Colloquium Series

The School of Science and Engineering runs an annual colloquium series that hosts many high profile scientists, many of whom come to speak on environmental issues (see partial list below).

• Dr. Richard Bopp, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, November 30, 2001
  "Timing is everything: PCBs & Other Contaminants in the Hudson"
• Dr. David O. Carpenter, Institute for Health and the Environment, SUNY Albany, February 13, 2002, "Cell Phones & Power Lines: What are the health effects of electromagnetic fields?"
• Dr. Ronald Miller, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies
  November 14, 2002, "The human contribution to global warming"
• Dr. Jefferson W. Tester, MIT Laboratory for Energy and Environment
  April 24, 2003, "Our Energy Policy"
• Dr. Gene E. Likens, Institute for Ecosystem Studies
  November 20, 2003, "Acid Rain: An Unfinished Environmental Problem"
• Dr. Valerie Eviner, Institute for Ecosystem Studies
  March 17, 2005, "Sustainable Agro-Ecology: feeding the world with minimal environmental impact"
• Dr. Alison Power, Cornell University, February 9, 2006, "Genetically Engineered Crops and the Environment"
• Dr. Glenn A. Eisman, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, September 28, 2006, "Emerging Energy Changes and Challenges: Fuel Cells and Hydrogen"
• Dr. Jon D. Erickson, University of Vermont, October 26, 2006,
  "An Economics for the Century of the Environment"