Calendar of Campus Events
To submit an event, please email balasko1@msu.edu.
August 2008
Species Interactions and Floral Evolution in a Community and Geographic Context
Date: Friday, August 29, 10:45 a.m.
Location: Kellogg Biological Station Education Center Auditorium on Gull Lake
Speakers: David Moeller, University of Georgia
Series: KBS Seminars
September 2008
Mosquito Immune Responses to Dengue Virus and the Disease Control
Date: Tuesday, September 2, 4:10 p.m.
Location: 1415 Biomedical Physical Sciences
Speaker: Zhiyong Xi, Michigan State University
Series: Microbiology & Molecular Genetics Seminar
Theoretical Approaches to Plankton Ecology
Date: Wednesday, September 3, 3:30 p.m.
Location: 247 Plant Biology Building
Speaker: Christopher A. Klausmeier, Department of Plant Biology & Kellogg Biological Station
Series: Ecology, Evolutionary Biology and Behavior Seminars
Sustainability Science
Date: Thursday, September 4, 3:00-4:30 p.m.
Location: Kellogg Center, Corniche Room
Speakers: Sandra Batie, Department of
Agricultural, Food, And Resource Economics, Michigan State University and Thomas Dietz, Environmental Science and Policy Program, Michigan State University
Series: Environment at MSU
What is Metacommunity?
Date: Friday, September 12, 10:45 a.m.
Location: Kellogg Biological Station Education Center Auditorium on Gull Lake
Speaker: Brian Maurer, MSU Fisheries and Wildlife
Series: KBS Seminars
Ecological and Evolutionary Limits on Geographic Range Expansion
Date: Monday, September 22, 4:10 p.m.
Location: 101 Biochemistry Building
Speaker: Dr. Monica Gerber, Cornell University
Series: PB Monday Seminars
Michigan's Changing Landscape
Date: Tuesday, September 23, 7:30-8:30 p.m.
Location: Kellogg Biological Station Education Center Auditorium on Gull Lake
Speaker: Randall Schaetzl, Department of Geography, Michigan State University
Series: Dessert with Discussion
Trevor Nichols Research Complex Field Day
Date: Wednesday, September 24, 1-4 p.m.
Location: Trevor Nichols Research Complex, Fennville, Mich.
Adverse Effects of Alewives of Laurentian Great Lakes Fish Communities, and Sex and PCBs in Walleye: the "Hot Spot" Effect
Date: Friday, September 26, 10:45 a.m.
Location: Kellogg Biological Station Education Center Auditorium on Gull Lake
Speaker: Dr. Chuck Madenjian, USGS Great Lakes Science Center-Ann Arbor
Series: KBS Seminars
Human Health Risks to Low-Level Radiation
Date: Tuesday, September 30, noon-4:00 p.m.
Location: 162 Food Safety and Toxicology Building
October 2008
Water
Date: Friday, October 3, 3:00-4:30 p.m.
Location: Kellogg Center, Corniche Room
Speakers: Jan Stevenson, Departmenst of
Entomology, Agriculture and Natural Resources, Michigan State University, Jon Bartholic, Water Research Institute, Michigan State University; and Bill McConnell, Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University
Series: Environment at MSU
Environmental Change and the Dynamics of Chihuahuan Desert Plant Communities
Date: Friday, October 3, 10:45 a.m.
Location: Kellogg Biological Station Education Center Auditorium on Gull Lake
Speaker: Scott Collins, University of New Mexico
Series: KBS Seminars
Microbial Community Ecology of Tick-Borne Human Pathogens
Date: Friday, October 10, 10:45 a.m.
Location: Kellogg Biological Station Education Center Auditorium on Gull Lake
Speaker: Keith Clay, University of Indiana
Series: KBS Seminars
Ecology and Evolution of Plant Adaptation
Date: Monday, October 13, 4:10 p.m.
Location: 101 Biochemistry Building
Speaker: Dr. Jon Agren, Uppsala University,Sweden
Series: PB Monday Seminars
Resolving the Human Dilemma: The Necessity and Possibility of Perennial Grain Cropping Systems
Date: Friday, October 17, 10:45 a.m.
