Natural Resources and Environment | University of Michigan

Have unwanted stuff taking up valuable room in your living space? Looking for something new to add to your collection? If so, then you are invited to "Swap Stuff for Sustainability" on The Giving Tree.

This panel will feature international environmental professionals who will share their stories about their career paths, provide career advice and highlight opportunities to get started in an international environmental career.

Ronald J. Tenpas will present a lecture entitled "Emerging Trends in Environmental Litigation: National Security and Greenhouse Gas Emissions" as part of the Environmental Law & Policy Program 2008-09 Lecture Series.  Tenpas is the Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division at the U.S. Department of Justice.  A welcome and introduction will be provided by David M. Uhlmann, Director of the Environmental Law and Policy Program at the University of Michigan Law School.

Admission is free, and lunch will be provided. 

Timothy Killeen is Assistant Director for Geosciences at the National Science Foundation (NSF) and past President of the American Geophysical Union.  

Professor Jim Diana presents the lecture "Sustainable Aquaculture" as part of the Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Fall 2008 Speaker Series.

The Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory is hosting a seminar titled the "Rapid Warming of Lake Superior: The Role of Ice"

The speaker is Dr. Jay Austin, Assistant Professor, Large Lakes Observatory/Deptartment of Physics at the University of Minnesota, Duluth

Sponsors: Michigan Memorial Phoenix Energy Institute (MMPEI), Center for Advancing Research and Solutions for Society (CARSC) and the Center for the Study of Complex Systems (CSCS).

Attendance is free; registration is required by Monday, April 28

Schedule of events:
8-8:45 a.m. - Continental Breakfast
8:45-9 a.m. - Opening Remarks

Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Error in Land Cover Change Analyses: Identifying and Propagating Uncertainty for Ecological Monitoring and Modeling

by Amy Colette Burnicki. Chair: Daniel G. Brown