Seminar Schedule - Spring Semester 1999

Tues., Feb.9th, Kristina Daugirdas '99, Public Policy Concentrator:
"Campaign Contributions, Conflict of Interest, and the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation."

Thursday, Feb.11th, Alice Thurston, an appellate attorney in the federal government, representing federal agencies and Indians in environmental and natural resources cases:
"Wolves, water and waste; Indians, incinerators and injunctions; Policy, law and Uncle Sam."

Tuesday, February 16: Ben Hardt

Thursday, February 18: Kim Mowery:
"Housing Condition in Providence: Enough to Make You Sick? Combating Lead Poisoning and Asthma Through the Creation of Healthier Homes"

Thursday, February 25: Virali Gokaldas:
"Using GIS to tell a story from the ground up: Land-use History and Vegetation Change in Owens Valley, California"

Tuesday, March 2: Tim Burns, Graduate Student:
"Photoimaging digital change may hold insight on how manage small quantity generators of hazardous waste"

Thursday, March 4: Jon Dyer, Graduate Student:
"Rhode Islands Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory"

Tuesday, March 9: Megan Reha:
"Riverside Mills: A Recipe for Successful Brownfields Remediation and Restoration"

Thursday, March 11: Laura Schmitt
"Exploration of Possible Feedback Mechanisms for Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling in a Forested Ecosystem in Response to Artificial Soil Warming".

Tuesday, March 16: Saul Nadler:
"Quonset Point and the Morning Commute: The Future of Commuter Rail in Rhode Island"

Thursday, March 18: Cathy Goodall:
"Permitting Pollution: Point Sources and Rhode Island Water Quality"

Tuesday, March 23: Christy Plumer, Graduate Student:
"Housing and the Lead Poisoning Problem in Providence."

Thursday, March 25: Shivani Chaudhry, Graduate Student:
"The Quest for Equity and Efficiency in the Use of Plant Genetic Resources"

Tuesday, April 6: Danielle Denneny:
"Is there evidence to suggest that Cape Cod salt marshes are drowning? A quantitative study of a transition in plant species composition of Brewster salt marsh since European settlement."

Thursday, April 8: Holly Smith, Graduate Student:
"The Great Green Toolbox: Better Environmental Understanding Through Social Research"

Tuesday, April 13: Ninian Stein:
"Knotting the Threads: The Environmental History and Industrial Archeology of Lebanon Mill Company."

Thursday, April 15: Dani Simons:
"An Out-of-this-World Look at Nature Reserves: Remote Sensing and Reserve Design"

Tuesday, April 20: Cate Cooper, Graduate Student:
"Measuring the Effects of Suburban Sprawl in Rhode Island"

Thursday, April 22: Jennifer Atlee:
"Insight for Forest Management and Carbon Budgets: Changes in Soil Carbon & Nitrogen after 15 years regrowth from Whole Tree Harvest."

Tuesday, April 27: Emilie Stander:
"Using epiphytes as indicators of acid rain in a Taiwanese sub-tropical rainforest"

Thursday, April 29: Amy Elkes:
"Easy Money? What every concerned citizen should know about Brown University's Investments"

Tuesday, May 4: Charlotte Matthews:
"Choosing windows for winter warmth, but no summer sauna: Selecting glazing to optimize solar gain for passive heating, daylighting and cooling load reduction, with the help of energy design software."

Thursday, May 6: Alexander Foote, Graduate Student:
"Childhood Lead Poisoning in Rhode Island: Lead Hazard Disclosure, Tenant's Rights, and Conflicting Standards of Care"