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Seminar Schedule - Spring Semester 2001

Tues., January 30th (UEL - noon)
Jeff Klein:
"Packaging Persuasion: Incorporating Social Marketing Strategies into Brown University's Recycling Communications"

Thurs., February 1st (UEL - noon)
Patrick MacRoy:
"In Search of Safe Housing: Blood Lead Levels of Past Occupants as an Indicator of Present Lead Safety"

Thurs., February 8th (UEL - noon)
Colin Cheney:
"River of Words: Poetry in Environmental Education"

Tues., Feb. 13th (MacMillan - noon)
Evan Goldsmith:
"Beyond Municipal Boundaries: Designing a Regional Land Conservation Strategy in South County, RI"

Thurs., Feb. 15th (UEL - noon)
Thomas Bolioli:
"The Population Dynamics Driving Sprawl"

Thurs., Feb. 22nd (UEL - noon)
Nathan James:
"Mapping the Sense of Place: Incorporating Qualitative Data into GIS for Land Use Planning in South Kingstown, RI"

 

Tues., Feb. 27th (MacMillan - noon)
Matthew Amengual:
"Charlestown at Buildout: Modeling Development and Conservation at the
Municipal Level"

Wed., Feb. 28th (UEL - 4 pm)
Astghine Pasoyan:
"Climate Policy in Transition Economies"

Thurs., March 1st (UEL - noon)
Carolina Balazs :
"The Fate of the Forest: Deforestation and Human Land-Use Dynamics in the Brazilian Amazon"

Tues., March 6th (MacMillan - noon)
Anna Brown:
"Carrot or Stick? Examining the role that voluntary compliance initiatives can play in regulating industry."

Thurs., March 8th (UEL - noon)
Justin Huxol:
"Charlestown Open Space Prioritization Project: A Participatory Model Using the World Wide Web"

Tues., March 13th (MacMillan - noon)
Wayne Leighty:
"Carbon Flux in the Tongass National Forest"

Thurs., March 15th (UEL - noon)
Takuya Kawanishi
"Free-Riding Behavior in an Environmental Context: An Experimental Study"

Tues., March 20th (UEL - noon)
Neal Kemkar:
"Scrap Tire Remediation in Rhode Island, a Mounting Problem"

Thurs., March 22nd (UEL - noon)
David Rowland:
"Addressing Global Climate Change at the State Level: Designing a Carbon Registry for New Hampshire's Forestry Sector"

Tues., April 3rd (MacMillan - noon)
Patti Caton:
"Effluent Trading to Achieve Water Quality Standards on the Providence and Seekonk Rivers"

Thurs., April 5th (UEL - noon)
Alissa Barron:
"Contaminated Catch: Predicting Mercury Risk related to Freshwater Fish Consumption in Rhode Island"

Tues., April 10th (MacMillan - noon)
Wei Wing Wong:
"Manifest Destiny: The Paradigm of Biological Invasion"

Thurs., April 12th (UEL - noon)
Melanie Rawlins:
"Stormwater Management and Habitat Restoration: Matchmaking in the Woonasquatucket"

Tues., April 17th (MacMillan - noon)
Kirsten Rudestam:
"The Importance of Place: Asthmatic Children's Perceptions of Inside and Outside Environments"

Wed., April 18th (UEL - noon)
Pavani Reddy:
"Uganda Fisheries Distance Learning Project"

Thurs., April 19th (UEL - noon)
Dahvi Wilson:
"Buildings and Buses:The Reality of Planning a Transit-Friendly District in the South Boston Seaport"

Tues., April 24th (MacMillan - noon)
Nguyet Tau:
"Asthma: Southeast Asian Perception, Awareness, and Management in Providence"

Thurs., April 26th (UEL - noon)
Jane Shephard:
"What is open space in Rhode Island's industrial/business parks?"

Tues., May 1st (MacMillan - noon)
Ailene Kane:
"Saving Northern Blazing Star: Conservation of a Rare Wildflower on Block Island"

Wed., May 2nd (UEL - noon)
Jonathan Dyer:
"Rhode Island's Greenhouse Gas Emissions: A Look to the Future, Based on a Look at the Past"

Thurs., May 3rd (UEL - noon)
Dave Beavers
"Reengineering? Reinvention? Rhode Island? Prospects For A RI Environmental Leadership Program."