UCLA Environmental Calendar

Events for 2013

Managing the invasion genomics of western tiger salamanders

Presented by Bradley Shaffer, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, UCLA La Kretz Center for California Conservation Science, and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Monday, January 07, 2013
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
La Kretz Hall, Suite 300, Large conference room

Building Los Angeles River 3.0: River and Infrastructure LA River Revitalization Commission

Presented by Omar Brownson, LA River Revitalization Commission
Wednesday, January 09, 2013
4:30 PM - 6:15 PM
La Kretz Hall, Room 110

Experiences of an Environmental Justice Advocate

An Environmental Justice Initiative Lecture Series by Dr. Joseph K. Lyou
Thursday, January 10, 2013
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Lecture Hall 1200 at UCLA's Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics

Matt Kahn, IoES

Commercial Building Electricity Consumption: The Role of Structure Quality, Management, and Contract Incentives
Monday, January 14, 2013
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Luskin School of Public Affairs

Sustainability Conference – The Financial Implications of Going Green

UCLA Anderson Fink Center for Finance & Investments and UCLA Institute of the Environment & Sustainability cordially invite you to attend a conference on finance and sustainability.
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Korn Hall

Green Urbanism: What Lies Ahead?

Presented by Walker Wells, Director, Green Urbanism Program, Global Green USA
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
4:30 PM - 6:15 PM
La Kretz Hall, Room 110

How honey bee swarms decide on a new home

A Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Seminar presented by Kirk Visscher, Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
2320 Life Sciences Building

Greening our Cities: Cleaning up our Beaches and Rivers, Solving Water Supply Challenges, and Tackling Climate Change in the 21st Century

Presented by Noah Garrison, Project Attorney, National Resources Defense Council
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
4:30 PM - 6:15 PM
La Kretz Hall, Room 110

Agroforestry in Western and Central Africa

A presentation by visiting scientist Dr. Zac Tchounjeu. His seminar will focus on the work he has been conducting in agroforestry and natural resource management in Western and Central Africa.
Friday, January 25, 2013
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Sunset Conference Room (CHS 17-256)

Southern Ocean Krill, Krill Predators and Krill Fishery Management in a Changing Climate

A Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Seminar by Marc Mangel, Department Applied Mathematics and Statistics, University of California, Santa Cruz
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
2320 Life Sciences Building

Farmer's Market at UCLA

E3, USAC GenRep2 and ASUCLA are proud to present the first farmers' market of winter quarter! Stop by to buy some fresh fruits, veggies, nuts, nut butters, jams and honey! There will also be several student musicians performing and FREE Fair Trade coffee samples! Remember to bring reusable bags and cash, since the farmers' don't accept cards.
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
2:30 PM - 6:30 PM

Rock the Boat Documentary and Discussion

Presented by Thea Mercouffer, Film Director/Producer
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
4:30 PM - 6:15 PM
La Kretz Hall, Room 110

Divison of Life Sciences Faculty Mentorship Colloquium

Rapid Evolution during Habitat Invasions presented by Carol Lee, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Thursday, January 31, 2013
10:00 AM
2320 Life Sciences Building

Environmental and Water Resources Engineering Seminar

Case Studies: Intersections in Hydrology, Geochemistry & Microbiology presented by Matt Reynolds, Drumlin Environmental
Thursday, January 31, 2013
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
4275 Boelter Hall

Deparment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology EcoEvoPub Series

Graduate Student Presentations
Thursday, January 31, 2013
5:00 PM
154 BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH BLDG

UCLA Department of Art Lecture

Featuring Artist and Designer Alan Sonfist
Thursday, January 31, 2013
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
UCLA Hammer Museum - Billy Wilder Theater

The Future of Plug-in Electric Vehicles

Presented by J.R. DeShazo, Luskin School of Public Affairs and Institute of the Environment and Sustainability
Monday, February 04, 2013
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
La Kretz Hall, Suite 300, Large conference room

Where landscape architecture and social justice meet: Designing parks for people

Presented by Tori Kjer, Program Manager, The Trust for Public Land
Wednesday, February 06, 2013
4:30 PM - 6:15 PM
La Kretz Hall, Room 110

Charles Corbett, Anderson

Energy Efficiency in Small and Medium-Sized Manufacturing Firms: Order Effects and the Adoption of Process Improvement Recommendations
Monday, February 11, 2013
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Luskin School of Public Affairs

