Environmental Sustainability Seminar Series
Thursdays, 12:30-1:30 pm (Location varies)

February 9, Goergen 101: Dan Reichman, Dept. of Anthropology, University of Rochester
"Traceability Systems in Food"

February 23, The Gowen Room, Wilson Commons: David Klein, Senior Field Respresentative, and Jim Howe, Executive Director, The Nature Conservancy of Central and Western NY
"Ensuring sustainable water flows in New York's Great Lakes"

March 1, Goergen 110: Erin Robinson, Dept. of Sociology, Canisius College
"Engaging Community Partners Through Science and the Construction of Environmental Problems"

March 8, Goergen 110: Cary Peppermint, Dept. of Art and Art History, University of Rochester; co-founder ecoarttech
"Ecology, Art and Technology"

March 29, Location TBD: Kate Kressmann-Kehoe, co-producer of the film "Comfort Zone: What do you see?"
"Documenting climate change in upstate New York"

April 12, Location TBD: Enid Cardinal, Senior Sustainability Advisor to the President, RIT
"Sustainability Initiatives at RIT"

April 26, Goergen 110: Jordan Kleiman, Associate Professor, History, SUNY Geneseo
"Greening, Fort Apache: Apropriate Technology as Environmental Justice in the South Bronx"

Genetics Day 2012—Friday, April 6, 2012
Keynote Speaker—Dr. Gary Ruvkun, Professor of Genetics, Harvard Medical School

Dr. Ruvkun is a recent recipient of the Gairdner, Lasker, and Benjamin Franklin awards, and a member of the National Academy of Sciences. His lab uses C. elegans molecular genetics and genomics to study problems in developmental biology and physiology with a focus on RNAi and microRNA pathways, metabolism, and aging.

Click here to see Dr. Ruvkun's Faculty Page