THE ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION DEPARTMENT

AT STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY PRESENTS

OUR 2011-2012 LECTURE SERIES

NEXT, April 10, Special Public Lecture by Greg Marshall

 

 

September 9

Climate Change, Ocean Acidification and Its Impacts, Christopher Gobler, School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook University

ESS Lecture Theater, 7:30 P.M.

 

OCTOBER 21 DATE IS CANCELED - NO EVENT

November 18 - note date change!

Tropic of Chaos: Climate Change and the New Geography of Violence, presented by Christian Parenti, noted journalist and contributing editor to The Nation

co-sponsored by SBU Humanities Institute

ESS Lecture Theater, 7:30 P.M.

 

February 10

Darwin Day: Mark Norell, Noted Dinosaur Paleontologist from the American Museum of Natural History, on "The Evolution of Birds from Other Dinosaurs"

ESS Lecture Theater, 7:30 P.M.

 

press HERE for other Darwin Day Activities

 

March 23

Penguins: Sentinels of Climate Change from the Equator to the Pole, presented by Heather Lynch, Professor of Ecology and Evolution at Stony Brook, Penguin Ecologist, and Biostatistician

ESS Lecture Theater, 7:30 P.M.

 

April 10

 

A Special Public Lecture by Greg Marshall, National Geographic Society, Vice President for Remote Imaging and Two-Time Emmy Winner, will speak on:

"CritterCam: A Wild Point of View"

Charles Wang Center Auditorium, 7:30 P.M. (Note Room location!!)

 

April 20

Earth Day Lecture, DR. HEIDI CULLEN, Director of Communications, ClimateCentral.org,

will speak on "Seeing Climate, Seeing Change"

 

 

 

Our colleagues have exciting lecture series in other areas of science and environment:

Astronomy Open Nights

Geology Open Nights

The Worlds of Physics

 

Unless otherwise noted, all events are in the Earth and Space Sciences Lecture Hall. You can park for free in the parking lots on the west side of the ESS building. Campus map is here (ESS is in C5)