Century City Center: Land Use, Planning, and Traffic Impacts

Presented by the UCLA Lewis Center & Institute of Transportation Studies Seminar
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
10:30 AM
Public Affairs Building, Room 2343

Hagfish Slime Unraveled

A Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Seminar by Douglas S. Fudge, Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
2320 Life Sciences Building

Conservation for our World of 9 Billion People: The End of Nostalgia and Apocaholism

Presented by Peter Karieva, Chief Scientist, The Nature Conservancy
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
4:30 PM - 6:15 PM
La Kretz Hall, Room 110

Conservation for Our World of Nine Billion People: The End of Nostalgia and Apocaholism

An Oppenheim Lecture featuring Peter Karieva, Chief Scientist, The Nature Conservancy
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
UCLA Fowler Museum, Lenart Auditorium

Boutique medicine - Health care for the one percent: Science, ethics, and policy

An Ethics Center at the School of Medicine Seminar presented by Alumni, Martin Donohoe, UCLA (B.S. Biol '84, MD '90)
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
RRMC B-130 Tamkin Auditorium

Environmental and Water Resources Engineering Seminar

From Microfiltration to Reverse Osmosis: Water Purification in Space and in Theory presented by Richard M Lueptow, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Associate Dean, Northwestern School of Engineering
Thursday, February 14, 2013
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
4275 Boelter Hall

Corporations and Public Health: Profits before people?

An Ethics Center at the School of Medicine Seminar presented by Alumni, Martin Donohoe, UCLA (B.S. Biol '84, MD '90)
Thursday, February 14, 2013
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
C8-183 (NPI Auditorium)

February Steering Committee Meeting

February 2013 Meeting of the LARC Steering Committee (not a public event, please contact if you would like to attend)
Thursday, February 14, 2013
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Metro Headquarters

How Can L.A. Get to a More Sustainable Water Future by 2021?

A Water Resources Student Group Seminar presented by Dr. Mark Gold
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
La Kretz Hall, Suite 300, Large Conference Room

Movement Ecology: Animating the Planet with Tracking Data

A Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Seminar by Roland Kays, Biodiversity Lab, NRC, NC Museum of Natural Sciences, NC State University
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
2320 Life Sciences Building

Communication, Mapping and the Public Interest - Lessons from GreenInfo Network

Presented by Larry Orman, Executive Director, GreenInfo Network
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
4:30 PM - 6:15 PM
La Kretz Hall, Room 110

Should We Just Adapt to Climate Change?

A Zócalo Public Square event moderated by Jon Christensen, Environmental Historian, UCLA
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
The Actors' Gang

Environmental and Water Resources Engineering Seminar

To be announced.
Thursday, February 21, 2013
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
4275 Boelter Hall

UCLA/Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Conference on Housing and the Macroeconomy

The conference will be hosted by the UCLA Ziman Center for Real Estate and held on the UCLA campus at the Broad Art Center on Thursday and Friday, February 21-22, 2013.
Thursday, February 21, 2013

UCLA/Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Conference on Housing and the Macroeconomy

The conference will be hosted by the UCLA Ziman Center for Real Estate and held on the UCLA campus at the Broad Art Center on Thursday and Friday, February 21-22, 2013.
Friday, February 22, 2013

Symposium on Spatial Analysis of Social Environmental Justice

Applying Knowledge of Space, Place & Networks to Equitable Solutions
Friday, February 22, 2013
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs

UCLA 4th Annual Green Jobs Fair

Looking for a job or internship in the growing green sector?
Friday, February 22, 2013
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Ackerman Grand Ballroom

Energy and Environmental Life Cycle Assessment of Passenger Transportation

The California Center for Sustainable Communities at UCLA invites you to attend a brown bag lunch with Dr. Mikhail Chester, with special introduction by Juan Matute, CCSC Researcher and Director of Local Climate Change Initiatives at UCLA School of Public Affairs
Monday, February 25, 2013
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
La Kretz Hall, 3rd Floor

What A Mayor Can Do To Green A City

Join a conversation with Antonio Villaraigosa, Mayor of Los Angeles and David Miller, Former Mayor of Toronto. Moderated by Glen MacDonald, Director, UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM
California NanoSystems Institute

