November 2016
Nathaniel Chien to present at WAGGS
Nathan Chien, a new MS student in Earth Sciences and EMPOWER trainee, will be discussing his research at WAGGS. His presentation is tentatively entitled "Fingerprinting sources of salinity in shallow groundwater using discriminant analysis in regions impacted by deicers and natural gas production." Full abstract: Development of unconventional gas resources (e.g. high-volume hydraulic fracturing) may pose contamination risks to shallow groundwater. However, assessment of such contamination can prove difficult due in part to other potential sources of groundwater contamination in…
Find out more »Laura DeMott to present at WAGGS
Laura DeMott, who is a PhD student in Earth Sciences and an EMPOWER trainee, will be discussing her research at WAGGS.
Find out more »January 2017
Dr. McGreavy to present as part of the Adaptive Peaks Seminar Series
Dr. Bridie McGreavy is an Assistant Professor of Environmental Communication in the Department of Communication and Journalism at the University of Maine. She studies communication within sustainability science teams and coastal and freshwater management contexts. She is a lead investigator on the New England Sustainability Consortium’s Future of Dams Project, a large interdisciplinary network that seeks to link science with decision making about systems of dams. Her lecture, entitled "How do we communicate for social-ecological resilience? Communication research to connect…
Find out more »March 2017
Dr. Battles discusses the ecological impacts of the California drought
Adapative Peaks Seminar Series The Department of Environmental and Forest Biology is pleased to host Dr. John Battles as part of the Adaptive Peaks Seminar Series. His talk is entitled "The causes and consequences of catastrophic tree mortality: Ecological insights from the epic California drought." John J. Battles, Professor of Forest Ecology at UC Berkeley, is a field scientist engaged in long-term research of temperate forest ecosystems. His goal is to understand how and why forests change. His research seeks…
Find out more »Dr. Pearse to discuss conservation of North American cranes
Adapative Peaks Seminar Series Title: Conservation and research of North American cranes: endangered to hunted species Aaron Pearse is a Research Wildlife Biologist with the U.S. Geological Survey and stationed at Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center in Jamestown, North Dakota. Since 2007, he has worked primarily with migratory birds and has addressed needs of natural resource managers by providing answers that lead to science-based management of wildlife species and ecosystems in which they depend. Aaron received graduate degrees at Mississippi…
Find out more »Strategic Career Planning Workshop
Dr. Josh Henkin, from STEM Career Services, will be facilitating a workshop on Strategic Career Planning. This workshop explores the skills and best practices for transitioning from an academic environment to one of the numerous non-academic career paths. It introduces students to a more strategic approach to career planning that encourages them to gain experience and build their professional network early in their academic training. Topics covered include: creating your “elevator pitch,” networking as a part of life, developing the…
Find out more »April 2017
Dr. Packer to discuss lion conservation at ESF
Adapative Peaks Seminar Series Title: Danger Management: Lion conservation on a crowded continent Craig Packer is a Distinguished McKnight University Professor in the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior at the University of Minnesota. He first went to East Africa in 1972 as a field assistant to Jane Goodall. His book, "Into Africa," won the John Burroughs Medal in 1995, and he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2003. He has served as an official…
Find out more »October 2017
Syracuse Center of Excellence Symposium
This event is required for students enrolled in the Water-Energy seminar! Please see http://syracusecoe.syr.edu/symposium/ for more information.
Find out more »Dr. Kevin Bohacs short course
Dr. Kevin Bohacs will be offering a how-to, hands-on short course called "Sequence Stratigraphy from Outcrop to the Subsurface: Examples from the Cretaceous Interior Seaway, Wyoming." The course will be offered in conjunction with EMPOWER's External Advisory Committee meeting. Please contact Dr. Chris Scholz (cascholz@syr.edu) for more information Exact time and location TBD About Kevin Bohacs, Senior Research Scientist, ExxonMobil Dr. Kevin M. Bohacs FGS, FRGS is a Senior Research Scientist at ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company where he leads…
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