Location: Kellogg Biological Station Education Center Auditorium on Gull Lake
Speaker: Jerry Glover, The Land Institute
Series: KBS Seminars
Dioxin Toxicity: Mechanisms, Models, and Potential Health Risks
Date: Monday, October 20, and Tuesday, October 21
Location: Kellogg Center
Series: MSU Center for Integrative Toxicology Superfund Program
Topic to be Announced
Date: Friday, October 24, 10:45 a.m.
Location: Kellogg Biological Station Education Center Auditorium on Gull Lake
Speaker: Joe von Fischer, Colorado State University
Series: KBS Seminars
Topic To Be Announced
Date: Tuesday, October 28, 7:30 8:30 p.m.
Location: Kellogg Biological Station Education Center Auditorium on Gull Lake
Speaker: Wendy Powers, Director of Environmental Stewardship for Animal Agriculture, Departments of Animal Science and Biosystems Engineering, Michigan State University
Series: Dessert with Discussion
November 2008
Environmental Policy
Date: Monday, November 3, 3:00-4:30 p.m.
Location: Kellogg Center, Corniche Room
Speaker: Rick Hula, Departmenst of Political Science, Michigan State University
Series: Environment at MSU
Bottlenose Dolphins of Sarasota Bay: ‘Lessons from 38 Years and 5 Generations’
Date: Wednesday, November 5, 3:30 p.m.
Location: 247 Plant Biology Building
Speaker: Randell S. Wells, Sarasota Dolphin Research Program
Series: Ecology, Evolutionary Biology and Behavior Seminars
Topic to be Announced
Date: Friday, November 7, 10:45 a.m.
Location: Kellogg Biological Station Education Center Auditorium on Gull Lake
Speaker: Jason McLachlan, University of Notre Dame
Series: KBS Seminars
Ecological Roles of Pacific Salmon in Streams
Date: Friday, November 14, 10:45 a.m.
Location: Kellogg Biological Station Education Center Auditorium on Gull Lake
Speaker: Scott Tiegs, Oakland University
Series: KBS Seminars
What Determines the Strength of Competition?
Date: Wednesday, November 19, 3:30 p.m.
Location: 247 Plant Biology Building
Speaker: Peter Abrams, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto
Series: Ecology, Evolutionary Biology and Behavior Seminars
Topic to be Announced
Date: Friday, November 21, 10:45 a.m.
Location: Kellogg Biological Station Education Center Auditorium on Gull Lake
Speaker: Peter Abrams, University of Toronto
Series: KBS Seminars
December 2008
Coupled Human and Natural Systems
Date: Thursday, December 4, 3:00-4:30 p.m.
Location: Kellogg Center, Corniche Room
Speakers: Jack Liu,
Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability, Michigan State University, Thomas Dietz, Environmental Science and Policy Program, Michigan State University; and Bill McConnell, Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University
Series: Environment at MSU
From the Behavior of Birds to Biofuels and Biodiversity: Landscape Perspectives for a Changing Environment
Date: Friday, December 5, 10:45 a.m.
Location: Kellogg Biological Station Education Center Auditorium on Gull Lake
Speaker: Rob Fletcher, University of Florida
Series: KBS Seminars
Write Winning Grants Seminar
Date: Tuesday, December 16, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Location: 1410 Biomedical and Physical Sciences Building
Speaker: David C. Morrison, Ph.D., Grant Writers' Seminars and Workshops, LLC
April 2009
Animals: Past, Present and Future
Date: April 16-17, 2009
Location: Michigan State University
Speakers: Harriet Ritvo,
Department of History, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Tom Tyler, Department of Philosophy and Culture, Oxford Brookes University, United Kingdom; and Terry O’Connor, Department of Zooarchaeology, York University, United Kingdom
Note: Call for Papers – This conference will explore the past, present and future roles animals play in human histories. Possible topics for papers include animal histories, animal agency, anthropomorphism, zoomorphism, animal perception, gender and connecting (or separating) oppressions, and animals as technologies.
We encourage submissions from interdisciplinary and international perspectives. Graduate students are welcome to apply. Submissions should include the paper title and abstract (max. 500 words) and a short biography of the speaker. All speakers must register for the conference.
Deadline for paper submissions: September 29, 2008
Contact: Paper submissions should be sent to Georgina Montgomery at animalsmsu@gmail.com
