

Coffee Hour with Judith Carney, Professor of Geography, University of California, Los Angeles

Out of Africa: Food Legacies of Atlantic Slavery in the Americas

About the talk

A striking feature of plantation era history is the number of first-person accounts that credit the enslaved with the introduction of specific foods, all previously grown in Africa.

Cost

Free

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Date

July 27, 2025

Time

11:11 am to 11:11 am

Description

Coffee Hour with Elizabeth Wentz '97g, Dean & Professor, School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, Arizona State University

Empowering community resilience through a university-community knowledge exchange

About the talk

The goal of this presentation is to introduce a Science to Solutions activity at Arizona State University (ASU). ASU’s new Knowledge Exchange for Resilience (KER) aims to build capacity both within the university and to broader civil society to address real, current issues of community resilience.

Cost

Free

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Date

July 27, 2025

Time

11:11 am to 11:11 am

Description

Coffee Hour with Lilian Pintea, Ph.D., Vice President, Conservation Science, the Jane Goodall Institute on Mapping Forests and Spirits to Secure a Future for People and Chimpanzees

Cost

Free

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Donald W. Hamer Center for Maps and Geospatial Information

Department of Geography

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Peak Ecological Water and its shift under climate change: case studies from Peru and Pennsylvania

Coffee Hour with Denice Wardrop, Director of Riparia, Research Professor, Geography and Ecology, Penn State

About the talk

Are Happiest Cities Most Resilient to Disasters? – Challenges in Community Resilience Assessment

Coffee Hour with Nina S. Lam, Professor & Abraham Distinguished Professor of Louisiana Environmental Studies, Department of Environmental Sciences, Louisiana State University

About the talk

Synergies between food production and nature protection—what are some ways forward for sustaining landscapes?

Coffee Hour with Judith Carney, Professor of Geography, University of California, Los Angeles

Out of Africa: Food Legacies of Atlantic Slavery in the Americas

About the talk

Coffee Hour with Elizabeth Wentz '97g, Dean & Professor, School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, Arizona State University

Empowering community resilience through a university-community knowledge exchange

About the talk

Coffee Hour with Lilian Pintea, Ph.D., Vice President, Conservation Science, the Jane Goodall Institute on Mapping Forests and Spirits to Secure a Future for People and Chimpanzees