CES Newsletter, November 15, 2010
CES News
- CES Fall Seminar Series, Thursday: Dean Wendt
- CES Fall Seminar Series, Friday: Lilian Daniel – Abboud Ashkar,
On-campus
- S4 colloquium Friday: New measures of segregation
Off campus
- Trail Design and Management Workshop with John Monroe of the National Park Service
- Providence Library Talks
- Providence Action for Fair Food at Stop & Shop Supermarkets!
On Friday, November 19
Internships and Opportunities
- Lewis E. Kimball Memorial Scholarships
- Project Dragonfly
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CES News
CES FALL SEMINAR SERIES: DEAN WENDT, PROFESSOR OF BIOLOGY AT THE CENTER FOR COASTAL MARINE SCIENCES
Thursday, November 18 12:00-1:00pm
UEL Classroom, Room 106
SUBJECT: NEW APPROACHES FOR INTEGRATING MARINE SCIENCE WITH MANAGEMENT AND POLICY with Dean Wendt
Dean Wendt is a Professor of Biology at the Center for Coastal Marine Sciences, California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, CA (www.marine.calpoly.edu) . His research is centered on coastal marine ecology and the implementation of ecosystem-based approaches to management of marine resources. He is founding and current director of the San Luis Obispo Science and Ecosystem Alliance (SLOSEA, www.slosea.org), which was identified by The Joint Oceans Commission Initiative (JOCI) in their 2009 national report, “One Coast, One Future”, as an organization that is bringing innovative approaches to coastal management along the west coast of the United States.
Seminar with Lilian Daniel
Friday, November 19, 12:00 – 1:00pm
UEL Classroom, Room 106
SUBJECT: A CONVERSATION ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST with Lilian Daniel
Lilian Daniel – Abboud Ashkar is an environmental scientist who teaches general and interdisciplinary science in Nazareth. She studied at the University of Haifa and is now developing new curricula in science education.
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On-campus
Mark Fossett (Sociology, Texas A&M) will present the next S4 colloquium on Friday, 11/19 at noon. The title is "Unbiased Indices of Uneven Distribution and Exposure: New Alternatives for Segregation Analysis."
Fossett will describe new measures of segregation that he believes can overcome some limitations of traditional measures. A copy of the flyer is available here:http://www.s4.brown.edu/S4/colloquia/fall10/Fossett_flyer.jpg.
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Off campus
TRAIL DESIGN AND MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP WITH JOHN MONROE OF THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
November 17, 2-5pm at the Barrington Branch of the YMCA
This workshop is part of Barrington’s plan to improve the trails in Veterans Park. It will include an overview of trail design and then a walk through Veterans Park to demonstrate the applicability of the design principles. To find out if spots are available, email John Monroe at john_monroe@nps.gov
PROVIDENCE LIBRARY TALKS
December 5, 2010: Searching for New Drugs in the Sea’
URI researcher Dave Rowley will discuss the possibility that the ocean may have unexplored resources that could provide treatments or cures for human diseases.
Providence Action for Fair Food at Stop & Shop Supermarkets!
On Friday, November 19 at 4pm, come participate in an action for farmworker justice outside of Stop & Shop at 333 West River Street, Providence, RI. We will be picketing, delivering a letter to the store's management, and doing street theater outside of Stop & Shop to encourage the chain to sign a fair food agreement with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW)! 90% of the tomatoes produced in the US during 8 months of the year come from Florida, and these tomatoes end up in our dining halls, restaurants, supermarkets, and kitchen tables. The CIW is a community organization led mainly by Latino, Haitian, and Mayan Indian immigrant farmworkers in Florida. The CIW has run successful campaigns against nine major corporations, including Taco Bell, McDonald's, Subway, and Whole Foods. Now the CIW and its allies (a.k.a. us!) are turning to the supermarket industry calling on Stop and Shop (and its parent-company Ahold) to take responsibility for the abuses occurring in its tomato supply-chain. Every day that the Stop and Shop turns a blind eye is another day that the human-rights crisis persists in the fields.
BROWN STUDENTS--meet up at Faunce Arch at 3:30 to go to Stop & Shop together! (Bring a bike if you can.)
EVERYONE ELSE--see you at Stop & Shop at 4pm on Friday!
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Internships and Opportunities
LEWIS E. KIMBALL MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPS
Friends of Chatham Waterways are offering $2,500 scholarships to undergraduate and graduate students. Applicants must be residents of Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard or Nantucket and be majoring in an environmental field. Applications can by requested from:
Dick Evans, Friends of Chatham Waterways, 16 Old Saltworks Rd.
Chatham, MA 02633
PROJECT DRAGONFLY
OXFORD, Ohio – Applications are being accepted for 2011 summer/fall graduate field courses and a master’s program that offer international conservation studies in 12 countries throughout Africa, Asia, Australia and the Americas. New in 2011 are courses in Australia and Guyana.
Created in 2004 by Miami University’s Project Dragonfly and the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, Earth Expeditions graduate courses and now the Global Field Program (GFP) master’s degree bring together graduate students, scientists, educators and community leaders at critical conservation field sites worldwide. In addition to Australia and Guyana, sites for 2011 include the Amazon, Baja, Belize, Borneo, Costa Rica, Kenya, Mongolia, Namibia, Thailand and Trinidad.
Tuition for seven graduate credits and all basic in-country expenses are covered in the $1,250 course costs. Accepted students are responsible for airfare.
Earth Expeditions and the GFP, which can be completed part-time from anywhere in the United States or abroad, are open to educators and other professionals from all disciplines and settings, regardless of grade level or academic focus. For information and to apply, please visit:
Earth Expeditions: http://www.EarthExpeditions.org
Global Field Program: http://www.MastersGFP.org
Project Dragonfly reaches millions of people each year through inquiry-driven learning media, public exhibits and graduate programs worldwide. Dragonfly is housed at Miami University, a state university in Oxford, Ohio, established in 1809 and listed as one of the eight original Public Ivies.