Environmental and Water Resources Engineering Seminar

CRITICAL ZONE ECOHYDROLOGY: PREDICTING THE CONSEQUENCES OF CHANGE presented by Praveen Kumar, Lovell Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Environmental Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering Program, University of Illinois
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Boelter Hall 4275

Linking functional ecology and population / community dynamics in the Sonoran Desert

A Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Seminar by Travis E. Huxman, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine, Center for Environmental Biology, Steele-Burnand Anza Borrego Desert Research Center
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
2320 Life Sciences Building

UCLA Science Faculty Research Colloquium

"Future Nanoscale Multiferroic Devices" presented by Gregory Carman, Director, National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
4:00 PM
CNSI Auditorium

Communities can fight climate change and create jobs – here’s how.

Presented by David Miller, former Toronto Mayor
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
4:30 PM - 6:15 PM
La Kretz Hall, Room 110

UCLA Recreation Sustainability Sale

Thursday, February 28, 2013
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
John Wooden Center

Environmental and Water Resources Engineering Seminar

To be announced.
Thursday, February 28, 2013
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
4275 Boelter Hall

Can A Lawyer/Mayor Succeed Against Climate Change Where Nations Have Failed?

Come hear how the world's largest cities are combating and responding to climate change from David Miller, former Mayor of Toronto and Chair of the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, and current Counsel of International Business and Sustainability at Aird & Berlis LLP.
Thursday, February 28, 2013
12:15 PM - 1:30 PM
UCLA School of Law

Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Seminar

“Connecting Antarctic cross-slope exchange with Southern Ocean overturning” by Andrew Stewart, Environmental Science and Engineering, California Institute of Technology
Thursday, February 28, 2013
3:30 PM
Room MSB 7124

Electricity – What’s Next?

Featuring: Dr. Jay Apt, Carnegie Mellon University, Director of the Electricity Industry Center Tepper School of Business, Dept. of Engineering and Public Policy
Friday, March 01, 2013
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
CNSI Auditorium

The Myth of Isolates: Ecosystem Ecologies in the Nuclear Pacific

Presented by Elizabeth DeLoughrey, Department of English
Monday, March 04, 2013
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
La Kretz Hall, Suite 300, Large conference room

“Toward Brain Computer Interfacing” Presented by Klaus-Robert Müller, Technical University Berlin

IPAM and CNSI invite you to this public lecture.
Monday, March 04, 2013
4:30 PM
CNSI Auditorium (CNSI Building)

Building Healthy Paths to UCLA

Working to make UCLA the most bike friendly campus
Tuesday, March 05, 2013
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
UCLA Neuroscience Research Building Auditorium

Pattern and Mechanisms of Plant Diversification across Two Biodiversity Hotspots

A Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Seminar by Kathleen Kay, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz
Wednesday, March 06, 2013
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
2320 Life Sciences Building

Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Seminar

“Marine methane seeps and gas hydrates under shifting environmental conditions: Potential effects of Global Warming, earth quakes, and other threats” presented by Tina Treude, GEOMAR Helmholtz Center for Ocean Research, Kiel, Germany
Wednesday, March 06, 2013
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Room MSB 7124

How to Talk About Climate Change

Presented by Jonathan Parfrey, Executive Director of Climate Resolve
Wednesday, March 06, 2013
4:30 PM - 6:15 PM
La Kretz Hall, Room 110

Environmental and Water Resources Engineering Seminar

To be announced.
Thursday, March 07, 2013
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
4275 Boelter Hall

The Jacob Marschak Interdisciplinary Colloquium on Mathematics in the Behavioral Sciences at UCLA

"The Tragedy of the Science-Communication Commons" presented by Dan Kahan, Elizabeth K. Dollard Professor of Law and Psychology, Yale University
Friday, March 08, 2013
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
2343 Public Affairs Building

Global Ecologies: Nature/Narrative/Neoliberalism - A two-day conference

Global Ecologies: Nature/Narrative/Neoliberalism stages an interdisciplinary conversation about globally relevant environmental issues such as neo-liberalism, militarism, waste dumping, deforestation, and food, land, and water sovereignty.
Friday, March 08, 2013
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Royce Hall, Room 314

