Events for November 2012

Ocean circulation, ice volume, and CO2 in the late Pleistocene

A Department of Earth and Space Sciences Colloquium presented by Lorraine Lisiecki, UC Santa Barbara
Thursday, November 01, 2012
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Geology 3656

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Physical Sciences Lecture Series: Life After the Degree - “Science & Finance”

A lecture series aimed at educating students on career options beyond the scope of traditional scientific research.
Thursday, November 01, 2012
4:30 PM
CNSI Auditorium (between Boelter Hall and La Kretz Hall)

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EcoEvoPub Series

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Graduate Student Presentations
Thursday, November 01, 2012
5:00 PM
154 Biomedical Sciences Research Building

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Food, Inc.

Join Assemblymember Holly Mitchell for a Screening and Discussion of the documentary.
Thursday, November 01, 2012
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Agape International Spiritual Center

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Green Salon - Southern California: International Hub of Green Technologies

BREATHE California of Los Angeles County (BREATHE LA) 5th annual Green Salon Series focuses on fostering environmental and economical sustainability: Green Industries/Green Jobs
Thursday, November 01, 2012
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
The California Endowment

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Application deadline

Friday, November 02, 2012
12:00 AM - 11:45 PM

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"Amazon Gold" screening at the Artivist Film Festival

Luskin School of Public Affairs/IoES Professor Susanna Hecht and Center for Tropical Research Senior Research Fellow Sassan Saatchi are featured in the documentary.
Friday, November 02, 2012
7:00 PM
Barnsdall Theatre

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Net Impact: SEER Symposium for Socially, Environmentally, and Ethically Responsible Business

Symposium for networking between students and social entrepreneurs while hosting speakers who are inspirational business leaders.
Friday, November 02, 2012
8:00 AM - 4:30 PM

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Saving Public Transit - Strategies for an Era of Shrinking Budgets

Please join UCLA Law School's environmental programs and UC Berkeley Law for a symposium on saving public transit.
Friday, November 02, 2012
9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
School of Law

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Glacial climate

Presented by Aradhna Tripati, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, and Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics
Monday, November 05, 2012
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
La Kretz Hall, Suite 300, Large conference room

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GeoChip 3.0 as a high-throughput tool for analyzing microbial community composition, structure, and functional activity.

An Environmental and Water Resources Engineering Seminar presented by Professor Jizhong Zhou, University of Oklahoma
Tuesday, November 06, 2012
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
4275 Boelter Hall

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Keystone Species and Molecules of Keystone Significance

A Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Seminar presented by Richard Zimmer, Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, UCLA
Wednesday, November 07, 2012
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
LSB 2320

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ESLP Lecture Series - 11/7/12 - Matthew Kahn and Jules Dervaes

Today's class features Dr. Matthew Kahn, a UCLA Professor of environmental economics, and Jules Dervaes, the Founder of the Urban Homestead.
Wednesday, November 07, 2012
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
1178 Franz Hall

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Canadian Studies at UCLA Inaugural Reception & Lecture

"Global Warming: A Canadian Perspective" presented by Andrew Weaver, Lansdowne Professor and Canada Research Chair in Climate Modeling and Analysis in the School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria
Wednesday, November 07, 2012
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
UCLA Faculty Center, California Room

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UCLA Science Faculty Research Colloquium

"The Search for the Higgs Boson: Observation and Interpretation" presented by UCLA Distinguished Professor of Physics Robert Cousins
Thursday, November 08, 2012
4:00 PM
UCLA’s Korn Convocation Hall

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November Steering Committee Meeting

November 2012 Meeting of the LARC Steering Committee (not a public event, please contact if you would like to attend)
Thursday, November 08, 2012
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Metro Headquarters

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Genetics, Genomics, & Ecology: Making Population Biology Relevant to Conservation of California Tiger Salamanders

California State University Northridge Biology Colloquium, presented by Brad Shaffer, UCLA Professor and Director of the La Kretz Center for California Conservation Science
Friday, November 09, 2012
2:00 PM

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Stone Canyon Creek Restoration

Please join the Santa Monica Bay Restoration Foundation and UCLA Lab School (ULS) to help restore the only remaining section of unburied creek on the UCLA campus.
Saturday, November 10, 2012
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
UCLA Lab School

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Exploring Your Universe 2012

Get ready for the most exciting day of science all year, the fourth annual Exploring Your Universe!
Saturday, November 10, 2012
12:00 PM - 8:00 PM
UCLA

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Do the +Math Tour

Featuring Bill McKibben, Author/Environmentalist
Sunday, November 11, 2012
7:00 PM
Ackerman Ballroom, UCLA Student Union

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3rd Annual Design Like You Give a Damn: LIVE!

The event will feature innovative panel discussions, workshops, and 'Design Open Mic' on November 12-13, 2012 in San Francisco.
Monday, November 12, 2012
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Autodesk Gallery, 1 Market Street #200

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3rd Annual Design Like You Give a Damn: LIVE!

