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Earth Month Lecture Series, 2009

Climate Change Impacts on Marine and Terrestrial Ecosystems

March 3, 2009
Dr. Patricia Jellison, Chief of Global Change Research & Development, U.S. Geological Survey
Mitchell Auditorium, Bossone Research Enterprise Center, 32nd and Market Streets

Pat Jellison is Chief of Global Change Research & Development for the US Geological Survey, which includes integrative climate change research activities conducted by USGS scientists across the country and across multiple fields of science, including geology, biology, hydrology, geography, paleoclimatology and economics. She joined the USGS in 2005 after more than twenty years as a research scientist and department chief for the Smithsonian Institution, where her teaching and research included studies of dune stability and desertification in African deserts, the interactions of humans and wildlife in arid landscapes, and museum artifact database development and management. She is also a past Lecturer for the Smithsonian National Associates Program and a Content Expert for the Discovery Channel and IMAX Films, and a past Chair of the Geological Society of America’s Committee on Geology and Public Policy. She recently completed a six-month detail to the US Climate Change Science Program to write a coordinated research plan for the 13 federal agencies that are a part of CCSP. Dr. Jellison received her B.S. in Geology from the University of Nebraska and her Ph.D in Earth and Planetary Sciences from Washington University in St. Louis.

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Capitalism and Sustainability

February 24, 2009
Dr. James Gustave Speth, Dean, School of the Environment, Yale University
Mitchell Auditorium, Bossone Research Enterprise Center, 32nd and Market Streets

From 1993 to 1999, Dr. Speth served as administrator of the United Nations Development Programme and chair of the UN Development Group. Prior to his service at the UN, he was Founder and President of the World Resources Institute; professor of law at Georgetown University; Chairman of the U.S. Council on Environmental Quality; and Senior Attorney and Co-founder, Natural Resources Defense Council. Throughout his career, Dr. Speth has provided leadership and entrepreneurial initiatives to many task forces and committees involved in combating environmental degradation.

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Global Climate Justice: Winners and Losers in a Warming World

February 17, 2009
J. Timmons Roberts, Director, Environmental Science and Policy, School of the Environment, College of William & Mary
Mitchell Auditorium, Bossone Research Enterprise Center, 32nd and Market Streets

J. Timmons Roberts is Chancellor Professor of Sociology and Researcher at the Institute for the Theory and Practice of International Relations at The College of William and Mary. His research specializes in climate change; environmental sociology; globalization, development and social change; environmental governance and policy; and environmental justice. He is also the James Martin 21st Century Professor, Environmental Change Institute at Oxford University.

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Strategies to Mitigate CO2 Emissions

February 10, 2009
Nels Johnson and Wayne Klockner, The Nature Conservancy
Mitchell Auditorium, Bossone Research Enterprise Center, 32nd and Market Streets

Nels Johnson is the Director of Conservation Programs at the Nature Conservancy where he has directed conservation planning and activities since 2001. His areas of expertise include sustainable forest management, ecosystem management, setting biodiversity conservation priorities and protecting ecosystem services.

Wayne Klockner is a Vice President of The Nature Conservancy and State Director for Massachusetts. Klockner joined the Massachusetts chapter in 1999 after four years with the Conservancy’s Asia Pacific Program, the last three as Senior Advisor in Indonesia where he shepherded the Conservancy through a period of significant expansion to preserve Indonesia’s biodiversity.

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Climate Change and the Oceans

February 3, 2009
Dr. Paul Falkowski, Professor of Biochemisty and Biophysics, Institute of Marine & Coastal Science, Rutgers University
Mitchell Auditorium, Bossone Research Enterprise Center, 32nd and Market Streets

Dr. Paul G. Falkowski is professor of biochemisty and biophysics, physiological adaptation at Rutgers University. His research interests include biogeochemical cycles, photosynthesis, biological oceanography, molecular biology, biochemisty and biophysics, physiological adaptation, plant physiology, evolution, mathematical modeling, and symbiosis. Dr. Falkowski serves on the Rutgers Board of Governors as Professor in Geological and Marine Science, and is Director of the Rutgers Energy Institute.

