ChESS Series: “Resolving Host-Microbe Conflict,” with Toby Kiers
LENGTH ・ 00:44:33Toby Kiers, University Research Chair and professor of evolutionary biology at the University of Amsterdam, presented, “Resolving Host-Microbe Conflict,” at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 15, in Guyot Hall, Room 10. This event was the first in PEI’s Challenges in Environmental…
“The Physics of Climate Change: Three Blackboard Lectures on Simple Models in Climate Science”
LENGTH ・ 01:09:21Nadir Jeevanjee, Hess Fellow in the Department of Geosciences, presented the three-part lecture series, “The Physics of Climate Change: Three Blackboard Lectures on Simple Models in Climate Science,” Mon.-Wed., Feb. 12-14, 2018, at 4 p.m. in Guyot Hall, Room 220.…
Peter Hoeppe of Munich Re on the cost of climate change
LENGTH ・ 00:56:05Peter Hoeppe, Head of Geo Risks Research/Corporate Climate Centre at reinsurance giant Munich Re, will present “Economic Reality: Are We Already Paying for Climate Change?” at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 28, in Guyot Hall, Room 10. For decades, the…
Taplin Environmental Lecture: “The Future of Water” by Peter Gleick
LENGTH ・ 01:20:19Tuesday, September 26, 2017 – 4:30pm to 6:00pm Peter Gleick, President Emeritus of the Pacific Institute and a renowned expert on water and climate issues, will present, “The Future of Water,” at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 26, in Guyot…
Art of Environmental Justice in an Expanded Field: A Symposium on Creative Activism and Eco-Politics across Boundaries
LENGTH ・ 02:29:00This one-day event brings together leading international contemporary artists who engage problems of environmental justice in expansive ways. The purpose: to highlight the critical power of visual art to reimagine the politics of ecology across various boundaries—not just national…
Two-Day Conference – Gut Reactions: The Microbiome and Human Nature
LENGTH ・ 01:19:03Microbes living in human bodies can influence processes like digestion, immunity, and even cognition. Human nature is being reframed as a multispecies relationship. Departing from the fact that our bodies are environments for bacteria, fungi, and protists, we will…
After The Spectacular Image-Technical Images
LENGTH ・ 2:11:11Global environmental pressures solicit not only technological and policy innovations, but also social transformations. Over the past century, image making and visualization practices – in the arts, literature, and the sciences – have formed a cultural infrastructure focused on…
After The Spectacular Image-Concluding Discussion
LENGTH ・ 01:57:45Global environmental pressures solicit not only technological and policy innovations, but also social transformations. Over the past century, image making and visualization practices – in the arts, literature, and the sciences – have formed a cultural infrastructure focused on…
