January 26 — “Global Warning: An Environment for Change?”
IUPUI’s Dean’s Day combines the faculties of the School of Liberal Arts and the School of Science to examine facets of global climate change. Hope you are an IUPUI alumnus and can attend, it should be good.
When: Sat. January 26 8:00 AM - 1:30 PM
Where: IUPUI
Alumni continuing education event Hosted by the IU School of Liberal Arts and PU School of Science at IUPUI and their alumni associations. Cost is $20/person. Register here.
Featuring faculty from: Liberal Arts, Science, Law, and Engineering and Technology
Session topics:
Gabriel Filippelli, “Climate Change and Society: Lessons from the Past for the Future”
Dan Cole, “Climate Change, Adaptation and Development”
David Craig, “But What Can Be Done?: The Moral Dimensions of Global Warming”
Xianzhong Wang, “How Will Plants Grow in the Future When CO2 and Temperature are Higher?”
Robert Aponte, “The Politics of Environment: Local and Global Issues”
Gilbert Nduru, “The Influence of Climatic Variability on Human Migration and the Spread of HIV in Kenya”
Lenore Tedesco, “Sustainable Water Resources for Indiana: The Role of Climate Change”
Kathy Licht, “Predicted Effects of Global Warming”
Rick Bein, “Human Adjustments to Difficult Environments: A Case Study of the Sudanese Sahel”
Patricia Fox and Claudia Grossman, “GO GREEN - Exploring Best Practices of Sustainability in Germany”
Jennifer Latimer, “The Climate System: Humans or Mother Nature?”
Luncheon Address: “From Brown to Green: Making Buildings Part of the Solution Instead of Part of the Problem”
A typical brown building constructed to code minimum is the worst building you can legally build. With an integrated approach to design, green buildings can minimize energy use and environmental impacts while simultaneously increasing health, productivity, learning, healing and profit. Talk by William M. Brown, IU Alumnus, B.S. ’76, AIA, LEED AP, Associate Partner, Browning Day Mullins Dierdorf Architects
For more information, please contact Yvonne Owens at 317-274-5063 or yowens@iupui.edu.
Know before you go … Take a look at the materials on the climate debate collected at “Tiempo Climate Newswatch“
If you think this event sounds interesting, check out … A skeptical refutation of what many of the scientists at IUPUI have to say when Steven Hayward comes to town April 29. Other discussions this spring will address the need to change our lives in order to diminish our carbon impact on the planet, or simply to live more humanly and humanely. Maya Lin discusses the “architecture of nature” April 29, and landscape architect Douglas Hoerr discusses urban greening February 7.
December 31st, 2007 at 12:42 pm
[…] January 26 — “Global Warning: An Environment for Change?” IUPUI’s Dean’s Day combines the faculties of the School of Liberal Arts and the School of Science to examine facets of global climate change. Hope you are an IUPUI alumnus and can attend, it should be good. check it out […]
January 6th, 2008 at 2:33 pm
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