Hot City, Cool Roofs

Climate Solutions For Los Angeles: Hot City, Cool Roofs Conference
Friday, March 08, 2013
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Los Angeles City Hall

Global Ecologies: Nature/Narrative/Neoliberalism - A two-day conference

Global Ecologies: Nature/Narrative/Neoliberalism stages an interdisciplinary conversation about globally relevant environmental issues such as neo-liberalism, militarism, waste dumping, deforestation, and food, land, and water sovereignty.
Saturday, March 09, 2013
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Royce Hall, Room 314

Dennis Aigner, UC Irvine

Sustainability and Competitiveness in Mexico
Monday, March 11, 2013
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Luskin School of Public Affairs

The Federal Role in Water Resources for Southern California.

A Water Resources Student Group Seminar presented by William Steele, Area Manager, Bureau of Reclamation, Lower Colorado Region, Southern California Area Office
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
La Kretz Hall, Suite 300, Large conference room

Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Seminar

“Impacts of Climate Change and Extreme Weather Events on Coastal Oceans” presented by Ming Li, Horn Point Laboratory, University of Maryland
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Room MSB 7124

Capacity Building to Protect Marine Resources

Presented by Gabrielle Johnson, Program Specialist, NOAA International MPA Capacity Building Program, NOAA
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
4:30 PM - 6:15 PM
La Kretz Hall, Room 110

From genes, to populations, to communities: an integrative approach to avian ecology and conservation

Presented by Kristen Ruegg
Thursday, March 14, 2013
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
La Kretz Hall, Suite 300, Large Conference Room

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

EcoEvoPub Series
Thursday, March 14, 2013
5:00 PM
154 BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH BLDG

The Resnick Sustainability Institute Chen-Huang Sustainable Energy Series Presents: A Discussion with Steve Koonin moderated by Caltech's Professor Nate Lewis

Please join us for an evening of compelling conversation, as two of America's most respected energy scientists come together for a free public discussion.
Thursday, March 14, 2013
8:00 PM
Caltech's Ramo Auditorium - Caltech Campus

Natural history, aesthetics, and conservation

A Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Seminar by HARRY W. GREENE, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
2320 Life Sciences Building

UCLA La Kretz Workshop in Conservation Genomics - March 23-28, 2013

This workshop will explore the relationship between conservation problems and their solutions using genomic-level data. Hand-on training, a high faculty-student ratio, and discussions with agency biologists are some of the course highlights.
Saturday, March 23, 2013

UCLA La Kretz Field Station

Smart water systems for water sustainability: Incentives and Impediments

Presented by Yoram Cohen, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Institute of the Environment and Sustainability
Monday, April 01, 2013
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
La Kretz Hall, Suite 300, Large conference room

Evolution and Climate Change on Coral Reefs: Insight From the Far Side of the World

A Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Seminar by ELIZABETH SBROCCO, National Evolutionary Synthesis Center, Duke University
Wednesday, April 03, 2013
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
2320 Life Sciences Building

Urban Air Quality Challenges Coming to You Soon

Presented by Anupom Ganguli
Wednesday, April 03, 2013
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
CS50 Young

Sustainable Citizens, Nutrient Dynamics and the Mystery of the Missing Movement

An Environmental and Water Resources Engineering Seminar presented by Prof. Craig Just, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Iowa
Thursday, April 04, 2013
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Boelter Hall 4275

Workshop | REDD+ in California?

Exploring linkages between California's cap-and-trade system and international programs to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation.
Friday, April 05, 2013
8:45 AM - 5:00 PM

4th Annual La Kretz Public Lecture

"The Global Amphibian Biodiversity Crisis", by Dr. David B. Wake, Professor of the Graduate School in Integrative Biology and Curator, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California at Berkeley
Sunday, April 07, 2013
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
King Gillette Ranch, Calabasas

Ted Parson, Law

Title TBD, Environmental Economics, Policy and Management Monthly Seminar Series
Monday, April 08, 2013
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Luskin School of Public Affairs

Speakers Panel: "Global Environmental Problems, Local Solutions"

Tuesday, April 09, 2013
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Bruin Reception Room (Formerly Viewpoint Room)

Resolving Sexual Conflicts: The Evolution of Bone-Eating Worms with Dwarf Males

A Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Seminar by Robert C. Vrijenhoek, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
2320 Life Sciences Building

Cracks in the Cryosphere: How Changes in Sea Ice Perturb the Polar Ocean Carbon Cycle.

An Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Seminar presented by Brice Loose, Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Room MSB 7124

Climate and the biogeography of marine animals

Presented by Curtis Deutch, UCLA Department of Atmospheric and Ocean Sciences
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
CS50 Young

Going Green the Wong Way

E3, the largest sustainability organization at UCLA, and UCLA GSA's Sustainable Resource Center proudly present comedian Kristina Wong's "Going Green the Wong Way" performance.
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Technology Symposium on Transitioning to Zero-Emission Freight Technologies

A South Coast Air Quality Management District event.
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
South Coast Air Quality Management District Headquarters

Anaerobic Membrane Bioreactor Technology for Treating Low and High Strength Wastewater

An Environmental and Water Resources Engineering Seminar presented by Dr. Jeong Hwan Kim, Inha University, Korea
Thursday, April 11, 2013
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Boelter Hall 4275

"The Matter-antimatter Asymmetry of the Universe"

Presented by Roberto Peccei, Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy and Recipient of the 2013 J. J. Sakurai Prize for Theoretical Particle Physics
Thursday, April 11, 2013
4:00 PM
Physics and Astronomy Building, Auditorium - Room 1425

Technology Symposium on Transitioning to Zero-Emission Freight Technologies

A South Coast Air Quality Management District event.
Thursday, April 11, 2013
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
South Coast Air Quality Management District Headquarters

TBA

A Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Seminar by Ian Tibbetts, University of Queensland-Australia
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
2320 Life Sciences Building

Educational Abroad Opportunities for Undergrad and Graduate Students

Ian Tibbetts, Associate Professor and Director, International Academic Programs, School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
2320 Life Sciences Building

Sex is boring, conservative, and reduces heritable variation

A Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Seminar by Root Gorelick, Department of Biology & School of Mathematics and Statistics & Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies, Carleton University
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
2320 Life Sciences Building

Photography, New Media Campaigns & Conservation Advocacy

Presented by Robert Ketchum
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
CS50 Young

Hammer Conversations | Richard Jackson & Roger Sherman

Healthier Living Through Design
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
7:30 PM
UCLA Hammer Museum - Billy Wilder Theater

Biological Drinking Water Treatment

An Environmental and Water Resources Engineering Seminar presented by Dr. Susan De Long, Colorado State University
Thursday, April 18, 2013
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Boelter Hall 4275

Los Angeles Business Council 7th Annual Sustainability Summit

Business advocacy and education for a more sustainable city.
Friday, April 19, 2013
7:30 AM - 2:00 PM
The Getty Center, 1200 Getty Center Dr.

Solar Impulse Across America

Conference & Panel Discussion
Friday, April 19, 2013
9:00 AM - 10:45 AM

Stand-Up for Clean Water

A Waterkeeper Alliance SPLASH Event to Benefit LA Waterkeeper, presented by Toyota.
Saturday, April 20, 2013
9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Annenberg Community Beach House

9th Annual Earth Day Fair

Organized by E3 and UCLA Sustainability
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Intramural (IM) Field, UCLA

Deception and Camouflage in Parasites and Prey

A Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Seminar by Martin Stevens, Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
2320 Life Sciences Building

Dissolved Organic Matter in the Global Ocean Carbon Cycle

An Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Seminar presented by Dennis Hansell, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Room MSB 7124

Watersheds to Wetlands: Local Stewardship of a National Estuary Program

Presented by Karina Johnson, Program Project Manager, Santa Monica Bay Restoration Commission
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
CS50 Young

Take It With a Grain of Salt: What You Need to Know About Seawater Desalination and Costs

An Environmental and Water Resources Engineering Seminar presented by Brent Alspach, PE, BCEE, Senior Environmental Engineer, Malcolm Pirnie, the Water Division of ARCADIS U.S., Inc.
Thursday, April 25, 2013
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Boelter Hall 4275

The Poaching of Our Wildest Dreams: Indigenous Peoples, Predation and the Law

An Environmental Justice Initiative Lecture Series by Julian Aguon
Thursday, April 25, 2013
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
UCLA Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics

The 2013 Arnold C. Harberger Distinguished Lecture

Featuring Jeffrey Sachs, Director of the Earth Institute, Professor of Sustainable Development and of Health Policy and Management at Columbia University
Thursday, April 25, 2013
5:00 PM
Korn Convocation Hall, UCLA Anderson School of Management

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Seminar

EcoEvoPub Series
Thursday, April 25, 2013
5:00 PM
154 BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH BLDG

Santa Monica Mountains Science Festival

In commemoration of National Park Week April 20-28, Los Angeles' very own national park will host Science Fest at Paramount Ranch in Agoura Hills.
Saturday, April 27, 2013
10:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Paramount Ranch

Resistance is Not Futile: Water Use By Tank Bromeliads

A Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Seminar by Gretchen North, Department of Biology, Occidental College
Wednesday, May 01, 2013
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
2320 Life Sciences Building

Smart Grid – Opportunities and challenges in the creation of the 21st century power grid

Presented by Professor Rajit Gadh, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Institute of the Environment and Sustainability
Wednesday, May 01, 2013
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
CS50 Young

Volunteer Efforts to Bring Clean Water to Third World Countries: Adventures in Africa, South America, and Sri Lanka

An Environmental and Water Resources Engineering Seminar presented by Dr. Cathy Fitzgerald, Civil/Environmental Engineer, The Planning Center|DC&E
Thursday, May 02, 2013
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Boelter Hall 4275

Mitigating climate change by sequestering carbon in wetlands: scientific and policy issues

Presented by Rich Ambrose, School of Public Health and Institute of the Environment and Sustainability
Monday, May 06, 2013
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
La Kretz Hall, Suite 300, Large conference room

Cyberinfrastructure for Environmental Nanoinformatics

Hosted by the UC Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology
Tuesday, May 07, 2013
8:30 PM - 5:30 PM
UCLA California NanoSystems Institute

Movement in the Matrix: Restoration Ecology and Pollination Services Across Human-Altered Landscapes

A Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Seminar by Shalene Jha, Department Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin
Wednesday, May 08, 2013
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
2320 Life Sciences Building

Spotlight on Sustainability

A Spring 2013 Corporate Partners Program Workshop and Leaders in Sustainability Event
Wednesday, May 08, 2013
2:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Portola Plaza Building (IPAM) at UCLA

Global Challenges, Global Solutions: The Nature Conservancy's Framework for Conservation

Presented by Alfredo Gonzalez, Director, The Nature Conservancy, Los Angeles Chapter
Wednesday, May 08, 2013
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
CS50 Young

Celebration of the Graduates

Join us in celebrating sustainability at our end of the year networking event. UCLA's Leaders in Sustainability, past and present, will be recognizing this year's graduating class.
Wednesday, May 08, 2013
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

"One Day Everything Will Be Free" screening + director Q&A

E3 and the UCLA Geography Association are proud to present the screening of One Day, Everything Will Be Free, as well as a Q&A with the film’s director and filmmaker Joseph Redwood-Martinez following the film.
Wednesday, May 08, 2013
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Young Hall, Room CS50

UC CEIN Nano EH&S Forum: Scientific Advances Towards Reducing Complexity in Decision Making

The University of California Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology (UC CEIN) is pleased to announce a one-day conference on recent advances in environmental health and safety of Engineered Nanomaterials (ENMs).
Wednesday, May 08, 2013
8:30 PM - 5:30 PM
UCLA California NanoSystems Institute / Webcast

Rui Wang, Urban Planning

Restricting Driving for Better Traffic and Cleaner Sky: Did It Work in Beijing?
Monday, May 13, 2013
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Luskin School of Public Affairs

California NanoSystems Institute Special Lecture

“Innovative solutions for sustainable energy and personalized healthcare: A role for nanotechnology”
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
3:30 PM
CNSI Auditorium

16th Annual Biology Research Symposium

“Hotspots: Cetacean Species Richness Patterns in the Oceanic Eastern Tropical Pacific” presented by Lisa T. Ballance, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin (NOAA)
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
4:00 PM
Hershey Hall, Room 158

Los Angeles Good Food Purchasing Pledge

Presented by Alexa Delwiche, Food Policy Coordinator, Los Angeles Food Policy Council
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
CS50 Young

L.A.'s Climate Future: What's Coming and What We Can Do

An Oppenheim Lecture featuring Alex Hall, Professor, UCLA Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences & Institute of the Environment and Sustainability
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
UCLA Fowler Museum, Lenart Auditorium

