Week of April 28, 2008: On / Off Campus Events

On Campus Events

Tuesday, May 6th - URI MBA Information Session

When: 5/6, 6 pm
What: Learn more about the following URI MBA programs at an upcoming MBA Information Session: One Year Full Time MBA, 4+1 IME undergraduate/MBA, Evening Part Time MBA, 16 month dual degree MBA/MO (Master of Oceanography) - this dual degree is pending official approval.
Where: URI Feinstein Providence Campus, Room 242
Open to: All, free event
More Information: Contact Lisa Lancellotta, Coordinator, MBA Programs 401-874-4241 or mba@uri.edu

Wednesday, May 7 - URI Energy Lecture Series: “Ethical Dwelling: How We Choose to Live - the Relationship Between Energy and Ethics”

Who: Kenneth F. Payne
When: 5/7, 4 pm
Where: Weaver Auditorium, Coastal Institute, Kingston
Open to: All, free event
More Information: Contact Marion Gold at 401-874-5705, visit www.uri.edu/cels/ceoc/

Thursday, May 8-Physical Oceanography Seminar

Who: Dr. Suk Kuh Kang
When: 5/8, 10:30 am – 12:30 pm
Where: Corless Auditorium, Bay Campus
Open to: All, free event
More Information: Contact Jae-Hun Park, 874-6514

Thursday, May 15 - INBRE Seminar Series

Who: Tamara Minko, Ph.D., Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ
When: 5/15, 4 pm (refreshments served at 3:30 pm)
Where: Fogarty Hall, Room 214
Open to: All, free event
More Information: Contact 874-9288, riinbre@etal.uri.edu

Off Campus Events

Monday, April 28 - Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Seminars: "Rapid evolution and marine conservation."

Who: Marisa Baskett, Postdoctoral Associate, National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis
When: 4/28, 12 pm
Where: Brown University, Sidney Frank Hall Life Sciences Building, Nathan Marcovitz Auditorium, Room #220, Meeting Street
Open to: All, free event
More Information: Contact Carol_Casper@brown.edu

Thursday, May 1 - Geological Sciences Colloquium: "Achieving Extension via Dike Intrusions During Continental Rifting: Capturing the Process in Africa" (DWF)

Who: Professor Cindy Ebinger, University of Rochester
When: 5/1, 4 pm
Where: Brown University, 115 MacMillan Hall
Open to: All, free event
More Information: Visit www.brown.edu

Friday, May 2 - SBRP Seminar

Who: Dr. Thomas Boving, Associate Professor of Hydrology, URI
When: 5/2, 12 pm
Where: Brown University, Barus & Holley, Room 190, 182 Hope Street, Providence
Open to: All, free event
More Information: Visit http://www.brown.edu/Research/SBRP/news.shtml

Thursday, May 8- Audubon Spring Lecture Series: Northern Peru - Megadiversity and Endemism

Who: Robert Williams, Coordinator and Researcher for the Frankfurt Zoological Society's large-scale rainforest conservation project in southeast Peru.
When: 5/8, 7:30 pm
Where: Audubon Environmental Education Center, Bristol, RI
Open to: All
More Information: Visit http://www.asri.org/


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