CES Newsletter November 8, 2010
CES News
- Weekly Casual Lunch Event: Monday, November 8
- CES Fall Seminar Series: Introducing the Brown Environmental Fellows Program
- Spring Classes: PHP1700 Current Topics in Environmental Health
On-Campus
- Gendering Science, Gendering Ethics: The Intersecting Production of Knowledge, Gender, and Ethical Issues
- ECI Retreat 2010
- The True Cost of Coal: Coal Mining and Human Rights in Columbia
Off Campus
- Conversation with Senator Sheldon Whitehouse
Internships and Opportunities
- Scion Nonprofit Staffing
- Janet Prindle Institute for Ethics at DePauw University Undergraduate Ethics Symposium
CES News
WEEKLY CASUAL LUNCH EVENT: MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8
UEL Kitchen, 135 Angell Street 12:00-12:45pm
Mondays, Timmons Roberts and Caroline Karp are hosting a new weekly casual lunch event open to faculty, students, staff and community members. It's bring your own lunch and topics for discussion about environmental policy. The idea is to share information and perspectives; no expertise needed. (Lunch will move to the garden if the weather is permitting.)
CES FALL SEMINAR SERIES: INTRODUCING THE BROWN ENVIRONMENTAL FELLOWS PROGRAM
Thursday, November 11 / UEL 106, 12:00-1:00pm
Meet this year's fellows & learn about the Spring 2011 application process
Facilitator: Prof. Heather Leslie
Brown Environmental Fellows is a different kind of summer research experience, introducing Undergraduate environmental scientists to the dynamic interface between environmental science, policy, and practice. Student-faculty-practitioner teams develop research projects to meet shared objectives – directing scientific discovery into channels that will inform current and future management choices.
SPRING CLASSES: PHP1700 CURRENT TOPICS IN ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
This course is designed to introduce students to the field of environmental health, and demonstrate how environmental health is integrated into various aspects of our lives, both directly and indirectly. Topics to be covered include: toxic metals, vector-borne disease, food safety, water quality, radiation, pesticides, air quality, hazardous waste, risk assessment, and the role of the community in environmental health. Several topics will be presented by guest speakers so that students can learn from the expertise of professionals in the field. Instructor permission required.
M 1:00-3:20PM at 121 South Main Street 245
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On-Campus
GENDERING SCIENCE, GENDERING ETHICS: THE INTERSECTION PRODUCTION OF KNOWLEDGE, GENDER, AND ETHICAL ISSUES
Zimmer Lounge, Maxcy Hall 12:00-1:00pm
Presentation by Laurel Smith-Doerr, author of Women’s Work: Gender Equity v. Hierarchy in the Life Sciences, on the interaction of gender and ethics in research.
ECI RETREAT 2010
The ECI Retreat will be November 20, 2010 at Smith Buonanno Hall, Brown University. RSVP to Bernadette_Horta@brown.edu
THE TRUE COST OF COAL: COAL MINING AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN COLOMBIA
A presentation and public forum with Colombian trade union leader JOSÉ BRITO. Our reliance on coal from Colombia is tainted by coal company practices in the indigenous communities from which the coal comes. Mr. Brito will discuss the human rights abuses and environmental degradation that accompanies coal mining in their communities. Tuesday November 9th - 7pm - List 110. RSVP here: http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=137590889626262
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Off Campus
CONVERSATION WITH SENATOR SHELDON WHITEHOUSE
The RI Student Climate Coalition invites you to join us this Monday, 8 November. Take your seat at the table with US Senator Sheldon Whitehouse at 6:30 in RISD’s Tap Room (266 Benefit Street, Providence, 02901). Senator Whitehouse, an important ally for climate policy and clean energy advocates in the US Senate, will forecast what to expect out of Washington now that Dirty Fuel and Big Oil controls the House of Representatives, and help us determine what we can do to ensure that Washington goes back to work on a clean energy future. Click here to register.
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Internships and Opportunities
SCION NONPROFIT STAFFING
The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation in Palo Alto, California is accepting applications for the position of Program Officer for the Environmental Conservation Program. A PhD or Masters degree is required for the position. Visit http://www.nonprofitstaff.com for more information.
JANET PRINDLE INSTITUTE FOR ETHICS AT DEPAUW UNIVERSITY UNDERGRADUATE ETHICS SYMPOSIUM
Papers addressing an ethics concern are now being accepted for presentation at the Symposium. The deadline for submission is February 1st, and papers will be presented April 7-9, 2011. Visit http://prindleinstitute.depauw.edu/programs/ethics_symposium.asp for more information.