Clarifier Modeling on a Personal Computer

An Environmental and Water Resources Engineering Seminar presented by Prof. J. Alex McCorquodale, Civil Engineering, University of New Orleans
Thursday, May 16, 2013
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Boelter Hall 4275

Environmental Justice: A Community Perspective

An Environmental Justice Initiative Lecture Series by Robin Cannon, Co-founder and President of Concerned Citizens of South Central Los Angeles and Carl Maida, Professor, UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability
Thursday, May 16, 2013
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
IPAM

Cultural Politics of Seeds

The symposium is part of the multi-year “Life (Un)Ltd” research project, which is addressing the question of what impact recent developments in the biosciences and biotechnology have had on feminist studies. In this year, the group is exploring the rich connections between food, ecology, propagation, and metabolism.
Friday, May 17, 2013
8:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Charles E. Young Reference Library, Presentation Room

Surrogate Species in Conservation: Conceptual Issues and the Curious Case of Retaliatory Lion Killing

Tim Caro, Department of Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology, UC Davis
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
2320 Life Sciences Building

The microbial nitrogen cycle in a changing ocean: Linking genomes and geochemistry

An Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Seminar presented by Dr. Alyson Santoro, University of Maryland, Center for Environmental Science, Horn Point Laboratory
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
La Kretz Hall, Suite 300

Observations of 'sub-grid scale mixing' in coastal ecosystems

An Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Seminar presented by Dr. Nick Nidzieko, University of Maryland, Center for Environmental Science, Horn Point Laboratory
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Math Sciences Building, Room 7124

Water, Energy, and the Design of Adaptation: How Hydrologic Adaptation will Shape City Form

Presented by Hadley + Peter Arnold, Co-directors, Arid Lands Institute
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
CS50 Young

Fair Trade Panel on Coffee and Chocolate

E3 at UCLA would like to invite you to come to our Fair Trade Speaking Panel on Coffee and Chocolate!
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Bruin Reception Room, 2nd Fl Ackerman Union

Where to Live: Freeway Pollution Plumes in the Early Morning

An Environmental and Water Resources Engineering Seminar presented by Prof. Suzanne Paulson, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, UCLA
Thursday, May 23, 2013
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Boelter Hall 4275

Seed Banks & Seed Networks: Narratives, Images, Infrastructure

Presented by Allison Carruth, Department of English
Thursday, May 23, 2013
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
La Kretz Hall, Suite 300

California Fish and Game Commission Meeting

Conservation Genomics presentation by Brad Shaffer and Mark Gold
Thursday, May 23, 2013
9:00 AM

Ecochella

Bike-powered concert hosted by E3!!
Friday, May 24, 2013
6:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Sunset Canyon Recreation Center

UCLA Science Faculty Research Colloquium

“Host-seeking behaviors of parasitic nematodes.” presented by Elissa Hallem, assistant professor of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
4:00 PM
Physics and Astronomy Building, Room 1425

Diversification of tanagers, the largest radiation of Neotropical songbirds

A Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Seminar by Kevin Burns, Department of Biology, San Diego State University
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
2320 Life Sciences Building

Environmental Science Practicum Presentations

Environmental Science seniors will present the findings of their capstone research experience.
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
4:00 PM - 6:30 PM
CS50 Young Hall

Recycled Water Use at the BP/Arco Los Angeles Refinery

An Environmental and Water Resources Engineering Seminar presented by Ken Letwin, Lead Process Engineer, British Petroleum
Thursday, May 30, 2013
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Boelter Hall 4275

What Climate Change Means for LA: Likely Impacts and Proactive Policies

A half-day seminar featuring groundbreaking climate prediction research by Alex Hall, UCLA climate scientist and professor, followed by a panel discussion with climate policy experts.
Friday, May 31, 2013
9:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Luskin School of Public Affairs

Marmots, Dinners, and Saving the World

The Silver Lake Bowl is happy to present an afternoon, outdoor gathering in an open-air Roman-styled amphitheater overlooking Silver Lake for: Dan Blumstein, world-wide expert on marmots and author of "Eating Your Way to Civility" a dinner party guide.
Saturday, June 01, 2013
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
2439 Silver Ridge Ave.