Past Events: Penn State Energy and Environment Calendar Archive

Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics Peter Hudson, Penn State January 28, 2019 @ 07:00 pm to 08:00 pm Lipcon Auditorium, Palmer Museum of Art University Park

The institutes of Energy and the Environment (IEE) will be hosting a meeting with Government and Community Relations at 2 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 28 in 233 HUB-Robeson Center. The focus of the meeting will be learning about how faculty members and researchers can engage in policy as experts. Additionally, Government and Community Relations will share about their presence at the federal, state and local levels of government. Please register here: http://www.iee.psu.edu/gov-community-relations

Nearly fifty years ago, Lovelock and Margulis proposed that environmental conditions on Earth are regulated through interactions with the biota. Where does this “Gaia Hypothesis” now stand? Do these interactions increase biospheric resilience? On geologic timescales? On human time scales? These questions will be explored with examples from my research and collaboration with Lovelock. Lee Kump | Dean, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

A forum focused on the University’s Strategic Plan and one of its thematic priorities, Stewarding Our Planet’s Resources, will be held at 9 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 21, in Heritage Hall, HUB-Robeson Center. The purpose of the forum is to provide updates on Stewarding Our Planet’s Resources as well as seek input on the direction and focus of the priority.

There is a growing torrent of geospatial data on ecosystems, species, and threats from a variety of remote sensing, GIS, mobile and cloud platforms. However, we need a standard framework for converting these big data into meaningful, useful and actionable information for decision-makers.

The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) has been a leader in many areas of atmospheric science for applications of artificial intelligence (AI) to environmental science problems. The research in AI at NCAR began in the 1990’s, first from advanced applications of combined statistical methods, expert systems, and genetic algorithms to the full complexity of modern AI including machine learning and deep learning.

Sarah Ivory from Penn State Geosciences will present her talk titled “The Past and Future of Tropical Forests: Inferences on Human-Vegetation-Climate Interactions from Models and Lake Muds”

The National Council for Science and the Environment works with scientists, educators, policymakers, business leaders, and officials at all levels of government to inform environmental policy and decision-making with the use of science. NCSE programs are designed to foster leadership and education around timely and pressing issues at the intersection of science, policy, education, and decision-making. The programs also advance interdisciplinary education and develop international cooperation and engagement. 

Noted atmospheric scientist Katherine Hayhoe delivers the keynote for the 2018 Penn State Colloquium on the Environment.