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Seminar Schedule - Spring Semester 2002

Seminars are held at noon in the UEL Classroom (135 Angell Street, Room 106).

Bread, juice, and vegan soup are served on Thursdays for $2.
Please feel free to bring your lunch to any of the seminars.

Date Speaker Title
Tues Jan 29 Colin MacDonald Leaking Underground Storage Tanks in Rhode Island: A
Predictive Approach Toward Risk Abatement
Thurs Jan 31 Martha Alarie The Costs Associated with Problem Housing Within Elmwood
Tues Feb 5 Michelle Rome The foraging ecology of Herring and Great Black-backed Gulls on Appledore Island, ME.
Thurs Feb 7 Drew Palmore A Spin on Paradise: Newspaper Coverage of Environmental Issues in Hawaii.
Tues Feb 12 Chad Demarest A Plan for Capacity Reduction in the New England Groundfish
Fishery.
Thurs Feb 14 Miriam Pfisterer Not Just a Walk in the Park: A Look at Crime and Perceptions of Safety in Providence's Open Space
Thurs Feb 21

Dr. Warren Sanderson

*Seminar held at Watson Institute, 111 Thayer St.

Death, Diamonds, and Drought: Life in Sub-Saharan Africa's Richest and Sickest Country
Tues Feb 26 Jared Margolis Prioritizing land for habitat protection: Using GIS for
efficient conservation in a well developed coastal zone- Southampton, NY
Thurs Feb 28 Amanda Aretz

Air Quality and Comparative Exposure: A Parcel-Level Cumulative Risk Analysis

Part I- Project Scope and Methodology

Tues Mar 5 Rachael Moeller

Air Quality and Comparative Exposure: A Parcel-Level Cumulative Risk Analysis

Part II - Results and Applicability

Thurs Mar 7 Belinda Chen Shifting Gears: Potential emissions reductions from alternative vehicle technology diffusion in the United States
Tues Mar 12 Kate Segarra Source or Sink?: Carbon Dioxide System Dynamics in the Waters of the Narragansett Bay
Wed Mar 13

Ole Shelton

Determining age, growth, and population structure of the red sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus franciscanus) in Southeast Alaska
Thurs Mar 14

Dr. Lori Hunter

*Seminar held at 111 Thayer St.

Population and Development in the California Mojave: Modeling Future Habitat Loss
Tues Mar 19 Lyly Nguyen Worthy Weed or Pervasive Pest:
Can Japanese Knotweed be used to remediate contaminated soils along the Woonasquatucket River?
Weds Mar 20 Nathaniel Harlow Arsenic Contamination in Providence's East Side
Thurs Mar 21 Kerrie O'Donnell What is the State of Narragansett Bay? How would you know?
Developing Indicators to find the answers
Tues Apr 2 Karen Knee The effect of changes in demographic structure on Rhode Island's transportation demand
Thurs Apr 4 Brooke Myers "Target" Competition: A statistical analysis of how cities' competition for sales tax revenue can lead to sprawl
Tues Apr 9 Adriana Raudzens Sensitivity to Acidification of Four Alpine Basins, Mt. Washington, New Hampshire.

Weds Apr 10

**CANCELED**

Dr. Vaclav Smil

*Seminar held at 111 Thayer St.

Population, Food, Energy and Environment: What Lies Ahead
Thurs Apr 11 Christine Coletta Picturing Renewal: Using GIS to Evaluate Housing Renovation
Tues Apr 16 Lindsay Haddix The V Factor: Using Vacant Commercial Buildings as Indicators in the Urban Environment
Weds Apr 17 Jessica Intrator Trash, Rats, Recycling: Seeking Solutions for the Urban Core
Thurs Apr 18 Jenna Richardson Should There Be a Marine Recreational Fishing License in Rhode Island?.
Tues Apr 23 Vanessa Li How close is the Narragansett Bay Commission in achieving zero discharge of metals?
Thurs Apr 25 Kelly Huennekens The Effect of Emissions Uncertainty on Projected Climate Change.
Thurs May 2 Byron Elmendorf Commercial Carbon, or How I stopped Worrying and Learned to Love Combined Heat and Power.
Tues May 7 Megan Terebus How a "Water Rich" State Should Approach Water Supply Management