October 6, 2008
CES News
- No CES Seminar this week
- CES Graduate, Marie O'Neill '90, Wins Large CDC Grant
On Campus
- S4 Colloquium
- Taubman Center Open House
Off Campus
- Bioneers by the Bay: Connecting for Change
- Restore America’s Estuaries Conference
Internships & Opportunities
- Green Corps
- Global Marine Team Program Coordinator
- The Ocean Project Internships
- AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowship
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CES News________________________
CES Seminar Series Fall 2008
Unfortunately, there is no speaker this week. But if you’re itching to know what’s next, visit the page below for a listing of this semester’s talks:
http://envstudies.brown.edu/seminars/Spring2008Seminars.html
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Congratulations to CES Graduate, Marie O'Neill '90, who won Large CDC Grant
Marie O'Neill, a 1990 Brown BA from CES who now is Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Environmental Health Sciences at the University of Michigan, and Sabrina McCormick, a 2005 Sociology PhD graduate, who is now a Robert Wood Johnson Health & Society Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania, and whose advisor was CES Interim Director Phil Brown, received a $1.3 million grant in September 2008 from the Centers for Disease Control to study "Reducing Social Disparities of Heatwave Impacts in A Changing Climate."
The project seeks to identify the barriers and facilitators to the adoption of heat health warning systems meant to reduce the adverse impacts of heatwaves. The investigators intend to address growing impacts of a change in climate that is projected to increase the frequency and intensity of extreme heat events.
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S4 Colloquium Fall 2008
Friday, October 10th at noon
PSTC conference room, 68 Waterman Street
"Unsettled Settlements: The Temporal and Spatial Segregation of Filipina Hostesses in Tokyo."
Rhacel Parrenas is a prominent migration scholar and new member of the Brown faculty in American Civilization.
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Taubman Center for Public Policy Open House
Graduate Programs in Public Policy and Public Affairs
Thursday, October 16th, 2008 from 5:30 – 6:30 p.m.
Taubman Center, 67 George Street
You are cordially invited to learn more about our programs in Master of Public Policy & Master of Public Administration
Please visit the website below to learn more:
http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Taubman_Center/
To join us, please RSVP by October 13th to:
Erica Scharn at Erica_Scharn@Brown.edu or (413) 537-6244
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Bioneers by the Bay: Connecting for Change
October 24-26, 2008 in New Bedford, MA
http://connectingforchange.org
The Fourth Annual Bioneers by the Bay: Connecting for Change conference, presented by the Marion Institute, is an internationally acclaimed annual gathering of environmental, industry and social justice innovators who have demonstrated visionary and practical models for restoring the Earth and its inhabitants.
We have planned a rather remarkable three days of live keynote presentations, afternoon workshops, an extensive Youth Initiative program, a downlink of the 19th Annual Bioneers Conference in California [www.bioneers.org], an exhibition hall featuring sustainable businesses and organizations, a community action center, films, music, art installations, a farmers’ market and local & organic food. As a national Beaming Bioneers Conference site, we join eighteen other sites throughout the entire country in producing a local Bioneers Conference. We will be telecasting plenaries from the main San Rafael Bioneers Conference, which is in its 19th year, each afternoon.
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Restore America’s Estuaries
4th National Conference on Coastal and Estuarine Habitat Restoration
RI Convention Center, Providence, RI
October 11th – 15th
The student rate for the entire conference is $150, but realizing that many students are not able to pay that amount, we have volunteer opportunities that allow students to participate in the conference by working as room monitors or at registration.
Visit, http://www.savebay.org/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=424&srcid=879 to learn more or contact Stephany Hessler at shessler@savebay.org or 401.272.3540 x130
The Conference is the premiere nationwide forum focused on advancing the science, pace, practice, scale, and success of coastal and estuarine habitat restoration. Incorporating the non-profit, government, scientific, business, tribal, and academic sectors, the Conference will enable networking and communication throughout this growing movement.
