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2008
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| Aug 14 |
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Training for New Student Discussion Group facilitators
9:30-11:00 am, EB 148. (To register for a facilitator training session, email jsizemor@uab.edu or call 996-6420.)
Training for New Student Discussion Group facilitators
6:00-7:30 pm, HUC 514
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| Aug 15 |
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Training for New Student Discussion Group facilitators
9:30 -11:00 am, EB 148 |
| Aug 18 |
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| 12:45-1:10 pm |
New students check in at Alys Stephens Center lobby |
| 1:15 pm |
Welcome by President Garrison |
| 1:25-1:45 pm |
Presentation by Elizabeth Kolbert |
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1:45-2:45 pm
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Panel discussion with Elizabeth Kolbert, Robert Mendelsohn, Ph.D. (Edwin Weyerhaeuser Davis Professor of Economics, Yale University), and Henry Pollack, Ph.D. (professor emeritus of geophysics, University of Michigan)
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2:45-3:00 pm
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New students led to FDG classrooms across campus
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| 3:00-4:30 pm |
New Student Discussion Groups |
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| Sept 4 |
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UAB Discussion Book Night at the Birmingham Museum of Art for students, faculty, staff, and families, 6:00-8:00 pm. Free bus shuttle between Blazer Hall and Birmingham Museum of Art beginning at 5:30. Free refreshments, presentations, collection tours, and activities. |
| Sept 18 |
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Discussion Book Dialogues, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm, Community Room, Residence Life Center, "Climate Change: Mechanisms and Misconceptions," Allan Dobbins, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, UAB |
| Oct 16 |
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Discussion Book Dialogues, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm, Community Room, Residence Life Center, "The Ecological Effects of Climate Change on the Antarctic Peninsula," James McClintock, Ph.D., Endowed University Professor of Polar and Marine Biology, UAB |
| Nov 20 |
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Discussion Book Dialogues, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm, Community Room, Residence Life Center, "Climate Change by the Numbers," John R. Christy, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Science and Director of the Earth System Science Center, UAH, and State Climatologist |
| Dec 18 |
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Discussion Book Dialogues, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm, Community Room, Residence Life Center, Student ethnographic films with Michele Forman and Rosie O'Beirne: "Food to Fuel" by Rachel Thompson & Jim Warnock and "Saved: The Story of the Watercress Darter" by Ingrid Pfau & Linh Tran |
| 2009 |
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| Jan 15 |
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Discussion Book Dialogues, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm, Ireland Room, Lister Hill Library "Potential Health Effects of Global Warming: Fact or Fiction?" [speaker changed to] Craig M. Wilson, M.D., Professor of Epidemiology, Pediatrics and Medicine; Director, UAB Sparkman Center for Global Health; and Chair, Adolescent Medicine Trials Network for HIV/AIDS Interventions (ATN), UAB |
| Feb 19 |
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Discussion Book Dialogues, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm, Ireland Room, Lister Hill Library "Potential Effects of Climate Change on Alabama's Plant Life," Lawrence Davenport, Ph.D., Professor of Biological & Environmental Sciences and Director of Vulcan Materials Center for Environmental Stewardship and Education, Samford University |
| Mar 19 |
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Discussion Book Dialogues, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm, Ireland Room, Lister Hill Library Presentation by a representative from Alabama Power |
| April 8 |
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Ireland Distinguished Visiting Scholar lecture, "A World of Change: Climate Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow" Susan Solomon, Ph.D., Co-Chair Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Working Group One (2007) and Head Project Scientist, National Ozone Expedition, McMurdo Station, Antarctica. Alys Stephens Center, 5:30-7:00 pm |
| Apr 16 |
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Discussion Book Dialogues, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm, Ireland Room, Lister Hill Library "Lifestyles and Climate Change: Can We Predict the Futrue?", Marca Alexander, M.D., Endowed University Professor in Rehabilitation Neuroscience Research, UAB |
| Apr 21 |
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UAB Discussion Book Night at the Birmingham Zoo for students, faculty, staff, and families, 6:30 - 8:30 pm. Free bus shuttle between Blazer Hall and Birmingham Zoo beginning at 6:00 pm. Free refreshments, tours, presentation, and fun for everyone. |
| May 21 |
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Discussion Book Dialogues, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm, Ireland Room, Lister Hill Library "Engaging Faith and Science to Sustain and Enhance the Life of Earth," Eleanor McKenzie DelBene, M.A., D. Min., Co-Convener, Interfaith Environmental Initiative of Alabama, and Liaison, Episcopal Diocese of Alabama Task Force for The Stewardship of Creation. |
| If you have a question about any event, please contact Juanita Sizemore at 996-6420 or jsizemor@uab.edu. |