Monday, November 3rd, 2008
Don’t forget to… VOTE TOMORROW! http://www.sec.state.ri.us/vic/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CES News
- Fall 2008 Seminar Series
- Two Course Announcements: Spring 2009
On campus
- Fellowship Fair
- SBRP Seminar
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CES News________________________
CES Seminar Series Fall 2008
Thursday, November 6th, Noon UEL room 106
Jason Miner from The Nature Conservancy will speak on Conserving Large Forests of the Northeast.
Jason Miner received an A.B. in Biology from Amherst College, a Juris Doctor from Duke University’s School of Law, and a Masters in Environmental Management from Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment. Jason came to lead The Nature Conservancy’s conservation work in Western Massachusetts in 2005 after five years working on Pacific salmon restoration with Oregon Trout, Inc. In pursuing conservation, Jason has worked as a private attorney for Ball Janik LLP, worked on the Yellowstone wolf reintroduction program, and worked as a park ranger in Grand Teton National Park.
Pizza will be served for $1 per slice.
_______________________________
Course Announcements: Spring 2009 Semester
An exploration seminar at the interfaces of sciences, social sciences & humanities…
Geol 1960F—Patterns: In Nature, In Society
M&W 3:00–4:20pm
Prof. R.F. Cooper
Nature is dominated by the rate of dissipation of energy; the Second Law defines the rules of that dissipation. Energy-dissipation rate dictates the shapes of plants and animals, of mountains and shorelines; it dictates, too, the forms of matter that arise in chemical and physical reactions. Consequently, patterns in nature can be examined to learn about the energy deployment, or “landscape” that produced them. Clearly, the Second Law is foundational to the philosophy—and practice—of science. But is it more? Societies and economies show temporal and spatial patterns as well: does the rate of flow of ideas and of value cause these patterns? We will explore just how “entropy rules.” In doing so, we will be concerned both with science and society.
• Course enrollment limited to 16. Instructor permission required: my hope is to have half of the participants be sciences concentrators and half from the humanities and/or social sciences.
• Student leadership of most discussions is required.
• The principal “deliverables” for the course are three papers (two 5-7 pages, one 10-15 pages), with due dates roughly equally spaced in the semester.
Questions? Please contact Reid Cooper (reid_cooper@brown.edu; 031 GeoChem Building; 3-2160)
*********************************************
NOTE: The following course does not appear in the Course Announcement 2008-09 but WILL be offered in the spring 2009 semester. Limited enrollment. Inquiries welcome.
Anthropology 1260: Humans and Birds: Intersections
MW 8:30-9:50 am
Giddings House 212
Prof. Krech
Email: krech@brown.edu
This course offers an anthropological perspective on the intersection of birds and people. Birds (in western science, the class Aves) represent a big slice of nature. They figure in many ways in human-animal relations, from providing raw material for artifacts and fodder, to entering social and cultural arrangements, narrative, theories of sickness and well-being, ideas of the sacred, and being named and classified as animate or inanimate and part of the human or other-than-human world. By sustained focus on birds, one category of the natural world, the hope is to throw into relief the broader relationship between people, in particular those considered as indigenous or aboriginal, and the environment, and to raise questions about the natural underpinnings of cultural apprehensions of nature.
On Campus______________________
Fellowship Fair
Wednesday, November 5th from 4-7:00pm
Leung Gallery/Petterutti Lounge, Faunce House
The Office of the Dean of the College is pleased to announce its second annual Undergraduate Research and Fellowship Fair. It will feature presentations by faculty, students, and alumni who have participated in research and/or fellowship programs. Simultaneously, there will be information tables representing individual fellowship and research programs. The event is designed to provide an opportunity for students, faculty, and administrators to share information about the many fellowship and research opportunities at Brown that offer students funding, direction, and support to pursue their academic interests.
________________________________
Superfund Basic Research Program (SBRP) Seminar
Friday, November 7th at 12:00PM
Barus & Holley, Room 190,
182 Hope Street
The Unique Vulnerability of the Developing Human Brain to Early Neurotoxic Exposures
Presented by
Dr. Philip J. Landrigan, Chairman, Department of
Community and Preventive Medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine.
______________________________
Please send questions, comments and stories to:
CES Newsletter Editor, Marie-Laure Couët
marie-laure_couet@brown.edu
Thanks!