Environmental Studies Open House
285 Mercer Street, 9th Floor
Start at 5:30 PM
Interested
in majoring or minoring in Environmental Studies? The Environmental
Studies Program will hold an information session for current and
potential Environmental Studies majors and minors on Tuesday, April 1,
2008 starting at 5:30PM. Please join us to meet ES faculty and
administration, learn about Environmental Studies at NYU, meet current
students in the Program, and ask us any questions you might have. Pizza
and refreshments will be served.
The ES Program is an
integrated, problem-oriented course of study across various disciplines
and schools. We offer opportunities to develop interests in a number of
areas, including environmental science, environmental values, policy
and law, earth system science, public health, urban environmental
problems, climate change, energy systems, environmental monitoring,
environmental justice, and our complex relations with both domesticated
and wild nature. Please contact environmental.studies@nyu.edu with any
questions. We look forward to seeing you.
Robert Gottlieb
"Reinventing Los Angeles:Nature and Community in the Global City."
Monday, March 10, 2008
6:00-7:30 PM
Jurow Lecture Hall, Silver Center100 Washington Square East, 1st Floor
(Please use the 32 Waverly Place entrance)
To learn more about Robert Gottlieb and his upcoming lecture, please download the flyer
here.To RSVP to this event, click
here.
Environmental Talks Sponsored by the Office of Student Affairs/Outdoor Leadership Track.
- Monday, February 11, 2008 "Environmental Politics"- Dale Jamieson
- Monday, February 25, 2008 "The Rising Levels of CO²"- Tyler Volk
- Monday, March 3, 2008 "Sustainability"- Anne Rademacher
All lectures will be from 6:00-7:00PM in the Office of Student Activities Conference Room, Kimmel 704J.
If
you are not registered for the Outdoor Leadership program but you are
an Environmental Studies student that would like to attend the
lectures, please contact OSA Program Adminstrator, Adam Ebnit, at
adam.ebnit@nyu.edu or 212.998-4997 to RSVP.
Announcement:
Environmental
Studies is pleased to announce that Colin Jerolmack has accepted a
joint appointment between Environmental Studies and Sociology,
beginning Fall 2008. During his first three semesters, Colin will be a
Robert Wood Johnson Scholar in Health Policy Research at Harvard. He
will arrive at NYU in Spring 2010, when he will be teaching our course
on Environment and Society.
Colin's website is www.colinjerolmack.com.
NAOMI ORESKES
“The Denial of Global Warming”
Monday, February 4, 2008
6:00-7:30 PM
Jurow Lecture Hall, Silver Center
100 Washington Square East, 1st Floor
(Please use the 32 Waverly Place
Entrance)
To learn more about Naomi Oreskes and her upcoming lecture, please download the pdf flyer
here.
To RSVP to this event, click
here.
FOCUS THE NATION TEACH IN
11:00-5:00 PM
(For a detailed schedule of FOCUS THE NATION TEACH IN events, please click on the pdf here.)
Panel 1: 11:00 – 1:00
Airing the Issues:how do we understand and change local air quality. An
introduction to the research, policy and design responses.
Workshops in Kimmel 904
Panel 2: 2:30 — 4:30
Material Matters in Socio-Ecological Systems: how
do understand and improve the performance of coupled natural and social
systems.
Workshops in Kimmel 904
6:00-8:00 PM
Keynote Presentation: Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus, the Breakthrough Institiute - Eisner & Lubin Auditorium (4th floor) Kimmel
&
Panel Discussion: “Local solutions to the Climate Crisis”, Local Environmental Leaders and NYU Faculty - Eisner & Lubin Auditorium (4th floor) Kimmel
8:00 PM
Q+A/Breakout Sessions - Eisner & Lubin Auditorium (4th floor)
For more information on FOCUS THE NATION at NYU please visit http://www.environmentalhealthclinic.net/focusthenation/
or our NYU Focus THE NATION blog at http://blogs.nyu.edu/as/environment/ftn
Pedro Da Silva Dias will be lecturing
on "The Large-Scale Biosphere Atmosphere Program in Amazonia (LBA):
recent findings on the role of moist convection."
Pedro Da Silva Dias is the director of the National Laboratory of Scientific Computing in Brazil.
The CAOS colloquium will be held on
Nov. 30, 2007
At 10:00 am
Room 101
Warren Weaver Hall (251 Mercer street).