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Meeting the Climate Change Challenge

January 27, 2009
Dr. Michael H. Schwartz, Senior Vice President, Commercial Strategy, Duke Energy
Mitchell Auditorium, Bossone Research Enterprise Center

Dr. Michael Schwartz is Senior Vice President of Commercial Strategy for Duke Energy Generation Services, an unregulated affiliate of Duke Energy. In this capacity he leads the group which focuses on strategy and strategic initiatives including the structuring of Duke’s commercial carbon business. Dr. Schwartz has more than 25 years of experience in all aspects of energy project development, project financing and structuring, technology commercialization, corporate development and strategic planning.

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Climate Change in New Jersey

January 13, 2009
Dr. David Robinson, State Climatologist, New Jersey
Mitchell Auditorium, Bossone Research Enterprise Center

Dr. David Robinson is a physical geographer and climatologist. His research interests run the spatial gamut from global to local, with a focus on developing a better understanding of the climate system. As New Jersey’s State Climatologist, Dr. Robinson conducts research of an applied nature that focuses on the diverse weather and climate of the Garden State. This includes topics such as climate change, drought, flooding, and issues involving agriculture, transportation, public safety and commerce.

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Overview of the Science of Global Warming

January 6, 2009
Dr. Heidi Cullen, The Weather Channel
Mitchell Auditorium, Bossone Research Enterprise Center

Since joining The Weather Channel in 2003, Dr. Cullen has played a key role in building the network’s climate program, adding explanation, depth, and perspective to climate stories and strengthening the network’s relationships within the scientific community.

She received her doctorate in climatology and ocean-atmosphere dynamics at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University. Her dissertation focused on understanding the impacts and dynamics of the North Atlantic Oscillation, an important climate influence. As a post-doc, she received a NOAA Climate & Global Change Fellowship and spent two years working at the International Research Institute for Climate Prediction.

Dr. Cullen also works as a senior research scientist with Climate Central. This non profit, non partisan organization is dedicated to providing the public as well as policy makers with the latest peer-reviewed information on global climate change. Dr. Cullen’s dual role in academia and at The Weather Channel allows audiences direct access to the latest insights from the academic and scientific communities working on climate change. Climate Central is a non profit organization based in Princeton, NJ, with another bureau opening near Stanford University.

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2008

Van Jones Reading and Book Signing

The Green Collar Economy

October 21, 2008
Stein Auditorium, Nesbitt Hall

Author Van Jones will discuss how people can invent and invest their way out of the pollution-based gray economy and into the healthy new green economy.
Sponsored by: Africana Studies and the Sustainable Business Network of Greater Philadelphia

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RealMedia

Revolutions in Environmental Attitudes

Convocation Remarks by Dr. Daniel C. Esty

October 17, 2008
Main Building Auditorium

Drexel welcomes renowned Dr. Daniel C. Esty, professor of Environmental Law and Policy, with appointments at both the Yale Law School and the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, as keynote speaker at Founders Day Convocation. The theme of his address revolves around environmental issues and sustainability, and how we as a University and as members of its community respond to the challenges that confront us.

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Drexel and Its Waste: Disposal and Recycling Programs

April 10, 2008
Robert Francis, Ed.D., Vice President of University Facilities
Stein Auditorium, Nesbitt Hall

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LEED's, Stars, Green Globes, and the U: Is Drexel Designing Its Buildings Green?

April 16, 2008
Kim Miller, Director, Planning, Design, & Construction
Stein Auditorium, Nesbitt Hall

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Buildings Systems and Energy Use

April 24, 2008
Bill Taylor, Director of Mechanical Services, Facilities Management
Stein Auditorium, Nesbitt Hall

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UFood: Where It Comes From, How It's Served, Where It Goes

April 30, 2008
Rita Larue, Senior Associate Vice President, Business Services and Sodexo Campus Dining
Stein Auditorium, Nesbitt Hall

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Procurement/Purchasing

May 8, 2008
Dr. Joe Campbell, Assistant Vice President, University Procurement
Mitchell Auditorium, Bossone Research Enterprise Center

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Buses, Bikes, Cars, Trains and Feet: What is Drexel Doing to Promote Green Locomotion?

May 14, 2008
Dave Jost, Director, Parking Services, Fran Maahs, Assistant Director, Facilities Management, and Sharukh Nayar, Supervisor, Facilities Management
Mitchell Auditorium, Bossone Research Enterprise Center

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