The Conference will address the following themes:
Coastal Restoration in the Context of Climate Change, Best Practices On-the-Ground, Comprehensive Ecosystem Restoration and Management, Science and Technology, Measuring and Communicating Results, Policy and Funding, Education and Outreach, Human Dimensions of Restoration
For More Information about the Conference visit www.estuaries.org/conference
Sponsoring and Exhibiting Opportunities - Contact Harvey Potts at 206-624-9100 x 2#, or hpotts@estuaries.org
Internships & Opportunities_________
Green Corps
Green Corps, the Field School for Environmental Organizing, trains and pays recent college grads to do the grassroots work crucial to tackling today's biggest environmental issues. And we're now hiring for our class of 2008-2009.
In Missouri, recent college grads in Green Corps are providing the grassroots support for a renewable energy ballot initiative. In North Carolina and Florida Green Corps organizers are pushing politicians to support stronger global warming policies. And around the country Green Corps organizers are working with PowerVote and 1Sky to mobilize thousands of students and community members to advance green jobs and push global warming to the forefront in this historic election.
If you want to work to stop global warming, save precious wilderness areas from encroaching development or prevent multi-national corporations from clear-cutting our forests then check out our Web site, www.greencorps.org, or go to greencorps.org/apply now to submit your application. The early deadline is October 10th.
With questions, contact Ben Walsh, Recruitment Director at jobs@greencorps.org.
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Global Marine Team Program Coordinator
The Nature Conservancy
Narragansett, RI
Application Deadline: October 10th, 2008
The Nature Conservancy is seeking qualified candidates for their Global Marine Team (GMT) Program Coordinator. The GMT Coordinator will proactively manage a wide range of activities to promote communication and learning across the Conservancy’s marine practitioners; provide substantial support for the outreach, communications, and leverage elements of GMT conservation strategies; and work closely with GMT Team leader and deputy on team planning, management, and reporting.
For a full position description, go to: https://careers.nature.org/psp/P89HTNC_APP/APPLICANT/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM.HRS_CE.GBL
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Intern with The Ocean Project
The Ocean Project is currently accepting applications for full- and part-time internships and volunteer positions. We seek creative individuals with solid communications (electronic, verbal and written) and analytical thinking skills.
Based in Pawtucket, RI, The Ocean Project provides paid and unpaid internships, depending on level of education and experience, and also time available. Additionally, we offer off-site unpaid internships and other volunteer opportunities.
See http://www.theoceanproject.org to learn more. If interested, submit a cover letter, resume, and brief writing sample (no more than three pages) to Bill Mott, Director at bmott@theoceanproject.org
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American Association for the Advancement of Science
Science & Technology Policy Fellowships
For 35 years, the AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowships have provided scientists and engineers with a unique opportunity to apply their knowledge and skills to national and international issues in the federal policy realm, while learning first-hand about establishing and implementing policy.
Fellows select assignments in Congressional offices or federal agencies.
This is a year-long opportunity, beginning September 1st and ending August 31st and most federal agencies offer Fellows the opportunity to renew for a second year.
AAAS partners with approximately 30 scientific and engineering societies that also sponsor fellowships. They conduct separate application and selection processes and may provide different stipend and benefits support. Individuals interested in the Science & Technology Policy Fellowships are encouraged to apply with all scientific and engineering societies for which they qualify.
Eligibility:
Hold a doctoral level degree (PhD, ScD, MD, DVM, etc.), in any of the following: Social/Behavioral sciences, Medical/Health disciplines, Biological, Physical or Geosciences, or Engineering disciplines (applicants with a MS in engineering and three or more years of post-degree professional experience also qualify) Note: All degree requirements must be completed by the application deadline.
Please see our website at www.fellowships.aaas.org for details.
The deadline to apply is December 15th, 2008. AAAS accepts online applications only.
Contact:
Daniel Poux
Associate Director
Science & Technology Policy Fellowships
American Association for the Advancement of Science
1200 New York Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 202.326.7075
Fax: 202.289.4950
dpoux@aaas.org
www.fellowships.aaas.org
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