DEVRA DAVIS
"THE SECRET WAR ON CANCER"
NOVEMBER 15, 2007
4:00-5:00 PM
60
Washington Square South
Room: Kimmel 804-805
Devra Davis, Ph.D., M.P.H - Center for Environmental Oncology at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute
"For almost a century scientists
have known that the causes of cancer have extended well beyond old age and poor
genes. What used to be an older person’s disease has skewed younger and
younger, spurred on by elements found in our workplaces, homes, and even simple
changes in our lifestyle over time." In
her book, THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE WAR ON CANCER, award-winning scientist Devra
Davis tells the story she has wanted to reveal for over twenty years: how big
business, government, and scientists often knew well before the general public
what materials in our world caused cancer—but did nothing to stop these
materials from becoming part of our culture and our community.
To learn more about Devra Davis' book, come to her lecture and also download the PDF Poster here.
Friday, October 26, 2007
A Climate for Justice? Equity Imperatives in the Legal Response to Climate Change
A Symposium at New York University School of Law, Greenberg Lounge, Vanderbilt Hall, 40 Washington Square South
Presented by the NYU Environmental Law Society & Law Students for Human Rights
9:15am - 4:30pm
Climate
change affects us all, but not equally. How can - or must - emerging
international climate law address the disparate impact of climate
change on developing nations and vulnerable communities worldwide? How
can we equitably allocate climate risks and harms within the
constraints of the international system? Join us for a day of
discussion and debate, featuring:
*
Accounting for Future Generations - A debate between NYU Law Dean Ricky
Revesz, Yale economist Dr. William Nordhaus and Oxford philosopher Dr.
Henry Shue over how (or whether) the value of future lives should be
quantified in climate change policy calculations. Moderated by
Professor Dale Jamieson, Director of NYU's Environmental Studies
Program;
* Keynote speech by Henry Shue
*
Beyond Kyoto: Equity in Global Administrative Climate Change Law - IPCC
author and Director of NASA's Climate Impacts Group Dr. Cynthia
Rosenzweig, Director of NYU's Hauser Global Law School Professor
Richard Stewart, Resources for the Future's Ruth Greenspan Bell, and
others will explore emerging climate law regimes from an equity
perspective; and
*
Leveraging Human Rights Law for Climate Change Equity - A panel
including Professor Edith Weiss Brown, Francis Cabell Brown Professor
of International Law at Georgetown Law School, the Organization of
American States' Sustainable Energy Coordinator Cletus Springer and
World Resources Institute's Jacob Werksman will tackle the relevance of
human rights law to the effects of climate change.
Saturday, October 20, 2007
Broadening Bioethics: Life, Health and EnvironmentLaunch of the Center for Bioethics at NYU
5 Washington Place, 101
9:30am - 5:30pm
Details and schedule at: http://bioethics.as.nyu.edu/page/news
Monday, October 15, 2007
Phil Camill, Carleton College
Environmental Studies Faculty Research Seminar
Carbon cycle responses to climate warming in boreal and Arctic ecosystems are complicated by landscape context
3:30-5:00 pm
Kimball Hall, 246 Greene Street, 301W
Download a poster of the research seminar talk here.
Climate change at high latitudes: The importance of uncertainty, variability, and complex feedback
6:00-7:30pm
Jurow Lecture Hall, Silver Center, 32
Waverly Place
Download the PDF Poster here. RSVP here
Tuesday, October 9,2007
Environmental Studies Open House
285 Mercer Street, 9th Floor
Interested
in majoring or minoring in Environmental Studies? The Environmental
Studies Program will hold an information session for current and
potential Environmental Studies majors and minors next Tuesday 10/9
from 5:30-6:30pm. Please join us to meet ES faculty and administration,
learn about Environmental Studies at NYU, meet current students in the
Program, and ask us any questions you might have. Pizza and
refreshments will be served.
The ES Program is an integrated,
problem-oriented course of study across various disciplines and
schools. We offer opportunities to develop interests in a number of
areas, including environmental science; environmental values, policy,
and law; earth system science; public health; urban environmental
problems; climate change; energy systems; environmental monitoring;
environmental justice; and our complex relations with both domesticated
and wild nature.Please contact environmental.studies@nyu.edu with any
questions. We look forward to seeing you there.
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Stephanie Pfirman, Barnard College
Environmental Studies Faculty Research Seminar
3:30-5:00 pm
Kimmel Center, 60 Washington Square South, Room 406
Melting Arctic Ice: Climate
Change and Sustainable Development
6-7:30pm
Jeffrey S Gould Welcome Center
50 West Fourth St, Barasch Theater Download the PDF Poster here. RSVP here.
NYU Environmental Studies Program Launch
