Events

Senior Seminars for 2007-2008 The Enviromental Program hosts a seminar series for our seniors to present their senior research. This is a listing of the Senior Seminars which will be presented by the Class of 2008, Environmental Science. Each session will be held the first Thursday of the Block, at 3:00PM in Tutt Science Building Room 122. Titles will be added as students make them available.

BLOCK 4
Nicole Scommegna: "Biodiversity Loss in the Daintree Rainforest in Australia"
Eric Szabelski: "Water, Violence and the Apocalypse"
Melissa Pollack: "Growing Smart: Causes, Consequences and Solutions to America's Increasing Problem of Urban Sprawl"
Brittany Vogel: "Managing Uranium Mining in the US: The Application of Environmental Management Systems"

BLOCK 5
Simon Cataldo: "Residential Energy Efficiency and Home Energy Auditing as Environmentally and Economically Beneficial Practices"
Matt Gettleman: "The role of Urban Gardens in fighting hunger and building community"
Andrew Millar: "Coal...Fuel of the future?"
Liza McElroy: "The EPA's failure to regulate carbon dioxide and the resulting acceleration of global climate change"

BLOCK 6
Jess Walton: "The Effect of Roads on Vegetation and Wildlife Grazing in Tarangire National Park, Tanzania"
Liza Mitchell: "Reforestation and Conservation In Northern Thailand: A Comparison of Governmental and Local Initiatives"
Aubrey Urban: "Intrusion of Seawater into Fresh Water Aquifers: Current Approaches and Proposed Improvements in Los Angeles County"...

BLOCK 7
Chris Simons: "Vine to Wine: A Thermodynamic Analysis of Californian Pinot Noir Wine Production"
Emily Harrington: "Application of Environmental Management Strategies to the Pulp Industry"
Liz Kolbe: "Ethanol in Iowa: Causes and Effects, and How to Move Forward"
Sarah Mitnick: "A song is worth a thousand pictures: Reconnecting the mind with nature"

BLOCK 8

Gillian Bobier: "The Trials and Tribulations of Teaching Atmospheric Science to Young Children"
Megan Vasquez: "The Dirt on Shade Grown Coffee: The Effects of Biodiversity and Shade on Soil Quality of Coffee Farms in Costa Rica"
Liza Mitchell: "Reforestation and Conservation in Northern Thailand: A Comparison of Governmental and Local Initiatives"

 

SENIOR SEMINARS FOR 2008-2009

Senior Seminars for this year will be accomplished by an EV Day, currently scheduled for the first Saturday of Block 8, April 25, from 9:00AM to approximately noon. EV Day will provide students with a new forum for sharing thesis work, capstone research projects and independent studies through posters and/or oral presentations with their fellow students and interested faculty and staff. Exceptions to this procedure will include any seniors who will only be on campus during the first semester, who will give their senior seminar prior to Block 5. These are listed below:

 

Neva Jacobs will be presenting 11/13/08 on "Human health risks and backyard gardening: Heavy metal contamination in urban soils and edible plants"

Julianne Kellogg will be presenting 12/11/08 on "Agricultural Development in the Tea Industry of Darleeling in Post-Green Revolution India: The Sanjukta Vikas Society"