ChESS Series lecture with Manu Prakash, Stanford University
Manu PrakashManu Prakash, Assistant Professor of Bioengineering at Stanford University, will present, "Emergent Mechanics and Origins of Behavior in Simple Non-Neuronal Systems," at 4 p.m. Friday, April 27, in Maeder Hall, Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment. This is the…
PECS Student-Faculty Dinner: “Ethical and Empirical Parameters of Climate Policy,” Marc Fleurbaey
Speaker: Marc Fleurbaey, Robert E. Kuenne Professor in Economics and Humanistic Studies, Professor of Public Affairs and the University Center for Human Values Abstract: Climate policy is analyzed as a cost-benefit problem by integrated assessment models. The policy that is…
ChESS Series: PEI Special Lecture with Ruben Juanes, MIT
Ruben Juanes, Director of Henry L. Pierce Laboratory for Infrastructure Science and Engineering at MIT, will deliver the PEI Special Lecture, "Hydromechanical Instabilities and Pattern Formation in Geoscience" at 4:30 p.m. Wed., April 18, in Guyot Hall, Room 10. This…
PEI Faculty Seminar: 3 Million Years of Global Climate Change Captured in Ice Cores
Michael BenderMichael Bender, Professor of Geosciences, Emeritus, and Senior Geoscientist, will present, "3 Million Years of Global Climate Change Captured in Ice Cores," at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 3, in Guyot Hall, Room 10. Lunch will be served at noon in…
PECS Student-Faculty Dinner: “Nature’s Nation: American Art and Environment,” Karl Kusserow
Speaker: Karl Kusserow, John Wilmerding Curator of American Art at Princeton Art Museum Abstract: “Nature’s Nation: American Art and Environment ” is a groundbreaking survey of American art exploring the complex relationship between art and the environment. This exhibition, opening…
ChESS Series/Bradford Seminar Series: “Coastal Risks in an Age of Sea-Level Rise”
Bob Kopp,Bob Kopp, Director of the Institute of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences at Rutgers University, will present, "Coastal Risks in an Age of Sea-Level Rise," at noon Monday, March 26, in Wallace Hall, Room 300. Open to the public with…
PEI Faculty Seminar: Environcide- War, Society, and Environment
Emmanuel KreikeEmmanuel Kreike, Professor of History, will present, "Environcide: War, Society, and Environment," at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 6, in Guyot Hall, Room 10. Lunch will be served at noon in the Guyot Atrium. Kreike is the second speaker in the…
ChESS Series: “A Universal Scaling Law for Gas Transfer Velocities Across Complex Interfaces
Gabriel KatulGabriel Katul, Professor of Hydrology and Micrometeorology at Duke University, will present, "A Universal Scaling Law for Gas Transfer Velocities Across Complex Interfaces," at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, March 1, in Maeder Hall, Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment. This…
ChESS Series: “From Planetary Boundaries to Ecosystem Services: Guiding Development on a Changing Planet”
Elena BennettElena Bennett, Associate Professor at McGill University, will present, "From Planetary Boundaries to Ecosystem Services: Guiding Development on a Changing Planet," at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 22, in Guyot Hall, Room 10. This event is the third in PEI's Challenges…