The event will feature innovative panel discussions, workshops, and 'Design Open Mic' on November 12-13, 2012 in San Francisco.
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
11:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Autodesk Gallery, 1 Market Street #200

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Farmer's Market at UCLA

Come buy some regionally grown produce at UCLA's farmers' market.
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
3:00 PM - 7:00 PM

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GIS Day 2012

Presented by the UCLA Library
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Research commons, 1st Floor, Charles E. Young Research Library

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From weather radars to wildlife disease: Frontiers in bat ecology and conservation

A Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Seminar presented by Winifred Frick, Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, UC Santa Cruz
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
LSB 2320

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Los Angeles River Revitalization

A Water Resources Student Group Seminar by Dr. Carol Armstrong, project manager for the Los Angeles River Revitalization Plan and representative from Los Angeles Councilmember Ed Reyes' office.
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
La Kretz Hall, Suite 300, Large conference room

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ESLP Lecture Series - 11/14/12 - Paul Gagliardo and Kevin Whilden

Today's class features Paul Gagliardo, the Manager of Innovation Development at American Water, and Kevin Whilden, a Co-Founder of Sustainable Surf.
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
1178 Franz Hall

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Sustainability Across the Curriculum

Please join us for a discussion of the many ways to infuse concepts of sustainability into courses, no matter what the topic.
Thursday, November 15, 2012
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Young Research Library Conference Room

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Legally Poisoned: How the Law Puts Us at Risk from Toxicants

A Department of Environmental Health Sciences Seminar by Carl Cranor, PhD MSL
Thursday, November 15, 2012
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Lecture Hall 43-105 CHS

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EcoEvoPub Series

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Graduate Student Presentations
Thursday, November 15, 2012
5:00 PM
154 Biomedical Sciences Research Building

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UCLA Lewis Center 2012 - 2013 Transportation Speaker Series

Complete Streets for Southern California
Thursday, November 15, 2012
5:00 PM - 5:45 PM
Public Affairs Building

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Confronting Catastrophe: Ecocriticism in a Warming World

A Talk by Kate Rigby, Professor of Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
Thursday, November 15, 2012
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
193 Humanities Bldg

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The Division of Physical Sciences, in partnership with Mindshare Los Angeles, present "From Whence We Came."

"From Whence We Came" will explore the origins and the future of planet Earth and the possibility of life on other planets.
Thursday, November 15, 2012
7:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Cross Campus

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Petition to Graduate Deadline

Friday, November 16, 2012
12:00 AM - 11:45 PM

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Environmental Economics Seminar

"The relationship between policy choice and the size of the policy region: Why small jurisdictions may prefer renewable energy policies to reduce CO2 emissions?" presented by Megan Accordino and Deepak Rajagopal
Monday, November 19, 2012
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Room CNSI 5433 South

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Of Arks and ARKives: Narrative, Database, and Endangered Species

An environmental humanities seminar by Ursula Heise, Department of English
Monday, November 19, 2012
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
La Kretz Hall, Suite 300, Large Conference Room

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Environmental and Water Resources Engineering Seminar

Presented by Dr. Karl Rittger, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
4275 Boelter Hall

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Sneak Preview of "Chasing Ice"

Melnitz Movies presents a sneak preview of CHASING ICE (dir. Jeff Orlowski in person)
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
The James Bridges Theater, UCLA Melnitz 1409

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A toxicogenomic approach to investigate contaminant exposure in fish

A Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering by Dr. Doris E. Vidal-Dorsch, Toxicology Department, Southern California Coastal Water Research Project (SCCWRP)
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
11:00 AM - 12:45 AM
Boelter Hall 4275

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Genetics, Genomics, and Natural History: Making Population Biology Relevant to Conservation in California

A Pepperdine University Seaver College Natural Science Division Seminar, presented by Brad Shaffer, UCLA Professor and Director of the La Kretz Center for California Conservation Science
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
12:00 PM
Pepperdine University Braun Lecture Hall (KSC130)

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UCLA Lewis Center 2012 - 2013 Transportation Speaker Series

Territorial, Socioeconomic and Sustainability Lessons from Developing High-Speed Rail in Spain
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
3343 Public Affairs Building

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ESLP Lecture Series - 11/28/12 - Dr. Richard Jackson and Cheri Chastain

Today's class features Dr. Richard Jackson, the Chair of UCLA Environmental Health Sciences and star of PBS' 4-part series called Designing Healthy Communities, and Cheri Chastain, the Sustainability Coordinator for the Sierra Nevada Brewing Company.
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
1178 Franz Hall

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Earth and Space Sciences Distinguished Alumni Lecture

Presented by Dr. Dorothy Oehler, M.S. '67, Ph.D. '73
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
7:00 PM - 11:00 PM
UCLA Faculty Center

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EcoEvoPub Series

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Graduate Student Presentations
Thursday, November 29, 2012
5:00 PM
154 Biomedical Sciences Research Building

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