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CES Grad Student Colloquium

Wednesday, May 7th, 3:00-6:00, UEL 106

Stormwater Utilities: National Analysis and Local Application, Laura Mulcahy
Modeling the Effect of Greenways on Water Quality in Watersheds:  Case Studies from Rhode Island and Curitiba, Brazil, Jessica Hunter
Equal Opportunity Contamination? Soil toxicity in post-Katrina New Orleans, William Kern
Responses to Phthalate Exposure: Biological and Social Perspectives, Rachel Rogers

Thursday, May 8th, 3:00 – 5:00. UEL 106

Conservation Management Strategies of Ethanol Crop Production: A Brazil-US Comparison, Hazen Kazaks
Print media coverage of climate change: Why environmental organizations should care,  and what they can do to effect greater coverage, Paran Quigley
The Potentials and Barriers Facing Demand-side Energy Efficiency Projects in Low-income Households under the Clean Development Mechanism, and the Way Forward, Nathaniel Manning

Friday, May 9th, 3:00 – 5:00, UEL 106

The impacts of exurban housing and past land use on avian species richness in Grafton Co, New Hampshire, William Yandik
Socio-demographic drivers of land-use change on non-industrial private forestland, Celia Reichel
Can Small Island Communities Harness Emerging Carbon Markets for Natural Resource Conservation?
, Kemen Austin

Refreshments will be served at all sessions

The Rev. Dr. David Mitchell
Environmental Justice: Assuring Environment Justice for All
May 14, 6:30 – 8:00
MacMillan Hall room 115

The forum will begin at 6:30 with a talk by Dr. Mitchell, followed by a conversation about the talk, the environment and how it affects our lives, especially urban America.

Dr. Mitchell holds a Master of Divinity degree from Emory University in Atlanta, GA and his Doctor of Ministry degree in Theology and Ethics from Claremont School of Theology, Claremont, California.

Dr. Mitchell has written and published “Black Theology and Youths at Risk” and is currently Senior Pastor of Congdon Street Baptist Church in Providence, RI.

Spring 2008 Seminar Series

Thank you to everyone who helped to make our 2007/2008 Seminar Series a success. Please check back in the fall for our new schedule.

ENVS Spring '08 Courses

Finding Environmental Courses at Brown

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New Faculty Searches

We are currently involved in one faculty search.
CES Director (full professor)

New Faculty

  • Sriniketh Nagavarapu, Assistant Professor of Economics and Environmental Studies
  • Heather Leslie, Sharpe Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, July 1, 2007
  • Jeremy Rich, Assistant Professor, Research, of Environmental Studies, July 1, 2007

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